Conductor of high electrical current at high temperature in oxygen and liquid metal environment

Title: Conductor of high electrical current at high temperature in oxygen and liquid metal environment

In one aspect, the present invention is directed to apparatuses for and methods of conducting electrical current in an oxygen and liquid metal environment. In another aspect, the invention relates to methods for production of metals from their oxides comprising providing a cathode in electrical contact with a molten electrolyte, providing a liquid metal anode separated from the cathode and the molten electrolyte by a solid oxygen ion conducting membrane, providing a current collector at the anode, and establishing a potential between the cathode and the anode.

Inventors:: Powell, IV, Adam Clayton; Pati, Soobhankar; Derezinski, Stephen Joseph; Lau, Garrett; Pal, Uday B.; Guan, Xiaofei; Gopalan, Srikanth

Issue Date:: 2016-01-12

OSTI Identifier:: 1234643

Assignee:: Infinium, Inc. DOEEE

Patent Number(s):: 9,234,288

Application Number:: 13/600,761

Contract Number:: EE0005547

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 Aug 31

Research Org:: Infinium, Inc., Natick, MA (United States) The Trustees of Boston University, Boston, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 42 ENGINEERING

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