Overcharge protection systems for rechargeable batteries

Details Overcharge protection systems for rechargeable batteries Overcharge protection systems for rechargeable batteries

1997-01-14

1999-03-16

Skapars, Anthony

Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and

Process of cell operation

H01M01044

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058828125

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is an electrochemical device having a shuttle-type redox mechanism for overcharge protection in which the redox reaction is "tuned" with a tuning agent to adjust the potential at which the redox reaction occurs. Such device may be characterized as including the following elements: (1) a negative electrode (e.g., lithium); (2) a positive electrode containing one or more intermediate species (e.g., polysulfides) which are oxidized to one more oxidized species during overcharge; and (3) a tuning species (e.g., an organosulfur compound) which adjusts the rate at which the oxidized species are reduced and thereby adjusts the voltage at which overcharge protection is provided. The oxidized species produced during overcharge move to the negative electrode where they are reduced back to said intermediate species as in a normal redox shuttle. However, the oxidized species react more rapidly than the intermediate species at the negative electrode. Thus, the overcharge protection mechanism becomes more active as the oxidized species' concentration increases--as occurs during more severe overcharge.

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