Method for intercalating alkali metal ions into carbon electrodes

US5443601A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Marca M. Doeff · Hayward, US
• Yanping Ma · Torrance, US
• Steven J. Visco · Berkeley, US
• Lutgard C. DeJonghe · Lafayette, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 1993
• Grant date: Aug 22, 1995
• Expiry date: May 3, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49115
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A low cost, relatively flexible, carbon electrode for use in a secondary battery is described. A method is provided for producing same, including intercalating alkali metal salts such as sodium and lithium into carbon.