Claims
- 1. A storage battery comprising:
- an electronically conductive substrate;
- a first storage electrode on said substrate, said storage electrode comprising an ion conductive-electron conductive layer;
- an ion conductive-electron resistive layer on said first storage electrode, said ion conductive-electron resistive layer being capable of transporting positive metal ions into said first storage electrode;
- a second storage electrode on said ion conductive-electron resistive layer; and
- an electronically conductive layer on said second storage electrode, said electronically conductive layer and said electronically conductive substrate being adapted for connection with an external voltage source, whereby when voltage of a first polarity is applied across said electronically conductive layer and said electronically conductive substrate, said positive metal ions are transported from said first storage electrode through said ion conductive-electron resistive layer and when voltage of a second polarity is applied across said electronically conductive layer and is electronically conductive substrate, said positive metal ions are transported through said ion conductive-electron resistive layer to said first storage electrode, said ion conductive-electron resistive layer comprising a mixture of lithium oxide and an oxide selected from the group consisting of: boron oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, calcium oxide, manganese oxide and zinc oxide.
- 2. The storage battery of claim 1 wherein said oxide is selected from the group consisting of gallium oxide, tungsten oxide, molydbenum oxide, germanium oxide, strontium oxide, yttrium oxide and barium oxide.
- 3. The storage battery of claim 1 wherein said oxide is selected from the group consisting of tantalum oxide, niobium oxide and zirconium dioxide.
- 4. The storage battery of claim 1 wherein said ion conductive-electron conductive layer is selected from the group consisting of the lithiated oxides of manganese, chromium, iron, cobalt and nickel.
- 5. A storage battery comprising:
- an electron conductive-ion conductive substrate;
- an ion conductive-electron resistive layer on said substrate; and
- an electron conductive-ion conductive layer on said ion conductive-electron resistive layer, said electron conductive-ion conductive substrate and said electron conductive-ion conductive layer being adapted for connection with an external voltage source, whereby when voltage of a first polarity is applied across said electron conductive-ion conductive substrate and said electron conductive-ion conductive layer, positive metal ions are driven from said electron conductive-ion conductive layer through said ion conductive-electron resistive layer to said electron conductive-ion conductive substrate and when voltage of a second polarity is applied across said electron conductive-ion conductive substrate and said electron conductive-ion conductive layer, said positive metal ions are driven back through said ion conductive-electron resistive layer to said ion conductive-electron resistive layer, said ion conductive-electron resistive layer comprising lithium oxide and a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of: boron oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, manganese oxide, zinc oxide, gallium oxide, tungsten oxide, molydbenum oxide, germanium oxide, tantalum oxide and niobium oxide.
Parent Case Info
This is a Divisional Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 93,782 filed Sept. 8, 1987 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,832,463 issued May 23, 1989.
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