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Secondary batteries using room-temperature molten non-aqueous electrolytes containing 1,2,3-trialkylimidazolium halides or 1,3-dialkylimidazolium halide
Assignee: Honeywell International Inc
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Filing: 1983-11-30
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Granted: 1984-07-31
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Expires: 2003-11-30
Abstract
Abstract Batteries and especially secondary batteries employing selected anodes and cathodes such as conjugated backbone polymers and transition metal chalcogenides inserted with alkali metal cations (especially lithium) and molten, non-aqueous electrolyte compositions containing admixture of aluminum halide and at least one of 1,2,3-trialkylimidazolium halide and 1,3-dialkylimidazolium halide having the formulae TimX and DimX, respectively: <IMAGE> wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are independently alkyl groups of 1 to 12 carbons and X is independently halide, e.g., chloride and bromide and in some instances an alkali metal and/or tetraalkylammonium salt which may also be incorporated into the electrolyte composition are disclosed. The molar ratio of aluminum to trialkylimidazolium or to dialkylimidazolium in the electrolyte, may be varied over a wide range so as to make the molten electrolyte composition basic or neutral and as such the electrolyte is useful in batteries, especially secondary batteries comprising anodes of reduced conjugated backbone polymers or lithiated transition-metal chalcogenides such as LixWO2 and a variety of cathodes such as oxidized conjugated backbone polymers or lithiated transition-metal chalcogenides such as LixCoO2.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul R. Gifford
- 👤 Lawrence W. Shacklette
- 👤 James E. Toth
- 👤 James F. Wolf
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 09:02
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M6/00; H01M6/14; H01M10/00; H01M10/36; H01M4/00; H01M4/02; H01M4/36; H01M4/60; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
144 words
A battery containing an anode, a cathode, and a molten, non-aqueous electrolyte wherein: (a) the anode comprises conjugated backbone polymers or transition-metal chalcogenides into either of which are inserted alkali metal cations during charging; (b) the cathode comprises a member selected from the group consisting of graphite, intercalation compounds of graphite, transition-metal chalcogenides, and conjugated backbone polymers; and (c) the molten non-aqueous electrolyte comprises an admixture of aluminum halide, AlX 3 and 1,2,3-trialkylimidazolium halide having the formula TimX: ##STR5## wherein the molar ratio of Al to Tim is no more than about 1:1 and wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are independently alkyl of 1 to 12 carbons and wherein X is independently halide or mixtures of halides and wherein the anode and cathode are chosen such that the voltage of a fully charged battery is at least about 1.5 volts.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
144 words
A battery containing an anode, a cathode, and a molten, non-aqueous electrolyte wherein: (a) the anode comprises conjugated backbone polymers or transition-metal chalcogenides into either of which are inserted alkali metal cations during charging; (b) the cathode comprises a member selected from the group consisting of graphite, intercalation compounds of graphite, transition-metal chalcogenides, and conjugated backbone polymers; and (c) the molten non-aqueous electrolyte comprises an admixture of aluminum halide, AlX 3 and 1,2,3-trialkylimidazolium halide having the formula TimX: ##STR5## wherein the molar ratio of Al to Tim is no more than about 1:1 and wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are independently alkyl of 1 to 12 carbons and wherein X is independently halide or mixtures of halides and wherein the anode and cathode are chosen such that the voltage of a fully charged battery is at least about 1.5 volts.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The battery of claim 1 wherein both said anode and said cathode comprise conjugated backbone polymers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The battery of claim 2 wherein said anode and said cathode are independently polyacetylene, poly(p-phenylene), poly(phenylene vinylene), polynaphthalenediyl, polyazulene, polythiophene, or substituted versions thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The battery of claim 1 wherein said electrolyte further comprises an amount of an alkali metal and/or tetraalkylammonium salt effective to be inserted into at least one of said anode or said cathode.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The battery of claim 1 wherein both said anode and said cathode are polyacetylene.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The battery of claim 1 wherein both said anode and said cathode are poly(p-phenylene).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
The battery of claim 1 wherein said anode is polyacetylene and said cathode is poly(p-phenylene).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
70 words
The battery of claim 7 wherein said electrolyte still further comprises a salt containing Cl - , Br - , I - , AlX 4 - , ClO 4 - , FeX 4 - , BX 4 - , PX 4 - , PX 6 - , AsX 6 - , SbX 4 - , SbX 6 - or mixtures thereof and wherein X is independently chloride, bromide or fluoride.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The battery of claim 1 wherein said anode and said cathode comprise transition-metal chalcogenides.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The battery of claim 1 wherein said cathode comprises transition metal chalcogenides inserted with alkali-metal cations during discharging and wherein said anode comprises conjugated backbone polymers inserted with alkali-metal cations during charging.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
The battery of claim 1 wherein said anode comprises a transition-metal chalcogenide inserted with alkali metal cations during charging and said cathode comprises a conjugated backbone polymer inserted with anions during charging.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
The battery of claim 11 wherein said electrolyte further comprises an alkali metal and/or tetralkylammonium salt in amount sufficient to be inserted into said anode and said cathode.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
The battery of claim 1 which further comprises means for applying an electrical charge whereby the battery can operate as a secondary battery.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
10 words
The battery of claim 13 wherein R 3 is ethyl.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
10 words
The battery of claim 13 wherein R 3 is n-butyl.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
The battery of claim 1 wherein in formula TimX, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are independently linear alkyl groups of 1 to 5 carbons.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
The battery of claim 1 wherein, in formula TimX, R 1 and R 2 are methyl and R 3 is ethyl or n-propyl or n-butyl.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
162 words
A battery containing an anode, a cathode, and a molten, non-aqueous electrolyte wherein: (a) the anode comprises conjugated backbone polymers or transition-metal chalcogenides into either of which are inserted alkali metal cations during charging; (b) the cathode comprises a member selected from the group consisting of graphite, intercalation compounds of graphite, transition-metal chalcogenides and conjugated backbone polymers; and (c) the molten, non-aqueous electrolyte comprises an admixture of aluminum halide, AlX 3 , and (ii) at least one of 1,2,3-trialkylmidazolium halide and 1,3-dialkylimidazolium halide having the formulae TimX and DimX respectively: ##STR6## and (iii) an alkali-metal or tetraalkylammonium salt; wherein R 1 to R 5 are independently alkyl of 1 to 12 carbons and wherein X is independently halide or mixtures of halides and wherein the molar ratio of aluminum to 1,2,3-trialkylimidazolium or 1,3-dialkylimidazolium is no more than about 1:1 and wherein the anodes and cathodes are chosen so that the voltage of a fully charged battery is at least about 1.5 volts.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
162 words
A battery containing an anode, a cathode, and a molten, non-aqueous electrolyte wherein: (a) the anode comprises conjugated backbone polymers or transition-metal chalcogenides into either of which are inserted alkali metal cations during charging; (b) the cathode comprises a member selected from the group consisting of graphite, intercalation compounds of graphite, transition-metal chalcogenides and conjugated backbone polymers; and (c) the molten, non-aqueous electrolyte comprises an admixture of aluminum halide, AlX 3 , and (ii) at least one of 1,2,3-trialkylmidazolium halide and 1,3-dialkylimidazolium halide having the formulae TimX and DimX respectively: ##STR6## and (iii) an alkali-metal or tetraalkylammonium salt; wherein R 1 to R 5 are independently alkyl of 1 to 12 carbons and wherein X is independently halide or mixtures of halides and wherein the molar ratio of aluminum to 1,2,3-trialkylimidazolium or 1,3-dialkylimidazolium is no more than about 1:1 and wherein the anodes and cathodes are chosen so that the voltage of a fully charged battery is at least about 1.5 volts.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
33 words
The battery of claim 18 wherein said cathode comprises a conjugated backbone polymer selected from the group consisting of oxidized polypyrrole, polyacetylene, poly(3-methylthiophene), polythiophene, poly(phenylene vinylene) polynaphthalenediyl, polythianthrene or poly(P-Phenylene) substituted versions thereof.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
12 words
The battery of claim 19 wherein said conjugated backbone polymer is polyacetylene.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
12 words
The battery of claim 19 wherein said conjugated backbone polymer is poly(p-phenylene).
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
32 words
The battery of claim 18 wherein the transition metal chalcogenide comprising the cathode is Li x CoO 2 wherein 0<x≦1 and wherein said salt comprising said molten electrolyte is LiCl or LiBr.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
11 words
The battery of claim 18 wherein said electrolyte comprises 1,3-dialkylimidazolium halide.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
20 words
The battery of claim 23 wherein the R 4 and R 5 are linear alkyl of 1 to 5 carbons.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
11 words
The battery of claim 18 wherein X is bromide or chloride.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
12 words
The battery of claim 18 wherein said salt is a lithium halide.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
14 words
The battery of claim 18 wherein said anode and said cathode comprise transition-metal chalcogenides.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
31 words
The battery of claim 18 wherein said cathode comprises transition-metal chalcogenides inserted with alkali metal cations during discharging and said anode comprises conjugated backbone polymers inserted with alkali-metal cations during charging.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
31 words
The battery of claim 18 wherein said anode comprises a transition-metal chalcogenide inserted with alkali metal cations during charging and said cathode comprises conjugated backbone polymers inserted with anions during charging.
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