Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
April 2014
Patent Number
8709635
Abstract
The present invention provides a galvanic cell having an aluminum anode and a cathode compartment design suitable for carrying out the aqueous electrochemical reaction between solid aluminum metal and aqueous peroxide ions. The galvanic cell is activated when water, aqueous hydroxide solution, or an aqueous salt solution is added to the cell. This reaction releases a significant amount of electrochemical energy from a small size (mass or volume) cell. This cell reaction and design leads to an improvement in energy released over state-of-the-art aluminum/hydrogen peroxide galvanic cells.
Application Number
13/622,724
Recommended Citation
Benson, Robert Frederick; Cardenas-Valencia, Andres M.; and Langebrake, Lawrence C., "Aluminum galvanic cell" (2014). USF Patents. 105.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/105
Assignees
University of South Florida
Filing Date
09/19/2012
Primary/U.S. Class
429/118
