Multi-element liquid metal battery

Ouchi, Takanari; Kim, Hojong; Sadoway, Donald R.

Title: Multi-element liquid metal battery

Patent · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2019

OSTI ID:1493282

Ouchi, Takanari; Kim, Hojong; Sadoway, Donald R.

An electrochemical cell includes a negative electrode having at least two active metals, a positive electrode having a metal or alloy, and an electrolyte having a cation of each of the active metals. The electrolyte defines first and second interfaces with the positive electrode being in contact with the first interface and the negative electrode being in contact with the second interface. The electrolyte is configured to allow the cations of the active metals 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 the negative electrode and the positive electrode exist as liquid or partially liquid phases at operating temperatures of the electrochemical cell.

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Research Organization:: Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AR0000047

Assignee:: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)

Patent Number(s):: 10,170,799

Application Number:: 14/968,381

OSTI ID:: 1493282

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 Dec 14

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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