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US 10,541,456 B2Granted
Metal-air battery apparatus and method of operating the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKyounghwan Choi
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Abstract
A method of operating a metal-air battery apparatus include: operating a metal-air battery unit by supplying air to the metal-air battery unit; stopping the operation of the metal-air battery unit by stopping the supply of air to the metal-air battery unit; and removing residual oxygen in the metal-air battery unit by performing a discharge operation.
Claims12
A method of operating a metal-air battery apparatus, the method comprising:
- operating a metal-air battery unit of the metal-air battery apparatus by supplying air to the metal-air battery unit, wherein the metal-air battery apparatus comprises a battery chamber in which the metal-air battery unit is disposed;
- stopping the supplying the air to the metal-air battery unit to stop the operating the metal-air battery unit;
- removing residual oxygen in the metal-air battery unit by performing a discharge operation using a constant current method, a constant voltage method, or a combination thereof by applying a constant discharge current or a constant voltage to the metal-air battery;
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- measuring an oxygen concentration in the battery chamber or an oxygen concentration in the metal-air battery unit during the discharge operation.
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