Patent ID: 11955618
Assignee: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for generating electricity in a metal-air battery, the method comprising:
heating an anhydrous salt to obtain a molten salt electrolyte;
contacting the molten salt electrolyte to at least one cathode submerged in a bath of the molten salt electrolyte;
injecting air through pores in the cathode for communication with oxygen in the air;
reducing oxygen from air at the cathode to obtain oxygen ions for diffusing into the molten salt electrolyte;
oxidizing at least one metal anode by the oxygen ions in the electrolyte to obtain positive ions of the metal anode thereby generating electricity and forming a dissolved metal anode oxide; and
cooling at least one section of the metal-air battery for precipitating the metal anode oxide.