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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2021
Iontra Inc, Centennial, CO (US);
Daniel A. Konopka, Denver, CO (US);
Reuben Sarkar, Denver, CO (US);
Iontra Inc, Centennial, CO (US);
Abstract
A method, and associated batteries and battery charging units, that involve inducing electric and/or magnetic fields (field-induced current) across an electrode of a electrochemical cell, such as an anode of a battery. The field and current across the electrode may be referred to herein as a transverse current as this current is typically transverse to the ionic charge current that may be applied when charging a battery. The field and current may be induced from connecting AC energy, e.g., AC current, across the electrode or at a discrete point or points of the electrode. The induced field and current may suppress dendrite growth, experienced in conventional batteries without AC energy, among other advantages.