Electrical energy storage device with non-aqueous electrolyte

An electrical energy storage device (20) comprising;

• an anode (28) comprising a layer of Aluminum,
• a membrane (34) sandwiched with said anode (28),
• a cathode (38) sandwiched with said membrane (34) and disposed in spaced and parallel relationship with said anode (28),
• and characterized by,
• said cathode (38) containing a host lattice (44) having a conjugated system with delocalized it electrons and a dopant (48) containing Aluminum Glycerate bonded with said host lattice (44) to alter the electrochemical properties of said host lattice (44) of said cathode (38).

A secondary battery device (22) comprising;

• an anode (28) consisting of a layer of 99.4 to 99.9 wt % of solid Aluminum of 99.95% purity and 0.1 to 0.6 wt % of Indium and having a rectangular shape with a first length of 1.2 cm and a first width of 1.7 cm and a first thickness of 0.1 mm,
• a negative lead (30) of an electrically conductive material in electrical contact with said anode (28) for conducting electrical current with external circuitry,
• a cement (32) including particles of metal disposed between and bonding said anode (28) and said negative lead (30) for conducting electrical current therebetween,
• a membrane (34) of cellulose having a third thickness of 0.08 mm and defining a plurality of pores (36) and sandwiched with said anode (28) for providing electrical insulation therebetween,
• an electrolyte (24) including first ions (26) containing Aluminum and having a positive charge and including second ions (27) containing Aluminum and having a negative charge and said electrolyte (24) impregnating said pores (36) of said membrane (34) to carry an ion current through said membrane (34),
• a cathode (38) having a rectangular shape with a second length of 1.4 cm and a second width of 1.9 cm and a second thickness of 0.1 mm disposed adjacent and parallel to said membrane (34) with said membrane (34) being sandwiched between said cathode (38) and said anode (28),
• said cathode (38) including a carrier sheet (40) of cellulose and an electroactive layer (42) integrated with and upon said carrier sheet (40) facing said anode (28),
• a positive lead (50) containing graphite in electrical contact with said electroactive layer (42) of said cathode (38) for conducting electrical current with external circuitry,
• an adhesive (52) containing graphite disposed between and bonding said electroactive layer (42) and said positive lead (50) for conducting electrical current therebetween,
• and characterized by,
• said electrolyte (24) consisting essentially of glycerol and said first ions (26) including [Al(ClO4)2{C3H5(OH)3}2]+ and said second ions (27) including [Al(ClO4)4]− for migrating between and reacting with said anode (28) and said cathode (38) to charge and discharge said secondary battery device (22),
• said electroactive layer (42) of said cathode (38) containing a host lattice (44) having a conjugated system with delocalized it electrons and defining voids and a dopant (48) containing Aluminum Alcoholate and Aluminum Glycerate bonded with said conjugated system of said host lattice (44) and intercalated in said voids to alter the electrochemical properties of said electroactive layer (42) of said cathode (38) to increase the rate of the reactions with said first ions (26) and said second ions (27) for charging and discharging said secondary battery device (22).

A method for constructing an electrical energy storage device (20) having an anode (28) and a membrane (34) and an electrolyte (24) and a cathode (38), said method comprising;

• wetting the membrane (34) with an electrolyte (24),
• stacking the membrane (34) upon and parallel to the anode (28),
• stacking the cathode (38) upon and parallel to the membrane (34) with the membrane (34) disposed between the anode (28) and the cathode (38),
• and characterized by,
• dissolving Aluminum Perchlorate powder in glycerol to saturation to make the electrolyte (24).

A method for constructing a secondary battery device (22) having an anode (28) and a negative lead (30) and a membrane (34) and an electrolyte (24) and a cathode (38) having a carrier sheet (40) of cellulose using a cathodic mixture (60), said method comprising;

• heating a plate of Aluminum of 99.95% purity and 0.1 to 0.6 wt % of Indium to a temperature of 450° C.,
• rolling the plate to reduce the thickness of the plate while cooling at a rate of more than 10° C. per minute to a reduced thickness,
• reheating the reduced thickness of the plate and rerolling the reduced thickness of the plate into a foil (56) coated with Aluminum Oxide and surface contaminants and having a thickness between 0.05 and 0.1 mm,
• rinsing the foil (56) with ethanol to remove surface contaminants therefrom,
• submerging the foil (56) in a solution of water and Hydroxide having a concentration of 4 mol for one minute for removing the Aluminum Oxide from the surface of the foil (56),
• rinsing the foil (56) with water for removing the Hydroxide therefrom,
• subjecting the foil (56) to 70° C. for 30 minutes for evaporating moisture therefrom,
• surrounding the foil (56) with an anhydrous environment,
• dividing the foil (56) into a rectangular shape to define the anode (28) having a first length of 1.2 cm and a first width of 1.7 cm,
• attaching a negative lead (30) to the anode (28) with a cement (32) including particles of silver,
• wetting the membrane (34) with the electrolyte (24),
• stacking the membrane (34) upon and parallel to the anode (28),
• applying the cathodic mixture (60) in a thin film layer to one side of the carrier sheet (40) of cellulose to soak into the carrier sheet (40),
• subjecting the cathodic mixture (60) to a temperature of 50 to 60° C. to solidify the cathodic mixture (60) into a host lattice (44) being disposed upon and within the carrier sheet (40),
• wetting the host lattice (44) with a doping fluid (62) containing a dopant (48) to allow the dopant (48) to bond with and intercalate into the host lattice (44) to produce an electroactive layer (42),
• attaching a positive lead (50) in electrical contact with the electroactive layer (42) of the cathode (38) with an adhesive (52) containing graphite,
• stacking the cathode (38) upon and parallel to the membrane (34) with the membrane (34) disposed between the anode (28) and the cathode (38),
• and characterized by,
• dissolving Aluminum Perchlorate powder in glycerol to saturation to produce the electrolyte (24),
• dissolving AlCl3 powder in ethanol to produce a background solution (66),
• combining 40 wt % of the background solution (66) with 60 wt % of glycerol to produce a binary solvent (68),
• grating 1 cm3 of 99.4 to 99.9 wt % of Aluminum of 99.95% purity and 0.1 to 0.6 wt % of Indium to make filings (70) with an equivalent surface area of 20 to 30 cm2,
• immersing the filings (70) in 150 to 200 ml of the binary solvent (68) until the filings (70) have dissolved to produce the doping fluid (62).