253 results about "Electrolytes fluids" patented technology

Apparatus and methods are provided for ablating body tissue using radio frequency (RF) energy. A catheter having a lumen for delivering fluid can be inserted into a patient's body. A porous member, which may be expandable, is attached to the distal portion of the catheter. The porous member defines an interior region in communication with the lumen, such that the interior region is capable of receiving electrolyte fluid delivered from the proximal portion of the catheter. An RF electrode is disposed in the interior region and is configured for coupling to a source of RF energy, whereby RF energy may be transferred from the electrode to selected tissue areas in a patient's body via electrolyte fluid delivered through the lumen and into the interior region of the porous member.

A microfluidic device includes one or more microchannels providing a passageway for transmitting an electrolyte fluid. A field source provides a defined field in the one or more microchannels, wherein at least one conductor element that is placed in at least one specific location in the device. Interactions between the defined field and the at least one conductor element produce electro-osmotic flows so that the electrolyte fluid is driven across the one or more microchannels.

An electrode system include a flowable and cohesive surface contact element comprising a hydrophilic polymer swollen with an electrolyte fluid, the contact element having a Q′ ratio of at least 5 as defined by the equation

wherein W_G is the dry weight of the hydrophilic polymer and W_W is weight of water in the sample after absorption of the electrolyte fluid comprising water and an electrolyte salt. The surface contact element can consist essentially of the hydrophilic polymer swollen by the electrolyte fluid. Another electrode system includes a contact element including a crosslinked hydrophilic polymer matrix. The contact element has a Q′ ratio of at least 5 as defined by the equation

The contact elements can also have a Q′ ratio of at least 6, at least 7, at least 10 or even at least 11.

The invention discloses an electrodynamic method for removing fluorine contaminant in soil, which is as follows: an anion-exchange membrane is arranged between the anode and the contaminated soil to prevent the H+ generated by the anode from entering the electrolyzer so as to avoid the increase of the acidity of the contaminated soil; sodium acetate solution is put in an anode chamber to be used as electrolyte, deionized water is put in a cathode chamber to be used as electrolyte, and the liquid levels of the anode chamber and the cathode chamber are maintained to be parallel; in the rehabilitating process, the electrolytes circulate constantly to be stirred evenly so as to bring away the H2 and O2 which are generated by the anode and the cathode; the sodium acetate solution added in the anode chamber supplies OH- which neutralizes the H+ generated by the anode, and the surplus OH- and the OH- generated by the cathode promote the adsorbed fluorine in the soil to be desorbed to be free fluorinions; and the fluoride in the soil is removed through the electrodynamic approaches of electromigration, electroosmosis and the like. The method can effectively promote the adsorbed fluoride to be desorbed from the surface of the contaminated soil particles, remarkably improves the fluorine contaminant removal efficiency, reduces overpotential and saves energy consumption, and after the soil is rehabilitated, the pH value of the soil is basically maintained at the original state.

A process is provided to produce non-aqueous electrolytic solution for use in batteries having low acid content and low water content. The invention involves removing acids and water from non-aqueous electrolytic solutions typically found in lithium or lithium-ion batteries by using nitrogen-containing compounds such as triazines. After treatment by a triazine such as melamine, the concentrations of acids and water in the electrolytic solutions are substantially decreased. The present invention provides a process to prepare extremely pure electrolytic solutions having low (<20 ppm) concentrations of both water and acids.

The invention relates to a high performance super capacitor and a manufacturing process thereof. The super capacitor comprises an electrode core, an electrolyte and a shell. The manufacturing process comprises steps that: tabs and leading-out terminals of the prepared electrode core positive and negative poles are welded; the electrode core with the well-welded leading-out terminals is encased in the shell; the shell with the electrode core encased is put in a vacuum drying furnace for vacuum drying; and finally a vacuum liquid filling sealing test is carried out. In an aspect of the electrode manufacturing method, the manufacturing process of the invention abandons a method which uses a solvent for assisted processing, thus to the greatest degree, the purity of the electrode material is ensured. In addition, during the production process, the manufacturing process of the invention has no drying energy waste and drying time constraint, and therefore reduces cost, reduces energy loss, and improves working speed. The manufacturing process of the invention further adopts an advanced assembly process to avoid problems such as secondary pollution and processing consistency in the traditional assembly technology, and greatly improves the stability of the super capacitor.

The invention provides a method for manufacturing electrospinning of a high-performance polyarylether resin lithium battery diaphragm, belonging to the technical field of high-voltage electrospinning. The method comprises the following steps of: using high-performance polyarylether resin solution and all-purpose engineering resin solution (or melt); simultaneously, mixing the electrospinning; and with intertwining which is caused by the flagellating effect of shooting flow in the process of spinning, forming a jointly weaved network structure so that polyarylether fiber is compounded with all-purpose resin fiber to obtain high-performance polyarylether fiber non-woven fabrics. The non-woven fabrics have the good heat-resistant performance of the polyarylether resin and the good self-closing performance of the all-purpose engineering resin. In addition, the non-woven fabrics also have good ion permeability and good wetting performance to electrolyte fluid so that the performance of the lithium battery with the polyarylether diaphragm can be obviously improved. The lithium battery with the polyarylether diaphragm has wide application in the fields such as national defense, aviation, space flight, civilian use, industry, and the like, and has higher application value.

Apparatus and method in which an electric field and a magnetic field intersect in a flow path of an electrolytic fluid, producing a flow of ions and charged particles perpendicular to both the magnetic field and the electric field. Electrolytic fluid so treated is collected for use or further processing.

This invention provides an actively controlled electrochemical cell and a smart battery containing such a cell with a programmed-timing activation capability. As a preferred embodiment, the cell includes (a) a cathode, an anode, a porous separator electronically insulating the cathode from the anode, and an electrolyte, wherein the anode is initially isolated from the electrolyte fluid prior to the first use of the cell; (b) an actuator in actuation relation to the electrolyte or the anode; and (c) a control device in control relation to the actuator for sending programmed signals to the actuator to activate the cell by allowing a desired amount of an active anode material at a time to be exposed to the electrolyte during the first use and/or successive uses of the cell. The cell or battery has an essentially infinite shell life and an exceptionally long operating life. The battery is particularly useful for powering microelectronic or communication devices such as mobile phones, laptop computers, and palm computers.

A headspace insulator for a battery cell operatively coupled to circuitry within an implantable medical device in including one or more of the following: (a) a body of electrically and thermally insulating material disposed between a battery electrode assembly and a battery cover, (b) a receiving area within the body that receives and isolates a battery feedthrough pin, (c) an indentation within the receiving area retaining the feedthrough pin within the receiving area, (d) a raised portion coupled to a battery cover providing an air gap between the cover and the headspace insulator near case-to-cover weld areas, (e) a feedthrough aperture adapted to receive a feedthrough assembly, (f) a pin aperture that receives the feedthrough pin, (g) a fillport aperture for electrolyte fluid flow through the headspace insulator, and (h) a slot that locates a battery weld bracket and isolates it from the feedthrough pin.

The present invention is directed to an improved electrodeposition and an electrochromic display. The display cells formed from microcups are filled with an electrolyte fluid and are individually sealed with a polymeric sealing layer.

Techniques disclosed herein include an electro-chemical deposition apparatus that provides an efficient circulation system, chemical management that provides reliable and uniform plating, and a configuration that provides short maintenance times and greater tool availability. Techniques include a processing tank containing an anolyte fluid, and one or more plating cells each having a catholyte fluid compartment with a circulation path that connects to a separate or remote catholyte reservoir. Thus, with such a configuration, a single pump can be used to flow catholyte (via manifolds) through one or more plating cells. Thus, with the catholyte reservoir maintained off board, instead of dumping catholyte over a weir into a reservoir, catholyte fluid—after flowing through a plating cell—is returned to the catholyte reservoir.

The invention relates to a novel aqueous lithium ion flow battery with high performances and low cost. A lithium ion intercalation-deintercalation mechanism and a flow battery metal ion deposition-dissolution mechanism are optically combined in an energy storage device. A positive electrode adopts a lithium ion intercalatable-deintercalatable solid oxide material, a negative electrode adopts a deposition type metal electrode material deposited-dissolved on an inert electrode, an electrolyte is an aqueous electrolyte containing lithium ions and capable of depositing and dissolving metal ions, and the separation of positive electrode and the negative electrode by a diaphragm is not needed. In the charge and discharge process, the electrolyte is promoted by a liquid pump to go through a pipeline and continuously circularly flow between a storage tank and a battery main body. The aqueous lithium ion flow battery has the characteristics of long cycle life, high energy efficiency, safety, low cost, less maintenance, environmental protection, high utilization rate and energy density of active substances, and large specific capacity, and is especially suitable for large scale power storage of off-grid renewable energy power generation and distributed power supply.

The invention provides an electrolyte which comprises a non-aqueous organic solvent, lithium salt and a polyphosphazene compound. According to the application, the side chain of the polyphosphazene compound added into the electrolyte is a long-chain group containing O, N or S and other heteroatom, so a compact high lithium ion conductive coating layer is formed on the surface of a cathode material of a lithium ion battery, therefore, the direct contact of the electrolyte and the cathode material is effectively inhibited; the oxygenolysis of the electrolyte is reduced; the circularity of the high voltage lithium ion battery is improved; meanwhile, the additive polyphosphazene compound has a flame-retardant property, so that the flammability of the electrolyte is lowered; the safety performance of the battery is improved.

A method and apparatus are disclosed wherein a battery comprises an electrode having at least one nanostructured surface. The nanostructured surface is disposed in a way such that an electrolyte fluid of the battery is prevented from contacting the electrode, thus preventing discharge of the battery when the battery is not in use. When a voltage is passed over the nanostructured surface, the electrolyte fluid is caused to penetrate the nanostructured surface and to contact the electrode, thus activating the battery. In one illustrative embodiment, the battery is an integrated part of an electronics package. In another embodiment, the battery is manufactured as a separate device and is then brought into contact with the electronics package. In yet another embodiment, the electronics package and an attached battery are disposed in a projectile that is used as a military targeting device.

A battery having a nanostructured battery electrode is disclosed wherein it is possible to reverse the contact of the electrolyte with the battery electrode and, thus, to return a battery to a reserve state after it has been used to generate current. In order to achieve this reversibility, the nanostructures on the battery electrode comprise a plurality of closed cells and the pressure within the enclosed cells is varied. In a first embodiment, the pressure is varied by varying the temperature of a fluid within the cells by, for example, applying a voltage to electrodes disposed within said cells. In a second illustrative embodiment, once the battery has been fully discharged, the battery is recharged and then the electrolyte fluid is expelled from the cells in a way such that it is no longer in contact with the battery electrode.

A lubricant dispenser includes a lubricant container that has an outlet opening for lubricant, a piston disposed in the lubricant container, and a cap connected with the lubricant container, having a device for generating a gas that impacts the piston. The device for gas generation has a gas cell with an electrolyte fluid and electrodes for electrochemical gas generation, a power source, as well as an electrical connection between the power source and the electrodes with a switch. The cap is a plastic injection-molded part produced in one piece, formed from several parts, using the multi-component injection-molding method, which part is made of an outer ring made of insulation material and an insert that forms the gas cell, having two electrically conductive wall regions as electrodes, as well as having an intermediate piece that separates the conductive regions. The insert contains a sponge saturated with electrolyte fluid, and is closed off with a plastic lid.

A single cell comprising a fuel electrode, an air electrode, and an electrolytic layer or hollow layer interposed between those electrodes, or a fuel cell comprised of a stack of these single cells, wherein a supply port is formed on the fuel electrode side for supplying a hydrogen-based/oxygen-based mixed gas obtained by electrolyzing an electrolyte fluid by agitating and stirring and collecting the resulting gas; moreover the fuel electrode to which the hydrogen-based/oxygen-based mixed gas is supplied is gas-permeable. The hydrogen-based/oxygen-based mixed gas contains H, H₂, H₃, and/or HD, OH, ¹⁶O, and O₂.

A hydrogen-oxygen gas generator comprising an electrolytic cell, an electrode group formed from an anode and a cathode mutually installed in that electrolytic cell, a power supply for applying a voltage across the anode and cathode, a gas trapping means for collecting the hydrogen-oxygen gas generated by electrolyzing the electrolyte fluid and a vibration-stirring means. The gas trapping means is comprised of a lid member installed on the electrolytic cell, a hydrogen-gas extraction tube connecting to the hydrogen-oxygen gas extraction outlet of that lid member. A vibration-stirring means for stirring and agitating the electrolytic fluid is supported by support tables. The distance between the adjacent positive electrode and negative electrode within the electrode group is set within a range of 1 to 20 millimeters. The vibration-stirring means is comprised of vibrating motors vibrating at 10 to 200 Hertz, and vibrating blades vibrating within the electrolytic cell and unable to rotate are attached to a vibrating rod linked to the vibrating motors.

To provide a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, which has a long term flame retardancy and which is excellent in cycle properties particularly under high voltage conditions and in high rate charge/discharge properties, and a secondary battery using such a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, comprising a lithium salt and a solvent for dissolving the electrolyte salt, which comprises a specific hydrofluoroether, a specific ether compound and a specific carbonate compound, wherein the ratio (N₀/N_Li) of the total number of moles (N₀) of etheric oxygen atoms derived from the above ether compound to the total number of moles (N_Li) of lithium atoms derived from the lithium salt, contained in the solvent for dissolving the electrolyte salt, is more than 1 and at most 6; and a secondary battery using such a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries.

The invention relates to an electrolyte for a lithium-sulfur battery containing a sulfide solubilizer. The electrolyte mainly comprises an electrolyte salt and an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent comprises an ether organic solvent and the sulfide solubilizer. The invention discloses a determination method for the solubility of the sulfide in the organic solvent. The invention further discloses a composition method of the sulfide solubilizer. The invention provides the lithium-sulfur battery containing the electrolyte; a negative active material is a lithium metal or a lithium-containing alloy, a positive electrode is formed by alloying and ball-milling of the positive active material, a conductive agent and an adhesive at the ratio, and a positive active material is element sulfur or a sulfur-containing compound. The product provided by the invention has the advantages of being available in raw materials, simple in process and the like, and the rate capability of the lithium-sulfur battery can be improved.

The invention relates to a lithium-ion secondary battery and a manufacturing method thereof. The battery comprises a positive electrode flake, a negative electrode flake, a diaphragm, electrolyte and a packaging shell body; positive electrode materials of the positive electrode flake comprise lithium salt with the positive electrode reversible extraction of lithium ions, a carbon conductive agent and a binding agent; the weight percentage of the three positive electrode materials is as follows, the lithium salt is 80 percent-98 percent, the carbon conductive agent is 0.5 percent-18.5 percent, and the binding agent is 1.5 percent-19.5 percent; negative electrode materials of the negative electrode flake comprise one of the lithium salt with the negative electrode reversible extraction of lithium ions, oxides with reversible extraction of lithium ions and sulfides with reversible extraction of lithium ions or the combination thereof, the carbon conductive agent and the binding agent; the weight percentage of the three negative electrode materials is as follows, the lithium salt is 80 percent-98 percent, the carbon conductive agent is 0.5 percent-18.5 percent, and the binding agent is 1.5 percent-19.5 percent; the electrolyte of electrolyte fluid is soluble lithium salt or lithium hydroxide which can not react with water, and the solvent is water or the organic solvent. The method comprises the steps of producing and packaging the positive and the negative electrode flakes, the diagram, the electrolyte and a battery cell and into the shell. The invention reduces the manufacturing difficulty and the production cost of the lithium-ion secondary batteries and expands the types and the scope of application of the lithium-ion secondary batteries.