Battery with an anode preload with consumable metals

Patent · Tue Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2017

OSTI ID:1531976

Lu, Yuhao; Wang, Long; Lee, Jong-Jan

A method is provided for fabricating a battery using an anode preloaded with consumable metals. The method forms an ion-permeable membrane immersed in an electrolyte. A preloaded anode is immersed in the electrolyte, comprising MeaX, where X is a material such as carbon, metal capable of being alloyed with Me, intercalation oxides, electrochemically active organic compounds, and combinations of the above-listed materials. Me is a metal such as alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and combinations of the above-listed metals. A cathode is also immersed in the electrolyte and separated from the preloaded anode by the ion-permeable membrane. The cathode comprises M1YM2Z(CN)N.MH2O. After a plurality of initial charge and discharge operations are preformed, an anode is formed comprising MebX overlying the current collector in a battery discharge state, where 0≦b

• Research Organization: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AR0000297
• Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. (Camas, WA)
• Patent Number(s): 9,583,751
• Application Number: 14/198,702
• OSTI ID: 1531976
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 2014-03-06
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English