Thermal battery. [solid metal halide electrolytes with enhanced electrical conductance after a phase transition]

Patent · Tue Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 1973

OSTI ID:7321688

Carlsten, R W; Nissen, D A

The patent describes an improved thermal battery whose novel design eliminates various disadvantages of previous such devices. Its major features include a halide cathode, a solid metal halide electrolyte which has a substantially greater electrical conductance after a phase transition at some temperature, and a means for heating its electrochemical cells to activation temperature.

• Assignee: Atomic Energy Commission
• OSTI ID: 7321688
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 31 Jan 1972
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
THERMAL BATTERIES
DESIGN
BROMIDES
CADMIUM HALIDES
CESIUM COMPOUNDS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTROLYTES
GASES
HALIDES
HEATING
IODIDES
LEAD HALIDES
LITHIUM BROMIDES
PERMEABILITY
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
POTASSIUM IODIDES
RUBIDIUM COMPOUNDS
SILVER
SILVER IODIDES
SOLIDS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BROMINE COMPOUNDS
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CONVERSION
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY CONVERSION
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
FLUIDS
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC PHOSPHORS
IODINE COMPOUNDS
LEAD COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM HALIDES
METALS
PHOSPHORS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
SILVER COMPOUNDS
THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
250901* - Energy Storage- Batteries- Design & Development