Battery with gelled electrolyte
AssigneePlurion Limited
InventorsRobert Clarke, Brian Dougherty, Stephen Harrison, J. Peter Millington, Samaresh Mohanta
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Abstract
An electric device comprises a gelled acid electrolyte (142A) in complex with a lanthanide that forms a redox pair with a second element. Preferred electric devices include batteries and especially primary batteries, while preferred acid electrolytes (124A) have a sulfonic acid group. Contemplated lanthanides especially include cerium, and preferred second elements particularly include zinc. Alternatively, contemplated electric devices may comprise a gelled electrolyte (142A) in which with a lanthanide forms a redox pair with zinc.
Claims20
A battery having a gelled acid electrolyte comprising a complexed lanthanide that forms a redox pair with zinc in which reduction of the lanthanide and oxidation of the zinc produce current provided by the battery, and wherein the lanthanide forms a complex with a sulfur-containing anionic group.
An electric device having a gelled acidic electrolyte in which with a lanthanide forms a redox pair with zinc in which reduction of the lanthanide and oxidation of the zinc produce current provided by the electric device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.