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Non-aqueous battery system
Assignee: Edgewell Personal Care Brands LLC
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Filing: 1974-05-09
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Granted: 1976-09-28
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Expires: 1994-05-09
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to the use in a non-aqueous battery system of an electrolyte comprising a solute dissolved in a solvent of nitrobenzene or a substituted nitrobenzene compound.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerald Henry Newman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 14:31
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M10/00; H01M10/05; H01M10/056; H01M10/0564; H01M10/0566; H01M6/00; H01M6/14; H01M6/18; H01M6/16; H01M6/162; H01M6/164; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
A hermetically sealed non-aqueous battery system comprising a highly active anode selected from the group consisting of the alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and alloys of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals with one another or other metals, a cathode selected from the group consisting of metal halides, metal sulfides and metal oxides, and an electrolyte of a solute comprising a complex of at least one Lewis acid and an inorganic ionizable salt selected from the group consisting of lithium fluoride, lithium chloride, lithium bromide, sodium fluoride, sodium chloride, sodium bromide, potassium fluoride, potassium chloride, and potassium bromide, dissolved in a solvent conforming to the general formula: ##SPC2## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group of one to five carbon atoms, an alkoxy group of one to five carbon atoms, sulfur, an N-alkyl substituted amino group and a nitro group; said solvent being selected from the group consisting of nitrobenzene and substituted nitrobenzene compounds which exist in liquid form at ambient temperature and solid derivatives of nitrobenzene dissolved in an aromatic solvent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
A hermetically sealed non-aqueous battery system comprising a highly active anode selected from the group consisting of the alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and alloys of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals with one another or other metals, a cathode selected from the group consisting of metal halides, metal sulfides and metal oxides, and an electrolyte of a solute comprising a complex of at least one Lewis acid and an inorganic ionizable salt selected from the group consisting of lithium fluoride, lithium chloride, lithium bromide, sodium fluoride, sodium chloride, sodium bromide, potassium fluoride, potassium chloride, and potassium bromide, dissolved in a solvent conforming to the general formula: ##SPC2## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group of one to five carbon atoms, an alkoxy group of one to five carbon atoms, sulfur, an N-alkyl substituted amino group and a nitro group; said solvent being selected from the group consisting of nitrobenzene and substituted nitrobenzene compounds which exist in liquid form at ambient temperature and solid derivatives of nitrobenzene dissolved in an aromatic solvent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The non-aqueous battery system of claim 1 wherein said anode is a metal is selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium and potassium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The non-aqueous battery system of claim 1 wherein said anode is lithium monoaluminide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The non-aqueous battery system of claim 1 wherein said solvent is nitrobenzene.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The non-aqueous battery system of claim 1 wherein said anode is lithium metal, said cathode is nickel fluoride, and said electrolyte is a solution of lithium aluminum tetrachloride in nitrobenzene.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The non-aqueous battery system of claim 1 wherein said anode is lithium metal, said cathode is mononickel oxide and said electrolyte is a solution of lithium aluminum tetrachloride in nitrobenzene.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The non-aqueous battery system of claim 1 wherein said anode is lithium metal, said cathode is cupric sulfide and said electrolyte is a solution of lithium aluminum tetrachloride in nitrobenzene.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The non-aqueous battery system of claim 1 wherein said anode is lithium metal, said cathode is silver chloride and said electrolyte is a solution of lithium aluminum tetrachloride in nitrobenzene.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The non-aqueous battery system of claim 1 wherein said anode is lithium metal, said cathode is lead chloride and said electrolyte is a solution of lithium aluminum tetrachloride in nitrobenzene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
The non-aqueous battery system of claim 1 wherein said anode is lithium metal, said cathode is cuprous chloride and said electrolyte is a solution of lithium aluminum tetrachloride in nitrobenzene.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
The non-aqueous battery system of claim 1 wherein said anode is lithium metal, said cathode is cupric fluoride and said electrolyte is a solution of lithium aluminum tetrachloride in nitrobenzene.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
134 words
A hermetically sealed non-aqueous battery system comprising a highly active anode selected from the group consisting of the alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and alloys of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals with one another or other metals, a cathode selected from the group consisting of metal halides, metal sulfides and metal oxides, and an electrolyte of a solute comprising a complex of at least one Lewis acid and an inorganic ionizable salt selected from the group consisting of: lithium fluoride, lithium chloride, lithium bromide, sodium fluoride, sodium chloride, sodium bromide, potassium fluoride, potassium chloride and potassium bromide, dissolved in a solvent selected from the group consisting of nitrobenzene, 2-nitrotoluene, p-methylisopropyl nitrobenzene, o-chloronitrobenzene and p-fluoronitrobenzene, the latter two being dissolved in an aromatic solvent; said solvents being the only solvents for said complex solute.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
134 words
A hermetically sealed non-aqueous battery system comprising a highly active anode selected from the group consisting of the alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and alloys of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals with one another or other metals, a cathode selected from the group consisting of metal halides, metal sulfides and metal oxides, and an electrolyte of a solute comprising a complex of at least one Lewis acid and an inorganic ionizable salt selected from the group consisting of: lithium fluoride, lithium chloride, lithium bromide, sodium fluoride, sodium chloride, sodium bromide, potassium fluoride, potassium chloride and potassium bromide, dissolved in a solvent selected from the group consisting of nitrobenzene, 2-nitrotoluene, p-methylisopropyl nitrobenzene, o-chloronitrobenzene and p-fluoronitrobenzene, the latter two being dissolved in an aromatic solvent; said solvents being the only solvents for said complex solute.
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