AQUEOUS BATTERIES WITH A MEDIATOR-ION SOLID STATE ELECTROLYTE

• Main Authors: Manthiram, Arumugam, Yu, Xingwen, Gross, Martha, Wang, Shaofei
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.04.2019
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

The present disclosure relates to aqueous batteries in which a mediator-ion solid state electrolyte provides ion channels through which an alkali metal ion passes during operation of the batteries, but which blocks passage of the catholyte or anolyte.