Patent ID: 11916231
Assignee: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  C  Y | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. An electroactive material comprising:
a solid electrode comprising one or more alkali metals; and
an interfacial layer comprising an alloy disposed on the solid electrode, wherein the alloy comprises two or more alkali metals, wherein at least one alkali metal of the solid electrode and at least one alkali metal of the alloy are a same alkali metal such that the solid electrode and the alloy include different proportions of the same alkali metal, and wherein the alloy comprises either:
(i) a liquid phase when the alloy is at a temperature between or equal to 15° C. and 30° C.; or (ii) a solid phase and the liquid phase when the alloy is at the temperature between or equal to 15° C. and 30° C.