公开(公告)号：US20230178779A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-08

申请号：US18012424

申请日：2021-06-25

申请人： ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

发明人： John Andrews ,  Gary Rosengarten ,  Seyed Mohammad Rezaei Niya ,  Shahin Heidari ,  Francois du Toit ,  Bahman Shabani ,  Ruchika Ojha ,  Alireza Heidarian ,  Saeed Seif Mohammadi

IPC分类号： H01M8/06 ,  H01M8/1039 ,  C25B1/04 ,  H01M16/00 ,  H01M8/04291

CPC分类号： H01M8/0693 ,  H01M8/1039 ,  C25B1/04 ,  H01M16/003 ,  H01M8/04291

摘要： The invention relates to a proton flow reactor for use in storing and releasing energy. In use, a slurry of storage particles in a liquid electrolyte may pass through a first half cell of the proton flow reactor. When the proton flow reactor is in charge mode, protons are bonded or otherwise attracted to the storage particles to form charged storage particles charged with hydrogen, which can hen be stored and/or transported for later use. When the proton flow reactor is in discharge mode, protons are removed from the charged storage particles to fuel an electrochemical reaction, thereby generating electricity. Alternatively, the proton flow reactor in discharge mode can be configured to generate hydrogen gas directly from the in-flowing charged carbon particles.