Mixed electrolyte battery
AssigneePlurion Limited
InventorsRobert Lewis Clarke, Brian Dougherty, Stephen Harrison, J. Peter Millington, Samaresh Mohanta
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Abstract
A battery (100B) comprises an electrolyte in which a first element forms a redox pair with a second element, wherein the battery (100B) is charged at a voltage sufficient to plate the first element at the anode (122B) and wherein the voltage is insufficient to plate the second element on the anode (122B). Preferred batteries include secondary batteries comprising a mixed electrolyte that includes a redox pair formed by a first element and a second element.
Claims20
A battery comprising:
- an electrolyte comprising a first element and a second element, wherein the first and the second element form a redox pair, and wherein the electrolyte, the first, and the second element contact an anode and wherein the first element allows charging of the battery at a voltage sufficient to plate the first element at the anode;
- wherein the second element allows charging of the battery at the voltage without plating of the second element on the anode;
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- wherein reduction of the second element and oxidation of the first element provides a current of the battery.
A secondary battery comprising a mixed electrolyte that includes a redox pair formed by a first element and a second element, and wherein reduction of the second element and oxidation of the first element provides a current of the battery.
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