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US 8,133,611 B2Granted
Method of making polypyrrole and silver vanadium oxide composite
AssigneeUniversity of South Carolina
InventorsBranko N. Popov, Jong-Won Lee
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a composite electrode for a battery is provided. The composite electrode includes silver vanadium oxide present in an amount from about 75 weight percent to about 99 weight percent and polypyrrole present in an amount from about 1 weight percent to about 25 weight percent.
Claims9
A process for synthesis of a composite electrode in a battery comprising:
- contacting silver vanadium oxide with an acidic solution to form a solution containing silver vanadium oxide;
- contacting pyrrole with said solution containing silver vanadium oxide to form a composite material comprising polypyrrole and silver vanadium oxide;
- forming a composite electrode in a battery, wherein said composite electrode comprises said composite material;
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- wherein said battery has a discharge capacity from about 255 mAh g−1 to about 315 mAh g−1.
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