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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1978
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
M Stanley Whittingham, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Gerald H Newman, Westfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Linden, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429194 ; 429199 ;
Abstract
An improved rechargeable, high energy density electrochemical cell comprising an anode having as its active material an alkali metal, a cathode having as its active material a transition metal trichalcogenide and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing at least one ionizable salt of the anode-active material dissolved in a dioxolane solvent. A specific example is an electrochemical cell with an anode-active material of lithium or alloys thereof, a cathode of niobium triselenide and an electrolyte of lithium perchlorate dissolved in dioxolane.