US 12,469,902 B2
Systems and methods for heating electrochemical systems
James Emery Brown, Tucson, AZ (US); Hui Du, Tucson, AZ (US); Chen Chen, Tucson, AZ (US); and Sumin Zhu, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Ampcera Inc., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed by Ampcera Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/441,225.
Application 18/441,225 is a continuation of application No. 17/374,547, filed on Jul. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,936,028.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/051,051, filed on Jul. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0186620 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. H01M 10/657 (2014.01); H01M 10/615 (2014.01); H01M 50/454 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/657 (2015.04) [H01M 10/615 (2015.04); H01M 50/454 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dielectric heating method, comprising:
providing an electrochemical system comprising:
an anode;
a cathode; and
an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte includes a solid electrolyte,
wherein the electrochemical system includes at least one dielectrically heatable material, the at least one dielectrically heatable material having a dielectric loss or loss tangent (δ) value of at least 1×10−5 in the frequency range of 103 to 1012 Hz; and
applying an electromagnetic wave in the frequency range of 103 to 1012 Hz to induce a polarization change in the at least one dielectrically heatable material, thereby heating up the at least one dielectrically heatable material.