Patent ID: 11897780
Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  Y | IPC C

Claim 4:
5. A method for producing metals/alloys by high-temperature molten salt electrolysis in humid atmosphere, wherein the method is carried out in a humid molten salt electrolysis environment, solid metal oxide cathodes are reduced in-situ by hydrogen generated through the electrolysis in a molten salt, the metal oxides are used as working cathodes during the electrolysis, and the metals/alloys are produced; and the temperature of the molten salt is 150 to 1000° C., the water vapor content of a protective atmosphere of the molten salt is 0.1 to 100 Vol. %, and a molten salt electrolyte is a mixture of one or more components of alkali metal halides and/or alkaline earth metal halides.