公开(公告)号：US20240082912A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18367019

申请日：2023-09-12

Applicant: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Inventor： Jacob Benjamin Mack ,  Samuel Mark Pennell ,  David C. Dunand

IPC: B22F3/11 ,  B22F3/10 ,  B22F9/04 ,  C01B3/00 ,  C22C38/12

CPC classification number: B22F3/1143 ,  B22F3/1017 ,  B22F9/04 ,  C01B3/0084 ,  C22C38/12 ,  B22F2009/043 ,  B22F2301/35 ,  B22F2998/10 ,  B22F2999/00

Abstract: This invention in one aspect relates to an iron-based foam usable for an electrochemical device, comprising a composition comprising iron and a refractory element processed to form the iron-based foam having a hierarchical porous structure with self-assembled channels for gas flow reactions and internal space to accommodate volumetric changes on oxidation.