Patent ID: 11936028
Assignee: AMPCERA INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. A dielectric heating method for heating an electrochemical system, the method comprising:
providing an electrochemical cell comprising: at least one negative current collector and at least one positive current collector; an anode and a cathode positioned between the negative current collector and the positive current collector; a solid electrolyte position between the anode and cathode; and a plurality of dielectrically heatable materials having a dielectric loss or loss tangent (8) value of at least 1×10−5 in the frequency range of 103 to 1012 Hz embedded or suspended in the solid electrolyte;
providing an electromagnetic wave generator connected to the at least one of the negative and positive current collectors;
by way of the electromagnetic wave generator, generating and applying an electromagnetic wave in the frequency range of 103 to 1012 Hz to the at least one of the negative and positive current collectors to induce a polarization change in the plurality of dielectrically heatable materials suspended or embedded in the solid electrolyte, thereby heating up the electrochemical system.