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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
May. 11, 2016
Sion Power Corporation, Tucson, AZ (US);
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Schott Ag, Mainze, DE;
Christine Bunte, Mannheim, DE;
Miriam Kunze, Saulheim, DE;
Meike Schneider, Taunusstein, DE;
Wolfgang Schmidbauer, Mainz-Finthen, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell comprising as component (A) an electrode comprising lithium metal or lithium alloy, and lithium ion conductively connected thereto as component (B) a glass ceramic membrane comprising an amorphous phase, as component (C) a liquid electrolyte comprising at least one solvent and at least one lithium salt, as component (D) an electrode comprising sulfur as a cathode active species. The present invention also relates to battery comprising a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell as defined herein. The present invention further relates to the use of a glass ceramic membrane as defined herein as a separator in (i) a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, or (ii) a battery comprising at least one lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell.