	US 12,283,654 B2
	Cathodes and electrolytes for rechargeable magnesium batteries and methods of manufacture
Prashant N. Kumta, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Partha Saha, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Moni Kanchan Datta, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Ayyakkannu Manivannan, Morgantown, WV (US)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/100,722.
Application 15/897,721 is a division of application No. 14/325,891, filed on Jul. 8, 2014, granted, now 9,947,962, issued on Apr. 17, 2018.
Application 18/100,722 is a continuation of application No. 17/085,099, filed on Oct. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,594,753.
Application 17/085,099 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/897,721, filed on Feb. 15, 2018, granted, now 10,826,114, issued on Nov. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/843,647, filed on Jul. 8, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0163346 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 10/054 (2010.01); C01B 19/00 (2006.01); C01G 39/00 (2006.01); C01G 39/06 (2006.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01); H01M 4/58 (2010.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01)

CPC H01M 10/054 (2013.01) [C01B 19/002 (2013.01); C01B 19/007 (2013.01); C01G 39/006 (2013.01); C01G 39/06 (2013.01); H01M 4/581 (2013.01); H01M 4/5815 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); C01P 2002/30 (2013.01); C01P 2002/72 (2013.01); C01P 2002/76 (2013.01); C01P 2002/77 (2013.01); C01P 2004/38 (2013.01); C01P 2004/61 (2013.01); C01P 2004/62 (2013.01); C01P 2006/12 (2013.01); C01P 2006/40 (2013.01); H01M 2004/028 (2013.01)]

9 Claims

1. An electrochemical cell, comprising:

an alkali-metal-containing anode;

a cathode, comprising:

a Chevrel-phase material of a formula Mo₆Z¹_8-yZ²_yderived from a precursor material of a formula M_xMo₆Z¹_8-yZ²_y, wherein M is a metallic element, ‘x’ is a number greater than 0 and less than 4, ‘y’ is a number from greater than 0 to less than 8 and each of Z¹and Z²is a different chalcogen with or without the presence of oxygen; and an electrolyte comprising a solution of phenyl magnesium chloride-aluminum chloride and amidomagnesium-based magnesium salt transmetallated with an aluminum salt electrolyte.