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Politecnico Di Milano

Gabriele Panzeri

Vincenzo Tirella

Luca Magagnin

Simone Brunetti

Alessandra Accogli

Luca Succa

Francesco Liberale

Simona Ieffa

Eugenio Gibertini

The invention concerns a battery () comprising at least a first electrode () and a second electrode (), placed at a suitable distance from each other, wherein said battery comprise an active material is between said electrodes (), said active material comprising: at least one oxygen-containing compound selected from the group consisting of MgO, ZnO, ZrOCl, ZrO, SiO, BiO, AlO, FeO, FeOand TiO; at least one salt selected from a chloride-containing salt and a sulphate-containing salt; at least one thickener additive selected from the group consisting of agar-agar, xanthan gum, methylcellulose, and gum arabic, and at least one plasticizer additive, wherein the particle size of the at least one oxygen-based compound has an average diameter in the range from 10 nm to 40 μm.

Semi-solid battery with recharging capability

The invention relates to an active material comprising at least one oxygen containing compound selected from the group consisting of MgO, ZnO, ZrOCl, ZrO, SiO, BiO, AlOand TiO, at least one thickener additive selected from the group consisting of agar agar, xanthan gum, methylcellulose, and arabic gum, and at least one plasticizer additive, wherein the particle size of the at least one oxygen-based compound has an average diameter in the range from 10 nm to 40 &#x3bc;m. The invention concerns also an electric power generator (EPG) comprising at least a first electrode () and a second electrode (), wherein the electric power generator comprises the active material between said electrodes ().

Active material and electric power generator containing it

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