Electric cells and batteries
Abstract
Abstract AN ELECTRIC CELL OF THE KIND WHICH, AT ITS OPERATING TEMPERATURE, HAS LIQUID ALKALI METAL AS NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL (ANODE), LIQUID SULPHUR MATERIAL AS POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL (CATHODE), AND A SOLID ELECTROLYTE SEPARATING ANODE AND CATHODE COMPARTMENTS. ELECTRODES OF THE CELL CONSTITUTE WALL PORTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE END PLATES. OF THE ANODE AND CATHODE COMPARTMENTS RESPECTIVELY AND ARE FLEXIBLE TO ACCOMMODATE CHANGES IN VOLUME OF THE MATERIALS IN SAID COMPARTMENTS DURING DISCHARGE OF THE CELL. AN ELECTRIC BATTERY IS FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF THE CELLS STACKED TOGETHER END TO END WITH THE CELLS ELECTRICALLY IN SERIES IN WHICH CASE A SINGLE ELECTRODE MAY BE DISPOSED BETWEEN ADJACENT CELLS TO CONSTITUTE AN END PLATE FOR BOTH SAID ADJACENT CELLS.
Inventors
- 👤 J Gibson
- 👤 R Holland
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