Claims
- 1. An electrical component having a characteristic of both a battery and a capacitor in having a fast chargeable rate much greater than previously available storage batteries comprising; a positive electrode, said positive electroce including a silver element having an active surface layer of solidified, previously fused silver chloride thereon, said silver chloride layer constituting an insoluble, resistive film formed on said silver during charging by passing a high anodic current through the silver element greater than 0.1 amp/cm.sup.2, which resistive film will rapidly heat to fusion temperature during charging; a negative electrode insulatingly spaced from said positive electrode, said negative electrode being cadmium or zinc; an ionic conductor disposed between said two electrodes; said ionic conductor being water and a zinc or cadmium halide or a mixture thereof; a dielectric spacer between said two electrodes, said spacer being capable of retaining its structural integrity at elevated temperatures and capable of withstanding compressive loading; and an encasing housing.
- 2. An electrical component as in claim 1 in which said negative electrode is cadmium, and said ionic conductor comprises a mixture of zinc chloride and cadmium chloride.
- 3. An electrical component as in claim 1 wherein the geometry of said positive electrode is such that the heat generated during charging is adequate to fuse said silver chloride during rapid charging of said electrical component.
- 4. An electrical component as in claim 2 in which said ionic conductor comprises cadmium chloride, zinc chloride, and a salt to attain desired conductivity.
- 5. An electrical component, as in claim 4, in which said salt is NaClO.sub.4.
- 6. An electrical component as in claim 3 wherein said negative electrode is cadmium and said ionic conductor is an aqueous electrolyte containing zinc chloride, cadmium chloride and sodium perchlorate.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 65,174, filed Aug. 19, 1970, now abandoned.
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