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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2018
Applicants:
C. Austen Angell, Mesa, AZ (US);
Leigang Xue, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
C. Austen Angell, Mesa, AZ (US);
Leigang Xue, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/39 (2006.01); H01M 2/16 (2006.01); H01M 4/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/399 (2013.01); H01M 2/1646 (2013.01); H01M 2/1686 (2013.01); H01M 4/381 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0057 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery includes an anode chamber configured to contain an anolyte and including an anode, a cathode chamber configured to contain a catholyte including a cathode, and a separator between the anode chamber and the cathode chamber. The anode includes sodium, and the cathode includes aluminum. The battery is configured to be operated above a melting point of the anolyte and the catholyte, such that the anolyte is a molten anolyte and the catholyte is a molten catholyte.