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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8080327 | Electrical storage device utilizing pyrazine-based cyanoazacarbons and polymers derived therefrom An electrical storage device utilizing a pyrazine-based cyanoazacarbon or pyrazine-based cyanoazacarbon polymer as a redox active material which can undergo both oxidation and reduction. The device has an ion selective barrier with a cathode side and an anode side; ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7976974 | Vanadium halide redox flow battery A vanadium halide redox cell including: a positive half cell containing a positive half cell solution including a halide electrolyte, a polyhalide complex, vanadium (IV) halide and vanadium (V) halide; a negative half cell containing a negative half cell solution in... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7919204 | Thermal control of a flow cell battery A flow battery with thermal management is presented. The flow battery is housed in an enclosure where fluid is uniformly circulated about holding tanks of electrolyte to control the temperature inside the enclosure. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7704634 | Method for designing redox flow battery system The present invention provides a method of designing a redox flow battery system that can prevent system efficiency loss caused by weak generation power or load power at the time of electric charge or discharge, without using any lead storage battery, and can also p... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7645539 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a liquid electrolyte including a non-aqueous solvent and an alkali metal salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent; a positive electrode active material including a redox material that is dissolved or dispersed i... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7625663 | Cerium batteries A power cell (100A) has an electrolyte that includes a reodox pair comprising cerium. The electrolyte in preferred cells is an acid electrolyte that comprises a element ion complexed by an organic acid or a chelating agent, and contemplated electrolytes may f... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7560189 | Mixed electrolyte battery A battery (100B) comprises an electrolyte in which a first element forms a redox pair with a second element, wherein the battery (100B) is charged at a voltage sufficient to plate the first element at the anode (122B) and wherein the voltage is ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7547488 | Oriented strand board panel having improved strand alignment and a method for making the same An oriented strand board panel and a method for making the same are provided. The OSB panel has at least three layers, namely, a top surface layer, a core layer, and a bottom surface layer. A first cover layer may be provided on the top surface layer. Likewise, a se... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7521149 | High efficiency semi-fuel cell incorporating an ion exchange membrane A new semi-fuel cell design that incorporates ion exchange membranes to create separate compartments for the anolyte and catholyte to flow through the semi-fuel cell thereby isolating the metal anode of the bipolar electrode from the catholyte while still allowing t... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7432013 | Secondary battery and method of generating electric power A secondary battery comprising a power generating part and a charging part, wherein the power generating part comprises an acidic medium in which a first electrode is disposed and a basic medium in which a second electrode is dispo... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429371 | Reversible oxidation of carbon nanotubes Carbon nanotubes have been reversibly and readily oxidized and reduced with common chemicals in solution, thereby allowing the nanotubes to be used as catalysts for chemical reactions and as stable charge storage devices. ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7361431 | Cathode electrode including a porous conductive material coated and/or filled with sulfur and/or a sulfur-containing organic compound and lithium battery containing the same Disclosed is a cathode electrode having a cathode active material layer stacked on a current collector. The cathode active material layer includes a porous conductive material having a surface coated with sulfur and/or a sulfur-containing organic compound and/or por... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361427 | Manifold for a pile configured battery An improved method of fabricating and discharging a pile configured battery which utilizes an electrically conductive flowing aqueous electrolyte. This is accomplished by use of a single piece hydraulic manifold plate which decouples the hydraulic performance parame... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358001 | Process for operating a regenerative fuel cell In the regenerative fuel cell, a positive chamber is separated from a negative chamber by a cation exchange membrane. The positive chamber comprises a positive electrode and a bromine-containing electrolyte. The negative chamber comprises a negative electrode and a ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357854 | Process for electropolishing a device made from cobalt-chromium The invention is directed to an electropolishing solution for products or devices made from at least in part a cobalt-chromium alloy. The invention is particularly suitable for medical devices or intravascular stents made at least in part of cobalt-chromium. More pa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353083 | Vanadium redox battery energy storage and power generation system incorporating and optimizing diesel engine generators A power generation system includes a vanadium redox battery that interfaces with a control system to optimize performance and efficiency. The power generation system may include one or more wind turbine generators and one or more diesel fuel generators. The control ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7320844 | Vanadium/polyhalide redox flow battery The invention relates to a redox flow cell containing a polyhalide/halide redox couple in the positive half-cell electrolyte and a V(III)/V(II) redox couple in the negative half-cell electrolyte. The invention also relates to a method of producing electricity by dis... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7297437 | Battery with gelled electrolyte An electric device comprises a gelled acid electrolyte (142A) in complex with a lanthanide that forms a redox pair with a second element. Preferred electric devices include batteries and especially primary batteries, while preferred acid electrolytes (124 | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291424 | Positive electrode for lithium-sulfur battery and lithium-sulfur battery fabricated using same A positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery includes a positive active material, a binder, a conductive agent, and a surfactant. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279249 | Organic electrolytic solution and lithium battery employing the same An organic electrolytic solution containing an organic solvent and a compound that contains an anionic polymerization monomer with an added component capable of being chelated with a lithium metal cation. A lithium battery may utilize the organic electrolytic soluti... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270911 | Load leveling battery and methods therefor A load leveling battery (122) comprising an electrolyte that includes a cerium zinc redox pair wherein preferred electrolytes are acid electrolytes, and most preferably comprise methane sulfonic acid. Contemplated load leveling batteries (122) have an ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265456 | Power generation system incorporating a vanadium redox battery and a direct current wind turbine generator A power generation system includes a wind turbine generator and a vanadium redox battery to compensate for fluctuations in wind power. The wind turbine generator provides DC power that may be used to charge the vanadium redox battery. Generated DC power may also be ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262361 | Semiconductor thin film electrodes made by using organic dyes as the photosensitizer and photoelectric conversion devices A semiconductor film electrode using a specific organic dye sensitizer, a high efficiency dye-sensitized photovoltaic conversion element using the electrode, and a dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical solar cell using the element are described. The semiconductor film... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255960 | Bi-liquid phase replenishment electrolyte management system An electrochemical cell system and methods for controlling the system are provided that are operated to produce an amount of current based upon power draw. The cell utilizes a solution phase catholyte introduced into a cell containing a metallic anode and a catalyti... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252905 | Lanthanide batteries A battery (100) comprises an electrolyte in which a lanthanide and zinc form a redox pair. Preferred electrolytes are acid electrolytes, and most preferably comprise methane sulfonic acid, and it is further contemplated that suitable electrolytes may include ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247404 | Electrolyte for lithium secondary batteries and lithium secondary battery comprising the same An electrolyte in a lithium secondary battery includes an alkyl ammonium salt having a cation of the following Formula 1, a lithium salt, and an organic solvent: wherein R1 to R4 are indepen... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241535 | Electrolyte for lithium-sulfur batteries and lithium-sulfur batteries comprising the same A lithium-sulfur battery includes a positive electrode having at least one positive active material selected from the group consisting of an elemental sulfur, Li2Sn (n≧1), Li2Sn (n≧1) dissolved in catholytes, an organo... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7229716 | Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode comprising a graphite as a negative electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte including at least a saturated cyclic carbonic ester and containing a cyclic ca... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227275 | Method for retrofitting wind turbine farms A power generation system with a predetermined rating limit includes one or more wind turbine generators and a vanadium redox battery. The vanadium redox battery absorbs excess energy to ensure that the rating limit is not exceeded, provide system stability, and imp... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220515 | Pressure fluctuation prevention tank structure, electrolyte circulation type secondary battery, and redox flow type secondary battery A simplified, pressure-variation preventing tank structure capable of preventing pressure variations in a gas phase portion resulting from temperature variations, without bringing stored liquid into contact with air. This pressure-variation preventing structure incl... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217480 | Organic electrolytic solution and lithium battery using the same An organic electrolytic solution includes a lithium salt and an organic solvent containing a phosphonate compound, and a lithium battery utilizes the organic electrolytic solution. When using the organic electrolyte containing the phosphonate compound to manufacture... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214443 | Secondary battery with autolytic dendrites A battery (100) comprises a cell having a cathode compartment (120) that includes an element that is oxidized during charging of the battery (100), wherein the oxidized element forms a salt with an acid and thereby increases the H+ concentration... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211504 | Process and arrangement for the selective metallization of 3D structures A process is provided for the selective metallization of 3D structures, particularly for the selective gold-plating of 3D contact structures on wafers, such as contact bumps, which are electrically connected to a bond pad on the wafer via a three-dimensional, mechan... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198871 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery In a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, a positive electrode active material is a mixture of lithium-manganese composite oxide and at least one of lithium-nickel... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195841 | System and a method of solid storage and dissolution of a catholyte for use in electrochemical cell A system and a method of storage and dissolution of solid catholyte are provided. The system and the method employ a solid medium having a controlled surface from which solid catholyte particles suspended within a matrix of encapsulating species are dissolved and hy... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7175939 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery In a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode using carbon material as negative electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, the non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains at least a satu... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172834 | Additive for enhancing the performance of electrochemical cells A lithium battery includes an electrolyte comprised of a non-aqueous solvent, and a salt mixture. The salt mixture includes an alkali metal electrolyte salt and an additive salt having an anion of a mixed anhydride of oxalic acid and boric acid. Specific additive sa... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7147968 | Positive electrode for lithium-sulfur battery A positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery includes a positive active material including a sulfur-based compound, an electrically conductive material, an agent for increasing viscosity, and a binder. The agent is selected from a cellulose-based compound, an i... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7132199 | Non-aqueous electrolyte and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A non-aqueous electrolyte containing propylene carbonate and 1,3-propanesultone as additives can reduce the amount of a gas evolved during storage at a high temperature of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell comprising the electrolyte, a non-aqueous electrolyte... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129000 | Battery and method for generating an electric power For utilizing the chemical energy of a sugar directly as electric energy, electrolytic oxidation of a sugar on the negative electrode associated with cleavage of a carbon-carbon bond thereof is employed, thereby generating an electromotive force between the positive... | 10/31/2006 |
