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Title: Alkali metal ion battery with bimetallic electrode

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1502817

Electrochemical cells having molten electrodes having an alkali metal provide receipt and delivery of power by transporting atoms of the alkali metal between electrode environments of disparate chemical potentials through an electrochemical pathway comprising a salt of the alkali metal. The chemical potential of the alkali metal is decreased when combined with one or more non-alkali metals, thus producing a voltage between an electrode comprising the molten alkali metal and the electrode comprising the combined alkali/non-alkali metals.

Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AR0000047
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Patent Number(s):
10,205,195
Application Number:
14/678,602
OSTI ID:
1502817
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Apr 03
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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