Claims
- 1. A primary rechargeable electrical energy storage device comprising a housing having an electrically non-conductive interior surface, at least one cell positioned in said housing, each cell comprising an anode consisting of a low melting metal selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metal, alkaline earth metal alloys, alkali metal, alkali metal alloy and alkali metal eutectic mixtures thereof, a separator surrounding said anode, said separator being capable of transporting or passing ionic species and electrically isolating said anode, a cathode comprising a carbonaceous fibrous structure, and a non-aqueous lithium laurate membrane electrolyte associated with said cathode.
- 2. The electrical storage device of claim 1 including a current collector in contact with said cathode.
- 3. The electrical storage device of claim 2 wherein said current collector is comprised of metal.
- 4. The electrical storage device of claim 3 wherein said current collector is polymeric.
- 5. The electrical storage device of claim 1 wherein said anode comprises an alkali metal.
- 6. The electrical storage device of claim 5 wherein said alkali metal is lithium or sodium.
- 7. The electrical storage device of claim 1 wherein said cathode comprises a graphite fabric.
- 8. The electrical storage device of claim 7 wherein said separator is a cationic polymer.
- 9. The electrical storage device of claim 8 wherein said cationic polymer is a fluorocarbon based polymer.
- 10. The electrical storage device of claim 1 including heating means.
- 11. In a primary rechargeable electrical energy storage device operable at a temperature above 180.degree. C. comprising a housing having an electrically non-conductive interior surface, at least one cell positioned in said housing, each cell comprising a pair of electroconductive electrodes electrically insulated from contact, said housing containing a non-aqueous electrolyte salt the improvement comprising that negative electrode of each cell is lithium coated with Li.sub.3 N, the positive electrode is a graphite cloth having a Young's Modulus greater than one million psi and the electrolyte is lithium laurate.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 004,003 filed Jan. 16, 1987 and Ser. No. 003,974 filed Jan. 16, 1987, of McCullough et al, both now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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