Patent ID: 9293776
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A metal-air battery, comprising: an electrochemically active anode that emits electrons and metal cations during a discharge state; a cathode that includes an oxygen-reduction catalyst to catalytically process the metal cations into a metal oxide, the oxygen-reduction catalyst having a power generation rate that correlates with temperature; a battery separator that electrically isolates the anode from the cathode, the battery separator being permeable to metal cations and positioned between the anode and the cathode; a cathode temperature sensor on or within the cathode and configured to measure a temperature of the cathode during the discharge state; a heat transfer structure that is in direct thermal contact with the cathode; and a cathode temperature sensor-responsive temperature regulator for one or more of heating and cooling the cathode via the heat transfer structure, wherein the temperature regulator is supplied with current generated by the metal-air battery.