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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1995
Denis G Fauteux, Acton, MA (US);
Martin Van Buren, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Jie Shi, Arlington, MA (US);
Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An electrolytic cell, such as a rechargeable lithium battery, having cavitands associated with a metal ion source-electrode and an electrolyte. The cavitands, which are anchored to the electrode by a polymer leash, are capable of releasably attracting particular ions, such as lithium ions, which are migrating from the electrolyte, toward the surface of the electrode during electrodeposition. The polymer leash serves to continuously maintain the cavitands at a predetermined distance away from the surface of the electrode, regardless of surface area fluctuations, typically caused during deposition and dissolution of the particular ions. Accordingly, the cavitands facilitate substantially uniform electrodeposition of the particular ions, which, in turn, substantially suppresses and/or controls the formation and growth of a passive film or layer, on the electrode surface, which may otherwise promote the formation of dendrites.