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Title: Alkali-metal batteries with a dendrite-free anode interfacing an organic liquid electrolyte

Abstract

A rechargeable battery cell has an organic-liquid electrolyte contacting a dendrite free alkali-metal anode. The alkali-metal anode may be a liquid at the operating temperature that is immobilized by absorption into a porous membrane. The alkali-metal anode may be a solid that wets a porous-membrane separator, where the contact between the solid alkali-metal anode and the liquid electrolyte is at micropores or nanopores in the porous-membrane separator. The use of a dendrite-free solid lithium cell was demonstrated in a symmetric cell with a porous cellulose-based separator membrane. A K+-ion rechargeable cell was demonstrated with a liquid K—Na alloy anode immobilized in a porous carbon membrane using an organic-liquid electrolyte with a Celgard® or glass-fiber separator.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1568092
Patent Number(s):
10236513
Application Number:
15/452,337
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22C - ALLOYS
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:  
AR0000297; SC0005397
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 03/07/2017
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Goodenough, John B., Xue, Leigang, and You, Byoungchul. Alkali-metal batteries with a dendrite-free anode interfacing an organic liquid electrolyte. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Goodenough, John B., Xue, Leigang, & You, Byoungchul. Alkali-metal batteries with a dendrite-free anode interfacing an organic liquid electrolyte. United States.
Goodenough, John B., Xue, Leigang, and You, Byoungchul. Tue . "Alkali-metal batteries with a dendrite-free anode interfacing an organic liquid electrolyte". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1568092.
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author = {Goodenough, John B. and Xue, Leigang and You, Byoungchul},
abstractNote = {A rechargeable battery cell has an organic-liquid electrolyte contacting a dendrite free alkali-metal anode. The alkali-metal anode may be a liquid at the operating temperature that is immobilized by absorption into a porous membrane. The alkali-metal anode may be a solid that wets a porous-membrane separator, where the contact between the solid alkali-metal anode and the liquid electrolyte is at micropores or nanopores in the porous-membrane separator. The use of a dendrite-free solid lithium cell was demonstrated in a symmetric cell with a porous cellulose-based separator membrane. A K+-ion rechargeable cell was demonstrated with a liquid K—Na alloy anode immobilized in a porous carbon membrane using an organic-liquid electrolyte with a Celgard® or glass-fiber separator.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {3}
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Low Temperature sulfur and Sodium Metal Battery for Grid-Sale Energy Storage Application
patent-application, February 2015


Rechargeable Alkali Metal-Air Battery
patent-application, June 2013