Emily A Nelson

20200014054, Jan 9, 2020

Dec 15, 2017

16/469766

- Bethesda MD, US
Matthew MILLARD - Belmont MA, US
Emily Grace NELSON - Watertown MA, US
Scott Thomas HUMBARGER - Somerville MA, US

H01M 8/18
H01M 4/36
H01M 4/60
C07D 279/12
C07D 221/00
C07D 209/04
C07D 209/46
C07F 1/00
C07F 3/00

Flow batteries can include a first half-cell containing a first aqueous electrolyte solution, a second half-cell containing a second aqueous electrolyte solution, and a separator disposed between the first half-cell and the second half-cell. The first aqueous electrolyte solution contains a first redox-active material, and the second aqueous electrolyte solution contains a second redox-active material. At least one of the first redox-active material and the second redox-active material is a nitroxide compound or a salt thereof. Particular nitroxide compounds can include a doubly bonded oxygen contained in a ring bearing the nitroxide group, a doubly bonded oxygen appended to a ring bearing the nitroxide group, sulfate or phosphate groups appended to a ring bearing the nitroxide group, various heterocyclic rings bearing the nitroxide group, or acyclic nitroxide compounds.

20180233762, Aug 16, 2018

Feb 16, 2017

15/435235

- Bethesda MD, US
Emily Grace NELSON - Watertown MA, US

H01M 8/18
C07F 7/28
H01M 8/20

Titanium catecholate complexes can be desirable active materials for flow batteries and other electrochemical energy storage systems, particularly when incorporated in aqueous electrolyte solutions. It can be desirable to avoid introducing even traces of certain organic solvents into aqueous electrolyte solutions. Neat methods for synthesizing titanium catecholate complexes can help avoid the unwanted introduction of trace organic solvents into aqueous electrolyte solutions and also provide further advantages. Methods for synthesizing titanium catecholate complexes can include: combining a catechol compound and a titanium reagent in an absence of solvent to produce a reaction mixture, and reacting the titanium reagent with the catechol compound in a neat state to form a titanium catecholate complex containing at least one catecholate ligand. The titanium catecholate complex can be further reacted with a base to produce a salt form titanium catecholate complex, which can be present in an aqueous phase.

20180191017, Jul 5, 2018

Mar 29, 2017

15/473553

- Bethesda MD, US
Emily Grace NELSON - Watertown MA, US
Matthew MILLARD - Cambridge MA, US

H01M 8/18
H01M 8/08
C07F 7/28

Titanium catecholate complexes can be desirable active materials for flow batteries and other electrochemical energy storage systems, particularly when incorporated in aqueous electrolyte solutions. It can be desirable to avoid introducing certain organic solvents and/or extraneous salts into aqueous electrolyte solutions. Methods for synthesizing titanium catecholate complexes that can help avoid the unwanted introduction of organic solvents and/or extraneous salts into aqueous electrolyte solutions can include: providing an aqueous solution containing a catechol compound, reacting a titanium reagent with the catechol compound in the aqueous solution to form an intermediate titanium catecholate complex, isolating the intermediate titanium catecholate complex as a solid or slurry, and reacting a ligatable compound with the intermediate titanium catecholate complex in the presence of a base to produce a salt form titanium catecholate complex containing at least one additional ligand.