Unique battery with an active membrane separator having uniform physico-chemically functionalized ion channels and a method making the same
Abstract
The invention relates to a unique battery having an active, porous membrane and method of making the same. More specifically the invention relates to a sealed battery system having a porous, metal oxide membrane with uniform, physicochemically functionalized ion channels capable of adjustable ionic interaction. The physicochemically-active porous membrane purports dual functions: an electronic insulator (separator) and a unidirectional ion-transporter (electrolyte). The electrochemical cell membrane is activated for the transport of ions by contiguous ion coordination sites on the interior two-dimensional surfaces of the trans-membrane unidirectional pores. The membrane material is designed to have physicochemical interaction with ions. Control of the extent of the interactions between the ions and the interior pore walls of the membrane and other materials, chemicals, or structures contained within the pores provides adjustability of the ionic conductivity of the membrane.
- Inventors:
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- (Brookfield, IL)
- Chicago, IL
- Spruce Grove, CA
- Natick, MA
- Glenview, IL
- Homer Glen, IL
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1036514
- Patent Number(s):
- 8119273
- Application Number:
- 11/690,413
- Assignee:
- The United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25D - PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE
Citation Formats
Gerald, II, Rex E., Ruscic, Katarina J, Sears, Devin N, Smith, Luis J, Klingler, Robert J, and Rathke, Jerome W. Unique battery with an active membrane separator having uniform physico-chemically functionalized ion channels and a method making the same. United States: N. p., 2012.
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Gerald, II, Rex E., Ruscic, Katarina J, Sears, Devin N, Smith, Luis J, Klingler, Robert J, & Rathke, Jerome W. Unique battery with an active membrane separator having uniform physico-chemically functionalized ion channels and a method making the same. United States.
Gerald, II, Rex E., Ruscic, Katarina J, Sears, Devin N, Smith, Luis J, Klingler, Robert J, and Rathke, Jerome W. Tue .
"Unique battery with an active membrane separator having uniform physico-chemically functionalized ion channels and a method making the same". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1036514.
@article{osti_1036514,
title = {Unique battery with an active membrane separator having uniform physico-chemically functionalized ion channels and a method making the same},
author = {Gerald, II, Rex E. and Ruscic, Katarina J and Sears, Devin N and Smith, Luis J and Klingler, Robert J and Rathke, Jerome W},
abstractNote = {The invention relates to a unique battery having an active, porous membrane and method of making the same. More specifically the invention relates to a sealed battery system having a porous, metal oxide membrane with uniform, physicochemically functionalized ion channels capable of adjustable ionic interaction. The physicochemically-active porous membrane purports dual functions: an electronic insulator (separator) and a unidirectional ion-transporter (electrolyte). The electrochemical cell membrane is activated for the transport of ions by contiguous ion coordination sites on the interior two-dimensional surfaces of the trans-membrane unidirectional pores. The membrane material is designed to have physicochemical interaction with ions. Control of the extent of the interactions between the ions and the interior pore walls of the membrane and other materials, chemicals, or structures contained within the pores provides adjustability of the ionic conductivity of the membrane.},
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year = {Tue Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2012},
month = {Tue Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2012}
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