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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2012
Bruce S. Kang, Morgantown, WV (US);
Huang Guo, Morgantown, WV (US);
Bruce S. Kang, Morgantown, WV (US);
Huang Guo, Morgantown, WV (US);
Other;
Abstract
Instead of CCS technique, a possible approach to mitigate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission is to decompose it into useful products. This invention shows a high temperature rechargeable battery system for decomposition of oxygen-containing gases (e.g CO/HO, NO, SO, in particular GHG), oxygen generation, and energy storage by using ODF/LaNiO-based materials in Li/Ti/Mg—CObattery architecture. Different from ionic Lithium conducting electrolyte, the invention has a higher ionic oxygen conducting electrolyte to work efficiently at higher temperature without sacrificing safety. During battery discharge, GHG can be decomposed into syngas (CO+H) or solid carbon, while renewable energy (e.g. solar/wind power) could be used to charge the battery and generate oxygen. The energy consumption for GHG decomposition is self-sustainable and the byproducts (i.e. carbon/syngas and oxygen) have good market values. The adoption of cost effective materials other than Lithium is significant for scaled-up applications and represents an entirely new approach.