All-solid electrodes with mixed conductor matrix
Abstract
Alkali metal based electrochemical cells offer a great deal of promise for applications in many areas such as electric vehicles and load leveling purposes in stationary power plants. Lithium is an attractive candidate as the electroactive species in such cells since lithium is very electropositive, abundant and light weight. One type of lithium-based cell utilizes a molten salt electrolyte and normally is operated at elevated temperatures. The subject invention provides an electrochemical cell in one embodiment of which lithium is the electroactive species. The cell comprises an electrolyte, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode, either or both of which is an all-solid, composite microstructural electrode containing both a reactant phase and a mixed ionic-electronic conducting phase. The cells of the subject invention exhibit improved kinetic features, current and power densities. Repeated charging and discharging of these cells can be accomplished without appreciable loss of capacity.
- Inventors:
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- Stanford, CA
- Achterste Kamp, NL
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864915
- Patent Number(s):
- 4436796
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- all-solid; electrodes; mixed; conductor; matrix; alkali; metal; based; electrochemical; cells; offer; deal; promise; applications; electric; vehicles; load; leveling; purposes; stationary; power; plants; lithium; attractive; candidate; electroactive; species; electropositive; abundant; light; weight; type; lithium-based; cell; utilizes; molten; salt; electrolyte; normally; operated; elevated; temperatures; subject; provides; embodiment; comprises; positive; electrode; negative; composite; microstructural; containing; reactant; phase; ionic-electronic; conducting; exhibit; improved; kinetic; features; current; densities; repeated; charging; discharging; accomplished; appreciable; loss; capacity; cell utilizes; load leveling; power densities; exhibit improved; solid electrode; power plants; light weight; cell comprises; electric vehicle; elevated temperatures; positive electrode; electrochemical cells; negative electrode; alkali metal; electrochemical cell; elevated temperature; molten salt; power plant; salt electrolyte; electric vehicles; electrode containing; metal base; active species; lithium-based cell; metal based; /429/
Citation Formats
Huggins, Robert A, and Boukamp, Bernard A. All-solid electrodes with mixed conductor matrix. United States: N. p., 1984.
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title = {All-solid electrodes with mixed conductor matrix},
author = {Huggins, Robert A and Boukamp, Bernard A},
abstractNote = {Alkali metal based electrochemical cells offer a great deal of promise for applications in many areas such as electric vehicles and load leveling purposes in stationary power plants. Lithium is an attractive candidate as the electroactive species in such cells since lithium is very electropositive, abundant and light weight. One type of lithium-based cell utilizes a molten salt electrolyte and normally is operated at elevated temperatures. The subject invention provides an electrochemical cell in one embodiment of which lithium is the electroactive species. The cell comprises an electrolyte, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode, either or both of which is an all-solid, composite microstructural electrode containing both a reactant phase and a mixed ionic-electronic conducting phase. The cells of the subject invention exhibit improved kinetic features, current and power densities. Repeated charging and discharging of these cells can be accomplished without appreciable loss of capacity.},
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year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984}
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