Molten salt lithium cells
Abstract
Lithium-based cells are promising for applications such as electric vehicles and load-leveling for power plants since lithium is very electropositive and light weight. One type of lithium-based cell utilizes a molten salt electrolyte and is operated in the temperature range of about 400.degree.-500.degree. C. Such high temperature operation accelerates corrosion problems and a substantial amount of energy is lost through heat transfer. The present invention provides an electrochemical cell (10) which may be operated at temperatures between about 100.degree.-170.degree. C. Cell (10) comprises an electrolyte (16), which preferably includes lithium nitrate, and a lithium or lithium alloy electrode (12).
- Inventors:
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- Menlo Park, CA
- Portola Valley, CA
- Stanford, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864703
- Patent Number(s):
- 4405416
- Assignee:
- Raistrick, Ian D. (Menlo Park, CA);Poris, Jaime (Portola Valley, CA);Huggins, Robert A. (Stanford, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25C - PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS
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:
- AC02-77ET25402
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- molten; salt; lithium; cells; lithium-based; promising; applications; electric; vehicles; load-leveling; power; plants; electropositive; light; weight; type; cell; utilizes; electrolyte; operated; temperature; range; 400; degree; -500; operation; accelerates; corrosion; substantial; amount; energy; lost; heat; transfer; provides; electrochemical; 10; temperatures; 100; -170; comprises; 16; preferably; nitrate; alloy; electrode; 12; cell utilizes; temperature operation; power plants; light weight; electric vehicle; temperature range; electrochemical cell; heat transfer; molten salt; power plant; lithium alloy; salt electrolyte; substantial amount; electric vehicles; alloy electrode; accelerates corrosion; lithium-based cells; lithium nitrate; operation accelerates; lithium-based cell; lithium cells; salt lithium; /205/429/
Citation Formats
Raistrick, Ian D, Poris, Jaime, and Huggins, Robert A. Molten salt lithium cells. United States: N. p., 1983.
Web.
Raistrick, Ian D, Poris, Jaime, & Huggins, Robert A. Molten salt lithium cells. United States.
Raistrick, Ian D, Poris, Jaime, and Huggins, Robert A. Sat .
"Molten salt lithium cells". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/864703.
@article{osti_864703,
title = {Molten salt lithium cells},
author = {Raistrick, Ian D and Poris, Jaime and Huggins, Robert A},
abstractNote = {Lithium-based cells are promising for applications such as electric vehicles and load-leveling for power plants since lithium is very electropositive and light weight. One type of lithium-based cell utilizes a molten salt electrolyte and is operated in the temperature range of about 400.degree.-500.degree. C. Such high temperature operation accelerates corrosion problems and a substantial amount of energy is lost through heat transfer. The present invention provides an electrochemical cell (10) which may be operated at temperatures between about 100.degree.-170.degree. C. Cell (10) comprises an electrolyte (16), which preferably includes lithium nitrate, and a lithium or lithium alloy electrode (12).},
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journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983},
month = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983}
}
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