Molten salt electrochemical cell including an alkali metal intercalated petroleum coke as the anode
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsEdward J. Plichta, Wishvender K. Behl
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Abstract
High temperature molten salt electrochemical cells that are economic are e using an alkali metal intercalated petroleum coke as the anode.
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A molten salt electrochemical cell including an alkali metal intercalated petroleum coke as an anode.
A molten salt electrochemical cell consisting of an intercalated alkali metal petroleum coke as the anode, at least one alkali metal halide as the electrolyte, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of NiS.sub.2, FeS.sub.2, CoS.sub.2, LiCoO.sub.2, LiNiO.sub.2, LiFeO.sub.2, LiCrO.sub.2, CuCl.sub.2, NiCl.sub.2, COS.sub.2, NiS, CoS, FeS, MnO.sub.2, LiMn.sub.2 O.sub.4, TiS.sub.2, CuCl.sub.2, NiF.sub.2 and FeCl.sub.3 as the cathode.
A molten salt electrochemical cell consisting of lithium intercalated petroleum coke as the anode, FeS.sub.2 as the cathode, and a mixture of LiCl, LiBr, and LiF having the composition 9.6 weight percent LiF, 22.0 weight percent LiCl and 68.4 weight percent LiBr as the electrolyte.
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