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(43) Date of publication: 05.03.2025 Bulletin 2025/10 (21) Application number: 23724400.9 (22) Date of filing: 24.04.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C25C 1/00(2006.01) C25C 7/08(2006.01) C25C 5/02(2006.01) C25C 7/00(2006.01) C25C 1/06(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): C25C 7/08; C25C 7/00; C25C 1/00; C25C 7/007; C25C 1/06; C25C 5/02 (86) International application number: PCT/IB2023/054198 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/209544 (02.11.2023 Gazette 2023/44)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 26.04.2022 US 202263363627 P (71) Applicant: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 5612 AE Eindhoven (NL)	(72) Inventors: MAJID, Akmal Irfan 5612 AE Eindhoven (NL) TANG, Yali 5612 AE Eindhoven (NL) FINOTELLO, Giulia 5612 AE Eindhoven (NL) VAN DER SCHAAF, John 5612 AE Eindhoven (NL) DEEN, Niels 5612 AE Eindhoven (NL) (74) Representative: Plasseraud IP  104 Rue de Richelieu CS92104 75080 Paris Cedex 02 75080 Paris Cedex 02 (FR)