Wick-and-pool electrodes for electrochemical cell

Patent · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:875284

Roche, Michael F ^[1]; Faist, Suzan M ^[2]; Eberhart, James G ^[3]; Ross, Laurids E ^[3]

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1. Downers Grove, IL
2. Haddonfield, NJ
3. Naperville, IL

An electrode system includes a reservoir of liquid-metal reactant, and a wick extending from a submersed location within the reservoir into the molten electrolyte of an electrochemical cell structure. The wick is flooded with the liquid metal and thereby serves as one electrode within the cell. This electrode system has application in high-temperature batteries employing molten alkali metals or their alloys as active material within an electrode submersed within a molten salt electrolyte. It also can be used in electrochemical cells where the purification, separation or electrowinning of liquid metals is accomplished.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US RE30392
• OSTI ID: 875284
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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