Patent ID: 9608264
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. An air cathode battery using a zinc slurry anode with carbon additives, the battery comprising: an air cathode; the zinc slurry anode comprising: the carbon additives and a complexing agent in the alkaline electrolyte; an electrolyte chamber, comprising the alkaline electrolyte, adjacent the air cathode; a water permeable ion-exchange membrane (IEM) separating the zinc slurry anode from the electrolyte chamber; wherein the zinc slurry, in a battery charged state, has an electrical resistance of less than 10 ohms and a zinc molar concentration of greater than 15 moles per liter; wherein the proportion of carbon additives to zinc is in a range of 2.5 to 10% by weight; and wherein the proportion of alkaline electrolyte in the zinc slurry is in a range of 50 to 80% by volume.