Patent ID: 8309259
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method for operating an electrochemical cell, wherein the cell comprises: a first electrode comprising a series of permeable electrode bodies arranged in spaced apart relation; a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode; a charging electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, the charging electrode being selected from the group consisting of (a) the second electrode, and (b) a third electrode; an ionically conductive medium communicating the electrodes, the ionically conductive medium comprising reducible fuel ions; wherein the method comprises: A. charging the electrochemical cell by: B. generating electrical current using the electrochemical cell by oxidizing the fuel on the permeable electrode bodies of the first electrode functioning as an anode and reducing an oxidizer at the second electrode functioning as a cathode wherein electrons are generated for conduction from the first electrode to the second electrode via a load, and the oxidized fuel ions and reduced oxidizer ions react to form a by-product.