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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Adam Clayton Powell, Iv, Newton, MA (US);
Soobhankar Pati, Boston, MA (US);
Stephen Joseph Derezinski, Wellesley, MA (US);
Garrett Lau, Palmetto Bay, FL (US);
Uday B. Pal, Dover, MA (US);
Xiaofei Guan, Boston, MA (US);
Srikanth Gopalan, Westborough, MA (US);
Adam Clayton Powell, IV, Newton, MA (US);
Soobhankar Pati, Boston, MA (US);
Stephen Joseph Derezinski, Wellesley, MA (US);
Garrett Lau, Palmetto Bay, FL (US);
Uday B. Pal, Dover, MA (US);
Xiaofei Guan, Boston, MA (US);
Srikanth Gopalan, Westborough, MA (US);
Infinium, Inc., Natick, MA (US);
The Trustees of Boston University, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the present invention is directed to apparatuses for and methods of conducting electrical current in an oxygen and liquid metal environment. In another aspect, the invention relates to methods for production of metals from their oxides comprising providing a cathode in electrical contact with a molten electrolyte, providing a liquid metal anode separated from the cathode and the molten electrolyte by a solid oxygen ion conducting membrane, providing a current collector at the anode, and establishing a potential between the cathode and the anode.