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US 9,843,070 B2Granted
Ultra-fast rechargeable metal-ion battery
AssigneesThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Industrial Technology Research Institute
InventorsHongjie Dai, Meng-Chang Lin, Ming Gong, Bingan Lu, Yingpeng Wu
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Abstract
A metal-ion battery includes: (1) an anode including aluminum; (2) a cathode including a layered, active material; and (3) an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode to support reversible deposition and dissolution of aluminum at the anode and reversible intercalation and de-intercalation of anions at the cathode.
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A metal-ion battery comprising:
- an anode including aluminum;
- a cathode including a layered, active material;
- and
- an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode to support reversible deposition and dissolution of aluminum at the anode and reversible intercalation and de-intercalation of anions at the cathode,
- wherein the layered, active material is a pyrolytic graphite foil.
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A metal-ion battery comprising:
- an aluminum anode;
- a porous graphite cathode;
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- an ionic liquid electrolyte disposed between the aluminum anode and the porous graphite cathode,
- wherein the porous graphite cathode is a graphite foam that has a porosity of about 0.9.
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A method of manufacturing a metal-ion battery, comprising:
- providing an anode including aluminum;
- providing a porous graphite cathode capable of intercalating ions during charging and de-intercalating the ions during discharging, wherein the porous graphite cathode is a graphite foam that has a porosity of about 0.9;
- and
- providing an electrolyte capable of supporting reversible deposition and dissolution of aluminum at the anode and reversible intercalation and de-intercalation of the ions at the porous graphite cathode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.