FLOW BATTERY WITH HYDRATED ION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE HAVING MAXIMUM WATER DOMAIN CLUSTER SIZES
    4.
    发明申请
    FLOW BATTERY WITH HYDRATED ION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE HAVING MAXIMUM WATER DOMAIN CLUSTER SIZES 审中-公开
    具有最大水域聚集尺寸的水合离子膜的流动电池

    公开(公告)号:US20160126579A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-05

    申请号:US14891013

    申请日:2013-05-16

    IPC分类号: H01M8/10 H01M8/18 H01M8/20

    摘要: A flow battery includes a cell that has a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode and an electrolyte separator layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. A supply/storage system is external of the at least one cell and includes first and second vessels that are fluidly connected with the at least one cell. First and second fluid electrolytes are located in the supply/storage system. The electrolyte separator layer includes a hydrated ion-exchange membrane of a polymer that has a carbon backbone chain and side chains extending from the carbon backbone chain. The side chains include hydrophilic chemical groups with water molecules attached by secondary bonding to form clusters of water domains. The clusters have an average maximum cluster size no greater than 4 nanometers, with an average number of water molecules per hydrophilic chemical group, λ (lambda), being greater than zero.

    摘要翻译: 流动电池包括具有第一电极,与第一电极间隔开的第二电极和布置在第一电极和第二电极之间的电解质层的电池。 供应/存储系统在至少一个单元的外部,并且包括与至少一个单元流体连接的第一和第二容器。 第一和第二流体电解质位于供应/储存系统中。 电解质隔离层包括聚合物的水合离子交换膜,其具有碳主链和从碳骨架链延伸的侧链。 侧链包括具有通过二次键合连接的水分子的亲水化学基团以形成水域簇。 这些簇具有不大于4纳米的平均最大簇尺寸,每个亲水化学基团的平均数量的水分子λ(λ)大于零。

    METHOD OF FORMING ELECTRODES ON ELECTROCALORIC FILM

    公开(公告)号:US20180375008A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-27

    申请号:US16064812

    申请日:2015-12-21

    摘要: A method of making an electrocaloric element includes forming conductive layers on opposing surfaces of a film comprising an electrocaloric material to form an electrocaloric element, wherein the forming of the conductive layers includes one or more of: vapor deposition of the conductive layers under reduced pressure for a duration of time, wherein the duration of time under reduced pressure is less than 240 minutes; vapor deposition of the conductive layers under reduced pressure for a duration of time, wherein the duration of time of exposure to conductive material deposition is less than 240 minutes; vapor deposition of the conductive layers under reduced pressure, wherein the reduced pressure is 10 torr to 500 torr; or maintaining the film at a temperature of less than or equal to 200° C. during forming of the conductive layers.

    Method of forming electrodes on electrocaloric film

    公开(公告)号:US11448436B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US16064812

    申请日:2015-12-21

    摘要: A method of making an electrocaloric element includes forming conductive layers on opposing surfaces of a film comprising an electrocaloric material to form an electrocaloric element, wherein the forming of the conductive layers includes one or more of: vapor deposition of the conductive layers under reduced pressure for a duration of time, wherein the duration of time under reduced pressure is less than 240 minutes; vapor deposition of the conductive layers under reduced pressure for a duration of time, wherein the duration of time of exposure to conductive material deposition is less than 240 minutes; vapor deposition of the conductive layers under reduced pressure, wherein the reduced pressure is 10−8 torr to 500 torr; or maintaining the film at a temperature of less than or equal to 200° C. during forming of the conductive layers.

    Electrocaloric heat transfer system

    公开(公告)号:US11428444B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-30

    申请号:US16313762

    申请日:2016-06-27

    IPC分类号: F25B21/00 H01L37/02 C09K5/14

    摘要: A heat transfer system is disclosed in which, an electrocaloric material includes a copolymer of a monomer mixture including (i) vinylidene fluoride, (ii) an addition polymerization monomer selected from tetrafluoroethylene, trifluoroethylene, or a monomer smaller than trifluoroethylene, and (iii) a halogenated addition polymerization monomer different than (ii) that is larger than vinylidene fluoride. The electrocaloric material also includes an additive selected from a nucleating agent having a polar surface charge, electrocalorically active solid particles, or a combination thereof. Electrodes are disposed on opposite surfaces of the electrocaloric material, and an electric power source is configured to provide voltage to the electrodes. The system also includes a first thermal flow path between the electrocaloric material and a heat sink, and a second thermal flow path between the electrocaloric material and a heat source.

    Flow battery with hydrated ion-exchange membrane having maximum water domain cluster sizes

    公开(公告)号:US10135085B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-20

    申请号:US14891013

    申请日:2013-05-16

    摘要: A flow battery includes a cell that has a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode and an electrolyte separator layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. A supply/storage system is external of the at least one cell and includes first and second vessels that are fluidly connected with the at least one cell. First and second fluid electrolytes are located in the supply/storage system. The electrolyte separator layer includes a hydrated ion-exchange membrane of a polymer that has a carbon backbone chain and side chains extending from the carbon backbone chain. The side chains include hydrophilic chemical groups with water molecules attached by secondary bonding to form clusters of water domains. The clusters have an average maximum cluster size no greater than 4 nanometers, with an average number of water molecules per hydrophilic chemical group, λ (lambda), being greater than zero.

    ELECTROCALORIC HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190226727A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-25

    申请号:US16313766

    申请日:2016-06-27

    IPC分类号: F25B21/00 C09K5/14

    摘要: An electrocaloric element for a heat transfer system includes an electrocaloric material of a copolymer of (i) vinylidene fluoride, (ii) an addition polymerization monomer selected from tetrafluoroethylene, trifluoroethylene, vinyl fluoride, or combinations thereof, and (iii) a halogenated addition polymerization monomer larger than vinylidene fluoride. It is also provided that: (a) the monomer (ii) includes an addition polymerization monomer smaller than trifluoroethylene, (b) at least one of the addition polymerization monomers (ii) or (iii) is a chiral monomer, and the copolymer includes syndiotactic ordered segments of chiral monomer units, and/or (c) at least one of the addition polymerization monomers (ii) or (iii) comprises chlorine, and the copolymer includes an ordered distribution of monomer units comprising chlorine along the copolymer polymer backbone.