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US 9,287,578 B2Granted
Polyoxometalate flow battery
AssigneeSandia Corporation
InventorsTravis M. Anderson, Harry D. Pratt
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Abstract
Flow batteries including an electrolyte of a polyoxometalate material are disclosed herein. In a general embodiment, the flow battery includes an electrochemical cell including an anode portion, a cathode portion and a separator disposed between the anode portion and the cathode portion. Each of the anode portion and the cathode portion comprises a polyoxometalate material. The flow battery further includes an anode electrode disposed in the anode portion and a cathode electrode disposed in the cathode portion.
Claims4
A flow battery comprising:
- an electrochemical cell comprising an anode portion, a cathode portion and a separator disposed between the anode portion and the cathode portion, wherein each of the anode portion and the cathode portion comprises a same polyoxometalate material comprising a mixed addenda anion comprising vanadium and tungsten;
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- an anode electrode disposed in the anode portion;
- and
- a cathode electrode disposed in the cathode portion.
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A method comprising:
- introducing a same polyoxometalate material comprising a mixed addenda anion comprising vanadium and tungsten into each of an anode portion and a cathode portion of an electrochemical cell;
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- charging or discharging the cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.