Abstract:
A metal air battery includes: a battery module comprising a metal air cell configured to use oxygen as a positive electrode active material; an air channel unit including a fluid tube extending from a side of a cathode layer of the metal air cell to a side of a metal anode layer of the metal air cell; and an air supply unit configured to supply air to the air channel unit, wherein the fluid tube is configured to direct air from the side of the cathode layer of the metal air cell to the side of the metal anode layer of the metal air cell.
Abstract:
A metal-air battery includes first and second cells, each cell including a negative electrode metal layer, a negative electrode electrolytic film, a positive electrode layer configured to use oxygen as an active material, and a gas diffusion layer, wherein the negative electrode metal layer, the negative electrode electrolytic film, the positive electrode layer, and the gas diffusion layer are sequentially disposed, wherein each cell has an open surface through which at least a portion of the gas diffusion layer is in fluid communication with, outside air, wherein the first and second cells contact each other, and wherein a direction of a first open surface of the first cell is different from a direction of a second open surface of the second cell.
Abstract:
An electrochemical battery including: a battery module comprising at least one electrochemical cell; an air supplier configured to supply air to the battery module and constantly maintain an oxygen concentration in the air that is supplied to the battery module; and an air recirculator configured to recirculate air exhausted from the battery module, wherein the battery module comprises an air inlet port though which air is introduced from the air supplier, and an air outlet port through which air remaining after a reaction in the at least one electrochemical cell is exhausted, and wherein the air recirculator is configured to recirculate the air exhausted through the air outlet port of the battery module to the air inlet port of the battery module.
Abstract:
A metal air battery system includes an air intake apparatus configured to draw external air, a metal air battery module configured to receive oxygen from the air intake apparatus to perform a discharging reaction, and comprising at least one inlet through configured for oxygen inflow and at least one outlet configured for oxygen outflow, and a flow path connection unit connecting the air intake apparatus to the metal air battery module. A position of the at least one inlet and a position of the at least one outlet is con figured to alternate between a first opening in the metal air battery module and a second opening in the metal air battery module as the metal air battery module is discharged, and the metal air battery system is configured so that at least a portion of the oxygen in the metal air battery module is removed during a charging reaction.
Abstract:
A metal-air battery includes first and second cells, each cell including a negative electrode metal layer, a negative electrode electrolytic film, a positive electrode layer configured to use oxygen as an active material, and a gas diffusion layer, wherein the negative electrode metal layer, the negative electrode electrolytic film, the positive electrode layer, and the gas diffusion layer are sequentially disposed, wherein each cell has an open surface through which at least a portion of the gas diffusion layer is in fluid communication with, outside air, wherein the first and second cells contact each other, and wherein a direction of a first open surface of the first cell is different from a direction of a second open surface of the second cell.
Abstract:
A metal-air battery including: a battery cell module for generating electricity by oxidizing a metal and reducing oxygen; and an air purification module in fluid communication with the battery cell module for purifying air, wherein a first portion of the air purification module is configured to supply purified air to the battery cell module, and a second portion of the air purification module is configured to receive air discharged from the battery cell module.