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Dual Intercalating Molten Electrolyte Batteries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

R. T. Carlin ,
H. C. De Long ,
J. Fuller ,
W. J. Lauderdale ,
T. Naughton ,
P. C. Trulove  and
C. S. Bahn
R. T. Carlin
Affiliation:
The Frank J. Seiler Research Laboratory, 2354 Vandenberg Drive,Suite 2A35, United States, Air Force Academy, CO 80840-6272
H. C. De Long
Affiliation:
The Frank J. Seiler Research Laboratory, 2354 Vandenberg Drive,Suite 2A35, United States, Air Force Academy, CO 80840-6272
J. Fuller
Affiliation:
The Frank J. Seiler Research Laboratory, 2354 Vandenberg Drive,Suite 2A35, United States, Air Force Academy, CO 80840-6272
W. J. Lauderdale
Affiliation:
The Frank J. Seiler Research Laboratory, 2354 Vandenberg Drive,Suite 2A35, United States, Air Force Academy, CO 80840-6272
T. Naughton
Affiliation:
The Frank J. Seiler Research Laboratory, 2354 Vandenberg Drive,Suite 2A35, United States, Air Force Academy, CO 80840-6272
P. C. Trulove
Affiliation:
The Frank J. Seiler Research Laboratory, 2354 Vandenberg Drive,Suite 2A35, United States, Air Force Academy, CO 80840-6272
C. S. Bahn
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines
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Abstract

Dual Intercalating Molten Electrolyte (DIME) electrodes and cells have been examined using a number of low-melting and room-temperature molten salts. A cell with a chloroaluminate melt achieved a cycling efficiency of 85% with a discharge voltage of 2.92 V. Coke-elastomer composite electrodes underwent cation reductive intercalation without experiencing the exfoliation and degradation seen for graphite rods. Theoretical studies for an imidazolium-graphite intercalate predict the graphite layer spacing expands between 5.18 and 8.01 Å upon insertion of the imidazolium molecule into the graphite lattice.

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