Water solvated glass/amorphous solid ionic conductors

US9890048B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System · US
• UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO · PT
• LNEG-LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE ENEGIA E GEOLOGIA · PT

Inventors

• John B. Goodenough · Austin, US
• Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga · Austin, US
• Jose Jorge Do Amaral Ferreira · Óbidos, PT
• Preetam Singh · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 13, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 9, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/70
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The disclosure provides a water-solvated glass/amorphous solid that is an ionic conductor-an electronic insulator, and a dielectric as well as electrochemical devices and processes that use this material, such as batteries, including rechargeable batteries, fuel cells, capacitors, electrolysis cells, and electronic devices. The electrochemical devices and products use a combination of ionic and electronic conduction as well as internal electric dipoles.