Electrochemical cell

Patent · Tue May 12 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6094074

Coetzer, J; Thackeray, M M

An electrochemical cell comprising an anode, a cathode and a solid electrolyte, and a battery made up of a plurality of such cells is described. The anode comprises silver or copper or alloys or amalgams thereof. The cathode is a molecular sieve carrier having a pore size of less than 1 micron and having a halogen, a chalcogen or phosphorous sorbed therein. The electrolyte is a multiple salt system having a silver or copper halogenide as a component thereof.

• Assignee: South African Inventions Development Corp (South Africa)
• Patent Number(s): US 4267242
• OSTI ID: 6094074
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COPPER
DESIGN
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRODES
ELECTROLYTES
ELEMENTS
HALOGENS
INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS
IODINE
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METALS
MINERALS
MOLECULAR SIEVES
NONMETALS
SILVER
SOLID ELECTROLYTES
SULFUR
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
ZEOLITES