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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brandon James Hopkins, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alexander H. Slocum, Bow, NH (US);
Xinwei Chen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Yet-Ming Chiang, Weston, MA (US);
Frank Yongzhen Fan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ahmed Helal, Cambridge, MA (US);
Zheng Li, Arlington, MA (US);
Kyle C. Smith, Champaign, IL (US);
W. Craig Carter, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The flow cell includes first and second reservoirs having a selected volume containing a flowable redox electrode. A membrane separates charged and discharged material. An energy-extraction region includes electronically conductive porous current collectors through or adjacent to which the flowable redox electrodes flow and to which charge transfer occurs. Structure is provided for altering orientation of the flow cell whereby gravity induces flow of the flowable redox electrode between the first and second reservoirs to deliver power. By varying the angle of the cell, flow rate and power delivered on discharge or the charge rate on charge may be varied.