Abstract: Low temperature molten salt compositions comprised of a mixture of a metal halide, such as but not limited to aluminum trichloride, and a fluoropyrazolium salt, such as but not limited to 1,2-dimethyl-4-fluoropyrazolium chloride, which are resistant towards oxidation over a wide temperature gradient and are useful as electrolytes in electrochemical cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 10, 1995
Date of Patent:
September 3, 1996
Assignee:
Electrochemical Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Gleb Mamantov, deceased, Josip Caja, Thanthrimudalige D. J. Dunstan