Room temperature molten salt batteries

Author

Xie, Jian ; Riechel, Thomas L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem. & Biochem., Miami Univ., Oxford, OH, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

140

Abstract

Vanadium pentoxide (V₂O₅) xerogels are good host materials for alkali metal ion insertion and could lead to new alkali metal ion batteries, using Li⁺, Na⁺, or Mg ²⁺ and a room temperature molten salt electrolyte. Studies of V₂O₅ xerogels as cathodes in melts made by mixing 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (EMIC) and aluminum chloride are underway. The electrochemical characteristics of V₂O₅ xerogels and the topography of the gels are being studied. Preliminary results suggest that Li⁺ and Na⁺ can be reversibly inserted into the gels from the corresponding LiCl or NaCl buffered melts

Keywords

cathodes; electrochemical electrodes; gels; secondary cells; vanadium compounds; 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride; AlCl₃; Li⁺; LiCl; LiCl buffered melt; Mg²⁺; Na⁺; NaCl; NaCl buffered melt; V₂O₅; V₂O₅ xerogels; alkali metal ion batteries; alkali metal ion insertion; aluminum chloride; cathodes; electrochemical characteristics; host materials; room temperature molten salt batteries; room temperature molten salt electrolyte; vanadium pentoxide xerogels; Aluminum; Anodes; Atomic force microscopy; Batteries; Cathodes; Electrodes; Lead; Lithium; Temperature; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1999. The Fourteenth Annual

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

ISSN

1089-8182

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4967-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BCAA.1999.795980

Filename

795980