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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2017
Sion Power Corporation, Tucson, AZ (US);
Zhongchun Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hui Du, Tucson, AZ (US);
Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Tucson, AZ (US);
Tracy Earl Kelley, Tucson, AZ (US);
Marina Safont-Sempere, Mannheim, DE;
Holger Schneider, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Thomas Weiss, Ilvesheim, DE;
Sion Power Corporation, Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
Articles and methods involving protected electrode structures are generally provided. In some embodiments, a protected electrode structure includes an electrode comprising an alkali metal and a protective structure directly adjacent the electrode. In some embodiments, the protective structure comprises elemental carbon and intercalated ions. In some embodiments, the protective structure is a composite protective structure. The composite structure may comprise an alloy comprising an alkali metal, an oxide of an alkali metal, and/or a fluoride salt of an alkali metal.