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Title: Lithium-air batteries, method for making lithium-air batteries

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OSTI ID:1332100
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The invention provides a method for generating Li.sub.2O.sub.2 or composites of it, the method uses mixing lithium ions with oxygen ions in the presence of a catalyst. The catalyst comprises a plurality of metal clusters, their alloys and mixtures, each cluster consisting of between 3 and 18 metal atoms. The invention also describes a lithium-air battery which uses a lithium metal anode, and a cathode opposing the anode. The cathode supports metal clusters, each cluster consisting of size selected clusters, taken from a range of between approximately 3 and approximately 18 metal atoms, and an electrolyte positioned between the anode and the cathode.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
Assignee:
UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
9,496,590
Application Number:
14/042,203
OSTI ID:
1332100
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Sep 30
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (6)

Supported catalysts with controlled metal cluster size patent September 2009
Subnanometer and nanometer catalysts, method for preparing size-selected catalysts patent March 2012
Subnanometer and nanometer catalysts, method for preparing size-selected catalysts patent April 2012
Subnanometer and Nanometer Catalysts, Method for Preparing Size-Selected Catalysts patent-application September 2009
HIGH-ENERGY METAL AIR BATTERIES patent-application March 2011
Graphene Oxide Gel-Derived, Free-Standing, Hierarchically Porous Carbon for High-Capacity and High-Rate Rechargeable Li-O2 Batteries journal May 2012

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