Gradient porous electrode architectures for rechargeable metal-air batteries

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

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

Abstract

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:: Tue Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1243311

Patent Number(s):: 9293772

Application Number:: 13/861,159

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

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
H01M12/08 - composed of a half-cell of a fuel-cell type and a half-cell of the secondary-cell type
H01M4/382 - {Lithium
H01M4/8605 - {Porous electrodes}
H01M4/861 - {with a gradient in the porosity}
H01M4/8663 - {Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for catalytic active masses, e.g. binders, fillers}
H01M4/8673 - {Electrically conductive fillers}
H01M4/9016 - {Oxides, hydroxides or oxygenated metallic salts}
H01M4/921 - {Alloys or mixtures with metallic elements}
H01M4/923 - {Compounds thereof with non-metallic elements}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E60/10 - Energy storage
Y02E60/50 - Fuel cells

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DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Apr 11

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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

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                    Dudney, Nancy J., Klett, James W., Nanda, Jagjit, Narula, Chaitanya Kumar, and Pannala, Sreekanth. Gradient porous electrode architectures for rechargeable metal-air batteries.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Dudney, Nancy J., Klett, James W., Nanda, Jagjit, Narula, Chaitanya Kumar, & Pannala, Sreekanth. Gradient porous electrode architectures for rechargeable metal-air batteries.  United States.

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                    Dudney, Nancy J., Klett, James W., Nanda, Jagjit, Narula, Chaitanya Kumar, and Pannala, Sreekanth. Tue .  
        "Gradient porous electrode architectures for rechargeable metal-air batteries".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1243311.

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  author       = {Dudney, Nancy J. and Klett, James W. and Nanda, Jagjit and Narula, Chaitanya Kumar and Pannala, Sreekanth},

  abstractNote = {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.},

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