Patent ID: 9401528
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A multi-valent ion battery, comprising: an anode configured to accept and release a multi-valent positive ion, said anode having at least one electrical connection on an external surface of an energy-storage apparatus, and having at least one anode surface within said energy-storage apparatus; a cathode containing a layered compound comprising a first plurality of layers of inorganic material separated by a second plurality of units of an organic species situated on intervening planes, said first plurality of layers of inorganic material having an increased interplanar spacing measured in Angstroms as compared to an interplanar spacing of said plurality of layers of inorganic material not separated by a second plurality of units of an organic species situated on intervening planes, said cathode having at least one electrical connection on an external surface of said energy-storage apparatus and having at least one cathode surface within said energy-storage apparatus, and an electrolyte bearing said multi-valent positive ion in contact with said at least one anode surface and said at least one cathode surface.