Patents Assigned to EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research
  • Publication number: 20230327190
    Abstract: A solid-state battery (20) with a solid electrolyte (8) and to the method for producing same. The method includes: protonating a body (11) containing, preferably being entirely made of, a protonatable ceramic material, to form a protonated layer (12, 13) on the body (11); depositing a metal element forming an anode (14) on the protonated layer (13) on a first side (7) of the body (11); assembling a cathode (15) on a second side (9) of the body (11), preferably opposite the first side (7) of the anode (14); and forming dendrites (18) from the metal element in the protonated layer (13) of the body (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for materials Testing and Research
    Inventors: Rabeb GRISSA, Corsin Battaglia
  • Publication number: 20230327191
    Abstract: A solid-state battery (20) with a solid electrolyte (8) and to the method for producing same. The method includes: protonating a body (11) made of, a protonatable ceramic material, to form a protonated layer (12, 13) on the body (11); deprotonating the protonated layer (13) to obtain a porous layer provided with mini-cavities (18); depositing a metal element forming an anode (14) on the deprotonated layer (13) on a first side (7) of the body (11), and infiltrating mini-cavities (18) of the porous layer by the metal element, and assembling a cathode (15) on a second side (9) of the body (11), preferably opposite the first side (7) of the anode (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for materials Testing and Research
    Inventors: Rabeb GRISSA, Corsin Battaglia
  • Patent number: 10611692
    Abstract: A polycrystalline ceramic solely formed based on alumina, on chromium oxide and on magnesium oxide, where the polycrystalline ceramic contains between 0.8% and 1.2% of chromium oxide by total weight of the polycrystalline ceramic and between 0.03% and 0.09% of magnesium oxide by total weight of the polycrystalline ceramic, making it possible to obtain a red ceramic with a toughness (Kc) at least equal to 2.8 MPa·m1/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research
    Inventors: Henning Luebbe, Roman Kubrin, Gurdial Blugan, Jakob Kuebler, Stewes Bourban, Arnaud Actis-Datta
  • Publication number: 20190092691
    Abstract: A polycrystalline ceramic solely formed based on alumina, on chromium oxide and on magnesium oxide, where the polycrystalline ceramic contains between 0.8% and 1.2% of chromium oxide by total weight of the polycrystalline ceramic and between 0.03% and 0.09% of magnesium oxide by total weight of the polycrystalline ceramic, making it possible to obtain a red ceramic with a toughness (Kc) at least equal to 2.8 MPa·m1/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicants: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research
    Inventors: Henning LUEBBE, Roman KUBRIN, Gurdial BLUGAN, Jakob KUEBLER, Stewes BOURBAN, Arnaud ACTIS-DATTA