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Lanxess Deutschland Gmbh

Rhein Chemie Rheinau Gmbh

Elcomax Membranes Gmbh

Domnik Bayer

Werner Obrecht

Oliver Gronwald

Wolfgang Jabczynski

Peter Heidebrecht

Michael Lutz

Johan Ter Maat

Thomas Früh

Dieter Melzner

Andreas Haas

Günther Huber

Xu Yuan Peng

Torsten Ziser

Jesus Enrique Zerpa Unda

Annette Reiche

Anna Katharina Dürr

Shyam Sundar Venkataraman

Gunther Achhammer

Stefan Meuer

Katrin Freitag

Günther Achhammer

Anna Katharina Duerr

Rosalba Adriana Ricon-Ovalles

Markus Kohl

Rosalba Adriana Rincon-Ovalles

Peter Steigner

Dirk Merkel

Anna Katharina Durr

Thomas FRÜH

Described herein is an electrochemical energy store including at least one electrochemical cell and a support structure, wherein the electrochemical cells are accommodated in a suspended manner in the support structure.

Electrochemical energy store

Described herein is a process for the production of moldings made of porous material impregnated with polysulfide, the process including the following steps: (a) insertion of the porous material into a mold; (b) introduction of liquid polysulfide into the mold at a flow velocity within the porous material in the range from 0.5 to 200 cm/s; (c) cooling of the polysulfide to a temperature below the melting point of the polysulfide; and (d) removal of the porous material impregnated with the polysulfide.

Method for producing moulded parts consisting of a porous material impregnated with polysulfide

The present invention relates to a catalyst composition, comprising tin oxide particles which are at least partially coated by a noble metal oxide layer, wherein the composition contains iridium and ruthenium in a total amount of from 10 wt % to 38 wt %, and all iridium and ruthenium is oxidized, &#x2014;has a BET surface area of from 5 to 95 m/g, and &#x2014;has an electrical conductivity at 25&#xb0; C. of at least 7 S/cm.

Electrocatalyst composition comprising noble metal oxide supported on tin oxide

The present invention relates to a metal-doped tin oxide which has a BET surface area of at least 30 m 2/g, and comprises at least one metal dopant which is Sb, Nb, Ta, Bi, W, or In, or any mixture thereof, wherein the metal dopant is present in an amount of from 2.5 at % to 25 at %, based on the total amount of tin and metal dopant atoms, and is in a mixed valence state containing atoms of oxidation state OS1 and atoms of oxidation state OS2, wherein the oxidation state OS1 is &#x3e;0 and the oxidation state OS2 is &#x3e;OS1 and the atomic ratio of the atoms of OS2 to the atoms of OS1 is from 1.5 to 12.0.

Metal-doped tin oxide for electrocatalysis applications

A device for storing electrical energy is disclosed. The device includes an electrochemical cell having a cathode chamber for holding a liquid cathode material and an anode chamber for holding a liquid anode material. The cathode and anode chambers are separated by a solid electrolyte, wherein the solid electrolyte is surrounded by a planar construction having openings, through which the cathode material can flow. The planar construction is made of an electrically conductive material. The cathode chamber includes at least one segment, wherein each segment has a jacket composed of an electrically conductive material and the jacket is fastened to the planar construction having openings in a fluid-tight and electrically conductive manner and wherein each segment is filled with a porous felt or a porous material different from porous felt. A method for assembling and starting up the device and a method for operating the device is also disclosed.

Device for storing electrical energy, method for assembling and starting up said device, and method for operating said device

An electrode unit for an electrochemical device, comprising (i) a solid electrolyte which divides a space for molten cathode material, selected from the group consisting of elemental sulfur and polysulfide of the alkali metal anode material, and a space for molten alkali metal anode material, and (ii) a porous solid state electrode directly adjacent to the solid electrolyte within the space for the cathode material, with a non-electron-conducting intermediate layer S present between the solid state electrode and the solid electrolyte, wherein this intermediate layer S has a thickness in the range from 0.5 to 5 mm and, before the first charge of the electrochemical device, has been impregnated fully with a polysulfide composition, comprising (A) pure polysulfides MetSwith Met=alkali metal of the alkali metal anode material selected from lithium, sodium, potassium, and x is dependent on the alkali metal and is 2, 3, 4 or 5 for Na and is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 for Li and is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 for K, or (B) mixtures of the polysulfides of one and the same alkali metal from (A) with one another.

Electrode unit for an electrochemical device

Provided herein is an apparatus for storing electric energy including at least one electrochemical cell having an anode space and a cathode space that are separated by a solid electrolyte, a first store for anode material that is connected to the anode space, and a second store for cathode material that is connected to the cathode space. The cathode space is also connected to a third store. The second and third stores are connected to one another by means of a gas conduit that opens into the upper region of the second and third stores. A conveying apparatus for gas having a reversible conveying direction is accommodated in the gas conduit. Further provided herein is a method of operating the apparatus.

Device for storing electrical energy and method for operating the device

The invention relates to an electrode unit for an electrochemical device, comprising a solid electrolyte () and a porous electrode (), the solid electrolyte () dividing a compartment for cathode material and a compartment for anode material and the porous electrode () being extensively connected to the solid electrolyte (), with a displacer () being accommodated in the anode material compartment, where the displacer () is manufactured from a stainless steel or from graphite foil and bears resiliently against the internal geometry of the solid electrolyte () in such a way that the displacer () does not contact the solid electrolyte over its full area, or with the displacer comprising an outer shell () of stainless steel or graphite, and a core () of a nonferrous metal, the nonferrous metal being thermoplastically deformable at a temperature which is lower than the temperature at which the stainless steel is thermoplastically deformable, and where for production the shell () of stainless steel or graphite is pressed onto the solid electrolyte () by introduction and heating of the nonferrous metal, and on cooling forms a gap between solid electrolyte () and shell () of stainless steel.

Electrode unit

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