Gradient porous electrode architectures for rechargeable metal-air batteries

Title: Gradient porous electrode architectures for rechargeable metal-air batteries

A cathode for a metal air battery includes a cathode structure having pores. The cathode structure has a metal side and an air side. The porosity decreases from the air side to the metal side. A metal air battery and a method of making a cathode for a metal air battery are also disclosed.

Inventors:: Dudney, Nancy J.; Klett, James W.; Nanda, Jagjit; Narula, Chaitanya Kumar; Pannala, Sreekanth

Issue Date:: 2016-03-22

OSTI Identifier:: 1243311

Assignee:: UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN) ORNL

Patent Number(s):: 9,293,772

Application Number:: 13/861,159

Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Apr 11

Research Org:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION

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