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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Xiaochuan Lu, Richland, WA (US);
Jin Yong Kim, Richland, WA (US);
Guosheng Li, Richland, WA (US);
John P. Lemmon, Kennewick, WA (US);
Vincent L. Sprenkle, Richland, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
Sodium energy storage devices employing aspects of both ZEBRA batteries and traditional Na—S batteries can perform better than either battery alone. The hybrid energy storage devices described herein can include a sodium anode, a molten sodium salt catholyte, and a positive electrode that has active species containing sulfur. Additional active species can include a transition metal source and NaCl. As a product of the energy discharge process, NaSforms in which x is less than three.