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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2012
Yuhao LU, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sean Andrew Vail, Vancouver, WA (US);
Gregory M. Stecker, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jong-jan Lee, Camas, WA (US);
Yuhao Lu, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sean Andrew Vail, Vancouver, WA (US);
Gregory M. Stecker, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jong-Jan Lee, Camas, WA (US);
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Abstract
A battery is provided with an associated method for transporting metal-ions in the battery using a low temperature molten salt (LTMS). The battery comprises an anode, a cathode formed from a LTMS having a liquid phase at a temperature of less than 150° C., a current collector submerged in the LTMS, and a metal-ion permeable separator interposed between the LTMS and the anode. The method transports metal-ions from the separator to the current collector in response to the LTMS acting simultaneously as a cathode and an electrolyte. More explicitly, metal-ions are transported from the separator to the current collector by creating a liquid flow of LTMS interacting with the current collector and separator.