Patent ID: 9240612
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. An energy-storage apparatus, comprising: an anode configured to accept Mg ions from an electrolyte and to release Mg-ions to said electrolyte, said anode having at least one anode electrical connection on an external surface of said energy-storage apparatus, and having at least one anode surface within said energy-storage apparatus; a cathode comprising a layered crystalline compound comprising a transition metal, said layered crystalline compound having a modified layer spacing such that an interlayer metal-metal distance in said layered crystalline compound is 4.8 Angstrom or more, said layered crystalline compound having at least one cathode electrical connection on an external surface of said energy-storage apparatus and having at least one cathode surface within said energy-storage apparatus; and said electrolyte comprising a magnesium-bearing electrolyte in contact with said at least one anode surface within said energy-storage apparatus, and in contact with said at least one cathode surface within said energy-storage apparatus.