Title :
Room temperature molten salt batteries
Author :
Xie, Jian ; Riechel, Thomas L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. & Biochem., Miami Univ., Oxford, OH, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1999. The Fourteenth Annual
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4967-9
DOI :
10.1109/BCAA.1999.795980
