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Electrochemical device which can be used for energy storage
Assignee: Thales SA
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Filing: 1983-05-31
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Granted: 1985-09-24
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Expires: 2003-05-31
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to electrochemical devices and in particular energy storage devices. The object of the invention is the use in such devices of at least one conductive support, covered by a polymer film, obtained by electrochemical polymerization of at least one monomer having at least one aromatic heterocycle with five links containing a single heteroatom, the polymer being in accordance with the general formula: (M+X-y)n. The basic monomer is a pyrrole, thiophene, furan or indole and is substituted by at least one group of the alkyl, alkoxyl, hydroxyl aryl, substituted aryl, halogen, methyl trihalide, cyano, amino or dialkylamino type.
Inventors
- 👤 Jean C. Dubois
- 👤 Gerard Tourillon
- 👤 Francis Garnier
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-27 17:13
CPC Classifications
C; C25; C25B; C25B3/00; C25B3/20; C25B3/29; H; H01; H01M; H01M4/00; H01M4/02; H01M4/36; H01M4/60; G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/15; G02F1/1514; G02F1/1516; G02F1/15165; H01M10/00; H01M10/36; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
An electrochemical device comprising a cell containing an electrolyte suspended in a solvent and at least a first and a second electrode in contact with this electrolyte, whereby at least the first electrode has a polymer film on a conductive support, said film being obtained by electrochemical polymerization of at least one monomer M, said polymer having a conductivity of 10 -2 to 10 +2 ohm -1 cm -1 and complying with the general formula (M.sup.+ X.sup.- y).sub.n in which X - represents an anion obtained from the electrolyte used during the polymerization process, y is the anion proportion related to one mole of monomer and is 0.1 to 0.5, and n the degree of polymerization, wherein the monomer is either (a) an heterocycle substituted by at least one of the groups R 1 and R 2 , of the formula ##STR7## with X=O, and R 1 and R 2 are alkyl, alkoxyl, hydroxyl, aryl, substituted aryl, halogen, methyl trihalide, cyano amino or dialkylamino.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
164 words
An electrochemical device comprising a cell containing an electrolyte suspended in a solvent and at least a first and a second electrode in contact with this electrolyte, whereby at least the first electrode has a polymer film on a conductive support, said film being obtained by electrochemical polymerization of at least one monomer M, said polymer having a conductivity of 10 -2 to 10 +2 ohm -1 cm -1 and complying with the general formula (M.sup.+ X.sup.- y).sub.n in which X - represents an anion obtained from the electrolyte used during the polymerization process, y is the anion proportion related to one mole of monomer and is 0.1 to 0.5, and n the degree of polymerization, wherein the monomer is either (a) an heterocycle substituted by at least one of the groups R 1 and R 2 , of the formula ##STR7## with X=O, and R 1 and R 2 are alkyl, alkoxyl, hydroxyl, aryl, substituted aryl, halogen, methyl trihalide, cyano amino or dialkylamino.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the anion X - is an ion selected from the group consisting of ClO 4 - , BF 4 - , PF 6 - , I - , Br - and an aryl sulphonate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the conductive support is of platinum.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the conductive support comprises a platinum coating.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the second electrode is metallic.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the second electrode comprises an alkaline metal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the second electrode also supports a polymer film obtained by electrochemical polymerization of the monomer M and in which cations have been substituted for the anions X - .
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
A device according to claim 7, wherein the cations are alkaline ions or compounds of the type (Bu) 4 N + or (Et) 4 N + .
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein said device is used for restoring energy by a electrochemical reduction phenomenon.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the said device is used for storing and restoring energy by an oxidoreduction phenomenon.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
35 words
A device according to claim 10, wherein the electrolyte is a salt dissolved in an organic solvent, selected from the group consisting of acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran, propylene carbonate, propylene chloride, and a mixture of these solvents.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
A device according to claim 10, wherein the polymer of the first electrode comprises the anion X - =Cl O - 4 , the second electrode comprises lithium and the electrolyte is lithium perchlorate dissolved in tetrahydrofuran.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
A device according to claim 10, wherein the second electrode is constituted by a lithium coating, deposited on an aluminium plate.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
12 words
An electrochromic display system using an electrochemical device according to claim 1.
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