| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Process Metallurgy and Electrochemistry of Molten Salts, Liquid Metal Batteries, and Extra-terrestrial Materials Processing: An EPD Symposium in Honor of Don Sadoway
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| Presentation Title |
Development of a New Electrodeposition Process based on Liquid Metal Electrochemical Technologies in Molten Salt Electrolytes |
| Author(s) |
Takanari Ouchi, Shuang Wu, Toru H. Okabe |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Takanari Ouchi |
| Abstract Scope |
A liquid metal battery consisting of liquid metal positive and negative electrodes separated with a molten salt electrolyte was developed to satisfy the demands of large-scale electrochemical energy storage devices based on the technologies of electrowinning and electrorefining in molten salt. In order to develop liquid metal batteries, the electrochemical behavior of the liquid metal electrodes in the molten salt electrolyte was carefully investigated. It was observed that some metals in the positive electrodes dissolved as anions in the molten salt, and that the anions electrochemically oxidized to form their metals under application of the appropriate voltages. This has long been known to occur, but has not yet been understood well. Recent research on a new electrodeposition process of metals using this anodic deposition will be introduced. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Supplemental Proceedings volume |