Patent ID: 8227105

Claim:
A specialized battery with a physicochemically active membrane separator/electrolyte/electrode (PAMSEE) produced by a process comprising: providing a membrane/electrode monolith having a first and second side, the first side being a metal and the second side being an anodized metal oxide, the membrane/electrode having a plurality of pores running the thickness of its second side terminating into its first side, wherein the pores have an inner wall, and wherein the first and second sides each have an outer face; coating the inner pore walls with a defined pore coating, wherein the defined pore coating is selected from the group consisting of: salts, anions, cations and combinations thereof forming a PAMSEE, and further wherein the defined pore coating on the inside pore walls of the monolith has a thickness of less than about half the pore diameter; a first outer electrode is attached or deposited on the second side's face, wherein the first outer electrode is positioned over and is in ionic communication with the pores of the second face of the monolith to form a first seal, wherein the pores have diameters ranging from about 2 nm to about 150 nm, wherein the first side of the monolith acts as the second electrode, and wherein the first outer electrode attached to the first side of the monolith seals-off the pores from the ambient environment, and further wherein the pores are not otherwise filled.