Methods and apparatuses for making cathodes for high-temperature, rechargeable batteries
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OSTI ID:1132513
The approaches for fabricating cathodes can be adapted to improve control over cathode composition and to better accommodate batteries of any shape and their assembly. For example, a first solid having an alkali metal halide, a second solid having a transition metal, and a third solid having an alkali metal aluminum halide are combined into a mixture. The mixture can be heated in a vacuum to a temperature that is greater than or equal to the melting point of the third solid. When the third solid is substantially molten liquid, the mixture is compressed into a desired cathode shape and then cooled to solidify the mixture in the desired cathode shape.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RLO1830
- Assignee:
- Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
- Patent Number(s):
- 8,728,174
- Application Number:
- 13/069,694
- OSTI ID:
- 1132513
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2011 Mar 23
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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