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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2019
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Michael Metzger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Soo Kim, Cambridge, MA (US);
Saravanan Kuppan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sondra Hellstrom, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christina Johnston, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nathan Craig, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jake Christensen, Elk Grove, CA (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A desalination battery includes a working intercalation electrode in a first compartment, a counter intercalation electrode in a second compartment, both compartments including saline water solution with an elevated concentration of dissolved salts, an ion exchange membrane arranged between the compartments, a voltage source arranged to supply voltage to the electrodes, and a sacrificial compound configured to neutralize charge within the first compartment at a predetermined voltage while being consumed by oxidation or reduction reactions upon an activation of the working electrode.