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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2010
John J. Vajo, West Hills, CA (US);
Adam F. Gross, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Ping Liu, Irvine, CA (US);
Jocelyn Hicks-garner, Venice, CA (US);
Elena Sherman, Culver City, CA (US);
Sky Van Atta, Culver City, CA (US);
John J. Vajo, West Hills, CA (US);
Adam F. Gross, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Ping Liu, Irvine, CA (US);
Jocelyn Hicks-Garner, Venice, CA (US);
Elena Sherman, Culver City, CA (US);
Sky Van Atta, Culver City, CA (US);
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Abstract
Variations of the invention provide an improved aluminum battery consisting of an aluminum anode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a cathode comprising a metal oxide, a metal fluoride, a metal sulfide, or sulfur. The cathode can be fully reduced upon battery discharge via a multiple-electron reduction reaction. In some embodiments, the cathode materials are contained within the pore volume of a porous conductive carbon scaffold. Batteries provided by the invention have high active material specific energy densities and good cycling stabilities at a variety of operating temperatures.