Air battery, method of using an air battery, and electronic device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKeisuke Shimizu, Eishi Endo
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Abstract
A battery device, including a negative electrode; an air electrode; an electrolyte layer that is positioned between the negative electrode and the air electrode; a first current collector on a first surface of the air electrode closest to the negative electrode; and a second current collector on a second surface of the air electrode positioned opposite to the negative electrode; where the first current collector and the second current collector are each electrically connected to the air electrode.
Claims20
A battery device, comprising:
- a negative electrode;
- an air electrode;
- an electrolyte layer that is positioned between the negative electrode and the air electrode;
- a first current collector on a first surface of the air electrode closest to the negative electrode;
- and
- a second current collector on a second surface of the air electrode positioned opposite to the negative electrode;
- wherein the first current collector and the second current collector are each electrically connected to the air electrode.
An air battery adapted for use with an electronic device, comprising:
- an air battery comprising a negative electrode, an air electrode, an electrolyte layer that is positioned between the negative electrode and the air electrode, a first current collector on a first surface of the air electrode and positioned closest to the negative electrode, and a second current collector positioned on a second surface of the air electrode positioned opposite to the negative electrode and inside of the air electrode, wherein the first current collector and the second current collector are each electrically connected to the air electrode;
- and
- wherein electric power is supplied to the electronic device from the air battery.
A method of manufacturing a battery device, comprising the steps of:
- forming a negative electrode;
- forming an air electrode;
- forming an electrolyte layer that is positioned between the negative electrode and the air electrode;
- forming a first current collector on a first surface of the air electrode closest to the negative electrode;
- forming a second current collector on a second surface of the air electrode positioned opposite to the negative electrode,
- wherein the first current collector and the second current collector are each electrically connected to the air electrode;
- and
- assembling each of the negative electrode, the air electrode, the electrolyte layer, the first current collector, and the second current collector to form the battery device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.