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US 2020/0365934 A1Published application
Pouch cell battery including an ion exchange membrane
AssigneeNextech Batteries, Inc.
InventorsShoibal Banerjee, Zachary Favors, Bhargav Bhamwala
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Abstract
A battery comprising a cathode and the anode compartments can be completely isolated from each other and thus preventing migration of soluble polysulfide anions from cathode to anode compartment by a novel cell design that involves enclosing either or both the cathode or the anode in sealed cation exchange polymer pouch prior to stacking and assembling the pouch cell.
Claims20
A battery comprising:
- a cathode;
- an anode;
- an ion exchange membrane, and
- an electrolyte.
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A method of manufacturing a pouch cell battery configured to improve stability:
- preparing a pouch cell packaging having four edges, wherein three of the four edges of the bag are sealed;
- preparing a first cathode;
- preparing an electrolyte;
- preparing a first anode;
- providing an ion exchange membrane;
- providing a separator configured to couple to the anode;
- placing the first anode having a separator within the exchange membrane;
- sealing said exchange membrane;
- placing the cathode, electrolyte, and the exchange membrane containing the anode within the pouch cell packaging;
- sealing the fourth edge of the packaging.
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A pouch cell battery comprising:
- a cathode containing sulfur;
- an anode containing lithium;
- a separator;
- an ion exchange membrane configured to inhibit the crossover of ions in the battery, wherein the anode is fully encapsulated within the ion exchange membrane;
- an electrolyte;
- pouch cell packaging material configured to house the cathode, anode, separator, ion exchange membrane, and electrolyte;
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- a first electrode communicatively coupled to the cathode and a second electrode communicatively coupled to the anode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.