Lanxess Solutions US Inc.

Chemtura Corporation

Kevin Jackson

Venkatramanan K Madabusi

George Brereton

Joseph F Stieber

Thomas R Doyle

Ronald O Rosenberg

Fei Wang

Dharmasena Peramunage

Yujie Ding

Energy storage devices are improved by incorporating polyurethane separators, which separators comprise polyurethane polymers prepared by curing a polycarbonate based polyurethane prepolymer, which polyurethane polymers often further comprise metal or ammonium salts and are often swelled by an organic solvent.

Energy storage device comprising a polyurethane separator

A non-aqueous flow cell energy storage device comprises a ionically conductive separator, which separator comprises a polyurethane prepared by curing an isocyanate capped prepolymer, which prepolymer was prepared from a polyol having polycarbonate backbone, wherein the separator may be impregnated with electrolyte salts and/or swelled by an organic solvent.

Non-aqueous flow cell comprising a polyurethane separator

Plasticizer free curing compositions comprising small particle size complexes of methylenedianiline and an alkali salt, e.g. a 3:1 coordination complex of MDA/alkali salt, with average diameter 60 micron or less, often 20 micron or less, e.g., 10 microns or less, dispersed in a volatile, non-polar, organic solvent are prepared. Stable one pack urethane compositions comprising the plasticizer free curing compositions and polyurethane prepolymers are prepared, which exhibit excellent storage stability and overcome many of the drawbacks encountered when using MDA complexes dispersed in plasticizers such as high boiling aromatic and alkyl di-esters.

Plasticizer free curing composition

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