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US 11,280,018 B2Granted
Electrochemical methods, devices and compositions
AssigneeLontra Limited
InventorsDaniel A. Konopka, Jason A. Seedig
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a method comprising inducing a first current between a source of a countercharge and a first electrode, the first current being through an electrolyte. A second current is induced across the first electrode, the second current being transverse to the first current, and the second current inducing a relativistic charge across the first electrode.
Claims20
A method for operating an electrochemical cell, the method comprising:
- obtaining an impedance measurement of the electrochemical cell;
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- adjusting, based on the impedance measurement, an alternating current electric waveform conducted on an electrode of the electrochemical cell to control deposition of metal from an electrolyte onto the electrode and reduce the formation of dendrites.
An apparatus comprising:
- a waveform generator coupled with an electrode, the waveform generating device superimposing a probe signal on a charge signal to obtain an impedance measurement of an electrochemical cell and inducing, based on the impedance measurement, an alternating current electric waveform on the electrode of the electrochemical cell to control deposition of metal from an electrolyte onto the electrode and reduce the formation of dendrites on the electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.