Multi-element liquid metal battery
Abstract
An electrochemical cell including: a negative electrode including calcium and an alkali metal; a positive electrode including one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Zn, Ga, Ge, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi, Te, Bi, Pb, Sb, Zn, Sn and Mg; and an electrolyte including a salt of calcium and a salt of the alkali metal. The electrolyte is configured to allow the cations of the calcium and alkali metal to be transferred from the negative electrode to the positive electrode during discharging and to be transferred from the positive electrode to the negative electrode during charging. The electrolyte exists as a liquid phase and one or both of the negative electrode and the positive electrode exists as liquid or partially liquid phases at operating temperatures of the electrochemical cell.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1805441
- Patent Number(s):
- 10903528
- Application Number:
- 16/193,405
- Assignee:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000047
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 11/16/2018
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Ouchi, Takanari, Kim, Hojong, and Sadoway, Donald R. Multi-element liquid metal battery. United States: N. p., 2021.
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title = {Multi-element liquid metal battery},
author = {Ouchi, Takanari and Kim, Hojong and Sadoway, Donald R.},
abstractNote = {An electrochemical cell including: a negative electrode including calcium and an alkali metal; a positive electrode including one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Zn, Ga, Ge, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi, Te, Bi, Pb, Sb, Zn, Sn and Mg; and an electrolyte including a salt of calcium and a salt of the alkali metal. The electrolyte is configured to allow the cations of the calcium and alkali metal to be transferred from the negative electrode to the positive electrode during discharging and to be transferred from the positive electrode to the negative electrode during charging. The electrolyte exists as a liquid phase and one or both of the negative electrode and the positive electrode exists as liquid or partially liquid phases at operating temperatures of the electrochemical cell.},
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