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US 11,456,483 B2Granted
Carbon fiber battery electrodes with ionic liquid and gel electrolytes
AssigneeThe MITRE Corporation
InventorNicholas Hudak
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to liquid monomer mixtures that comprise at least one metal salt, at least one ionic liquid, at least one monomer, and at least one polymer initiator. The present invention is also directed to methods of making gel polymer electrolytes from the liquid monomer mixtures and methods of using the gel polymer electrolytes in batteries and other electrochemical technologies.
Claims17
An electrochemical device comprising:
- (a) an electrochemical cell comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein at least one electrode comprises woven carbon fiber, wherein the diameter of the carbon fiber is between about 2 μm and about 22 μm, and wherein the electrolyte comprises:
- (i) at least one metal salt;
- and
- (ii) at least one ionic liquid;
- (b) at least one electronic device;
- and
- (c) at least one connection between the electrochemical cell and the electronic device.
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