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US 12,476,269 B2Granted
Rechargeable liquid fuel cell system and method
AssigneeFlow Cell Tech, LLC
InventorMichael L. Perry
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Abstract
A rechargeable liquid fuel cell system includes an aqueous liquid fuel having a formate salt and a bicarbonate salt. The formate salt electrochemically converts to the bicarbonate salt upon discharge, and the bicarbonate salt electrochemically converts to the formate salt upon charge.
Claims10
An electrochemically reversible aqueous liquid fuel for a rechargeable fuel cell system comprising a formate salt and a bicarbonate salt, the formate salt electrochemically converting to the bicarbonate salt upon fuel cell system discharge, and the bicarbonate salt electrochemically converting to the formate salt upon fuel cell system charge.
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