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Title: Redox polymer electrodes for advanced batteries

Patent ·
OSTI ID:321183

Advanced batteries having a long cycle lifetime are provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to electrodes made from redox polymer films and batteries in which either the positive electrode, the negative electrode, or both, comprise redox polymers. Suitable redox polymers for this purpose include pyridyl or polypyridyl complexes of transition metals like iron, ruthenium, osmium, chromium, tungsten and nickel; porphyrins (either free base or metallo derivatives); phthalocyanines (either free base or metallo derivatives); metal complexes of cyclams, such as tetraazacyclotetradecane; metal complexes of crown ethers and metallocenes such as ferrocene, cobaltocene and ruthenocene. 2 figs.

Research Organization:
Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-83CH10093
Assignee:
Midwest Research Inst., Kansas City, MO (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,840,443/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-509,560
OSTI ID:
321183
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 24 Nov 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English