Battery electrolyte suspension

摘要

A flow battery employs a solid suspension charge material to maintain high charge density via stability of a suspension including a binder, conductive carbon and an electrolyte. A cathodic suspension employs carbon powder as a stabilizing agent in a suspension form to avoid precipitation of solids and maintain a high surface area of the suspended solids. The stabilizing agent undergoes agitation and milling to reduce a particle size and increase the change density due to the conductive nature of the fine powdered stabilizing agent exhibiting high energy density. The resulting suspensions are circulated in a charge cell connected to a load for providing electrical power.

主权项

1. A method of generating an electrochemical charge comprising:
combining a cathode material with an electrolyte and a stabilizing agent to form an electrolyte mixture, including combining the stabilizing agent with the electrolyte to form a combination, agitating the combination before adding the cathode material, adding the cathode material and further agitating the combination including the added cathode material for increasing the charge density; generating a suspension by agitating the electrolyte mixture; and circulating the suspension through a voltage cell, the voltage cell having charge plates responsive to the electrolyte mixture for generating the electrochemical charge, combing further comprising: adding a stabilizing agent including carbon powder to a water base; adding an electrolyte based on a suspension property of the electrolyte and the stabilizing agent in the water base; adding a cathode material to form the suspension; and agitating the suspension for decreasing a particle size of the suspension and increasing a charge density of the suspension.