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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2018
L3 Open Water Power, Inc., Somerville, MA (US);
Ian Salmon McKay, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason R Kovacs, Somerville, MA (US);
Jesse Daniel Benck, Cambridge, MA (US);
Branko Zugic, Somerville, MA (US);
L3 Open Water Power, Inc., Somerville, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of generating an electrical current and a multi-cell electrochemical device. The method includes extracting oxygen from an aqueous ambient environment surrounding an electrochemical system; transporting the extracted oxygen through a selectively oxygen-permeable membrane to an enclosed electrolyte configured to surround an anode and a cathode in the electrochemical system, wherein the electrolyte is separated from the aqueous ambient environment; transporting the oxygenated electrolyte to the cathode; reducing the oxygen at the cathode; and oxidizing a metal at the anode. The device includes a metal anode; a cathode; an enclosed electrolyte configured to surround the cathode and the anode, wherein the electrolyte is separated from an aqueous ambient environment surrounding the electrochemical device; and a selectively oxygen-permeable membrane configured to extract oxygen from the aqueous ambient environment.