METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND PREVENTING DEGRADATION OF SAID ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE

摘要

Disclosed herein is a method and related device for improving energy performance and substantially preventing degradation of a chemical-to- electrical energy conversion process of an energy storage device (10), comprising the steps of: mechanically exciting chemical reaction products within the energy storage device (10) at energy levels proximate which covalent bonds with a matrix (51) of the energy storage device (10) would fo rm absent excitation, thereby substantially maintaining ionic bonding between t he chemical reaction products and the matrix (51) and substantially preventing the chemical reaction products from covalently bonding with the matrix (51); and introducing the mechanical excitations into the energy storage device (1 0) via an active material (31) mechanically-responsive to electromagnetic signals, in response to an electromagnetic signal.