Method of forming battery electrode by irreversible donor doping of conjugated backbone polymers

Patent · Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6781426

Elsenbaumer, R L; Miller, G G; Toth, J E

A method is described of fabricating a battery comprising the step of introducing a compound of the formula MR into a battery enclosure. The enclosure contains at least two electrodes, at least one of which comprises polyacetylene and also containing an organic solvent, under conditions forming negatively charged polyacetylene intercalated by M/sup +/ cations in an amount sufficient to produce a conductivity in the polyacetylene of at least 10/sup -5/ S/CM and an organic by-product not susceptible to reaction with negatively charged polyacetylene to reform the compound MR. M is an alkali metal and R is selected from the group consisting of alkyls 1-12 carbons, phenyl and alkylphenyls of 7-12 carbons.

• Assignee: Allied Corp., Morris Township, Morris County, NJ
• Patent Number(s): US 4640006
• OSTI ID: 6781426
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 17 Jun 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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