REDOX FLOW BATTERY

• US 20120135278A1
• Filed: 06/08/2010
• Published: 05/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nishimura, Naoto, Yoshie, Tomohisa, Tsukuda, Yoshihiro, Utsumi, Hisayuki, Watanabe, Yuki, Yoshida, Akihito, Sata, Shunsuke, Takenaka, Shinobu, Kaga, Masaki
• Application Number:
  US13/377,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20120135278A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/7
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/188 by recharging of redox couples containing fluids; Redox flow type batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/20 Indirect fuel cells, e.g. fuel cells with redox couple being irreversible H01M8/18 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/50 Fuel cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

A redox flow battery comprising an electrode cell including a negative electrode cell, a positive electrode cell and a separator for separating them, in which at least one of the negative electrode cell and the positive electrode cell includes a slurry type electrode solution, a porous current collector and a casing; a tank for storing the slurry type electrode solution; and a pipe for circulating the slurry type electrode solution between the tank and the electrode cell.

Claims

1. A redox flow battery comprising an electrode cell including a negative electrode cell, a positive electrode cell and a separator for separating them, in which at least one of the negative electrode cell and the positive electrode cell includes a slurry type electrode solution, a porous current collector and a casing;

a tank for storing the slurry type electrode solution; and

a pipe for circulating the slurry type electrode solution between the tank and the electrode cell,

wherein the slurry type electrode solution is the negative electrode solution in the negative electrode cell side and contains solid type negative electrode active material particles of metal particles and a non-aqueous solvent.

2. The redox flow battery according to claim 1, wherein the slurry type electrode solution is the negative electrode solution in the negative electrode cell side and contains solid type negative electrode active material particles of lithium particles.

3. The redox flow battery according to claim 1, wherein the slurry type electrode solution contains a non-aqueous type solvent of an ionic liquid.

4. The redox flow battery according to claim 1, wherein the slurry type electrode solution is the negative electrode solution in the negative electrode cell side, and the positive electrode cell contains a positive active material, a non-aqueous electrode solution and a current collector.

5. The redox flow battery according to claim 1, wherein the slurry type electrode solution contains the solid negative electrode active material particles or the solid positive electrode active material particles having the particle diameter of 0.01 to 100 μ

m.

6. The redox flow battery according to claim 1, the positive electrode cell has a slurry type positive electrode solution comprising a positive electrode active material particles selected from lithium manganate, lithium nickelate, sulfur, and tetra-valent or penta-valent vanadium oxide, and a non-aqueous solvent selected from a cyclic carbonate, a chain carbonate and an ionic liquid.

7. A redox flow battery comprising an electrode cell including a negative electrode cell, a positive electrode cell and a separator for separating them, in which at least one of the negative electrode cell and the positive electrode cell includes a slurry type electrode solution, a porous current collector, a casing and a control circuit for controlling the flow speed of the slurry type electrode solution,

wherein the control circuit is a circuit for controlling as intermittent and periodical fluctuating between a first output level for generating at least a first flow speed and a second output level for generating a second flow speed higher than the first flow speed.

8. The redox flow battery according to claim 7, wherein the first flow speed is in a range of 1 ml/min to 100 L/min.

9. The redox flow battery according to claim 7, wherein the second flow speed is 5 to 20 times of the first flow speed.

10. The redox flow battery according to claim 7 further comprising a pump for circulating the slurry type electrode solution between the electrode cell and the tank,

wherein the time of the first output level applied to the pump is 3 to 5 times as long as the time of the second output level applied.

11. The redox flow battery according to claim 7, wherein the second output level is applied to the pump at 60 times/hour.