With Salt Or Acid Component Patents (Class 429/207)
  • Patent number: 11978857
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolyte including an additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte represented by Formula 1 below: wherein, R1 to R5 may each independently be any one selected from the group consisting of H, an alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, a cycloalkenyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and a nitrile group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Tae Kim, Chul Haeng Lee, Jeong Woo Oh, Byung Chun Park, Young Mi Seo, Sung Guk Park
  • Patent number: 11978859
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery containing a lithium salt, an organic solvent and a phosphoric acid-based additive of Formula 1 below, which significantly improves the high temperature stability of the lithium secondary battery: wherein R is described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haeun Kim, Jeongwoo Oh, Chul Haeng Lee
  • Patent number: 11873236
    Abstract: A carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) nanohybrid composition comprising carboxymethyl cellulose loaded with metal nanoparticles, such as silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), iron nanoparticles (FeNPs), or silver nanoparticle-doped iron nanoparticles (AgNPs@FeNPs). These compositions can be used to remove contaminants, such as 2,4-dinitrophenol, from wastewater. The compositions are low-cost, eco-friendly, and highly efficient for 2,4-dinitrophenol removal, due to the high surface area to volume ratio and super catalytic effect to remove 2,4-dinitrophenol. The results indicate that the performance of fabricated AgNPs@Fe@CMC nanohybrids objectively is relatively high, and suitable compared to commercial materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mohamed Gouda, Hany M. Abd El-Lateef, Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali, Fatemah Khalaf
  • Patent number: 11799154
    Abstract: A hybrid energy storage device has at least two half cells, wherein each half cell includes an electrode comprising an electrically conductive high surface area material incorporating an electrolyte comprising a dissolved species that can exist in more than two redox states, and at least one separator that separates the at least two half cells and allows transfer of selected charge carriers between the half cells. After an initial charging, a redox pair of one half cell is different from the redox pair of the other half cell. The hybrid energy storage device operates as a battery for low power applications, and as a supercapacitor for high power applications. The hybrid energy storage device may be flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Queen's University at Kingston
    Inventors: Ali Khazaeli, Dominik Barz
  • Patent number: 11791460
    Abstract: An electrode assembly may comprise a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, wherein a positive electrode active material layer of the positive electrode plate may comprise a positive electrode active material and a quinone compound; and a negative electrode active material layer of the negative electrode plate may comprise a negative electrode active material and a conductive polymer material, wherein based on the mass of the positive electrode active material layer, the mass content of the quinone compound mc % may be 0.5% to 3%; the capacity per gram of the quinone compound may be Capc; the capacity per gram of the positive electrode active material may be Cap; and based on the mass of the negative electrode active material layer, the mass content of the conductive polymer material may be mA %, satisfying the relationship of: 0 . 2 ? C ? a ? p C - Cap Cap × m C / m A ? 5 .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Bin Yao, Ying Huang, Ruiying Shi, Jiang Liu, Xuefang Chen
  • Patent number: 11739173
    Abstract: Crosslinked polymers and related compositions and related compositions, electrochemical cells, batteries, methods and systems are described. The crosslinked polymers have at least one redox active monomeric moiety having a redox potential of 0.5 V to 3.0 V with reference to Li/Li+ electrode potential under standard conditions or ?2.54 V to ?0.04 V vs. SHE and has a carbocyclic structure and at least one carbonyl group or a carboxyl group on the carbocyclic structure. The crosslinked polymers also include at least one comonomeric moiety with at least one of the at least one redox active monomeric moiety and/or the at least one comonomeric moiety has a denticity of three to six corresponding to a three to six connected network polymer, and provide stable, high capacity organic electrode materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ALIONYX ENERGY SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Andrew Stewart, Zeiad Muntasser, Thay A. Ung, Simon C. Jones, Mohamed El-Kumbari, Demetrio Batac
  • Patent number: 11742519
    Abstract: Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, where one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electrolyte, and at least one electrolyte additive compound selected from a carbonate, oxalate, trioxidane, peroxide, peroxoate, dioxetanone, oxepane dione, oxetane dione, anhydride, oxalate or 1,4-dioxane-2,3-dione; each of which may be optionally substituted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Enevate Corporation
    Inventors: Liwen Ji, Benjamin Yong Park
  • Patent number: 11664489
    Abstract: To provide a negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that can be produced even without performing a heat treatment at a high temperature such as 2,000° C. or higher and can have the discharge capacity and the cycle characteristics (capacity retention) further increased. The negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the invention has a configuration in which a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode material and a binder is formed on the surface of a current collector. Further, the negative electrode material has a core portion including carbonaceous negative electrode active material particles; and a shell portion including a polyimide and silicon-based negative electrode active material particles and/or tin-based negative electrode active material particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie, Hideki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11515532
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided an electrode including an active material-containing layer. A logarithmic differential pore volume distribution curve of the active material-containing layer by a mercury intrusion method includes first and second peaks. The first peak is a local maximum value in a range where a pore size is from 0.1 ?m or more to 0.5 ?m or less. The second peak is a local maximum value in a range where the pore size is from 0.5 ?m or more to 1.0 ?m or less. An intensity A1 of the first peak and an intensity A2 of the second peak satisfy 0.1?A2/A1?0.3. A density of the active material-containing layer is from 2.9 g/cm3 or more to 3.3 g/cm3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Asuna Hagiwara, Keigo Hoshina
  • Patent number: 11480619
    Abstract: An estimation apparatus estimates an internal state of an energy storage device having a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative active material that contains SiOx, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, the energy storage device changing from a positive-electrode limiting type, in which a discharge capacity is limited by the positive electrode, to a negative-electrode limiting type, in which the discharge capacity is limited by the negative electrode. The estimation apparatus estimates the internal state of the energy storage device by using a voltage value and an energization amount in a predetermined voltage range of the energy storage device or at a predetermined measured voltage value, or based on information on the shape of a discharge curve of the energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Inoue
  • Patent number: 11469416
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lithium ion battery which operates stably at high temperatures. The battery disclosed herein has a chemical composition amenable to long-term operation at elevated temperatures and employs a lithium-based cathode, a silicon-based anode, and a piperidinium-based electrolyte solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Wayne State University
    Inventors: Ganguli Babu, Khalid Ababtain, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Abdulrazzag Sawas
  • Patent number: 11444321
    Abstract: A treating method of a nonaqueous-electrolyte and a method of fabricating a battery are provided. The treating method is suitable for being performed prior to injecting a nonaqueous-electrolyte into a containing region of the battery. The treating method includes performing at least one first voltage process or at least one second voltage process on the nonaqueous-electrolyte. The first voltage process includes as follows. A first voltage is applied to the nonaqueous-electrolyte. The voltage is adjusted gradually from the first voltage to a second voltage. The voltage is adjusted gradually from the second voltage to the first voltage. The second voltage process includes as follows. A third voltage is applied to the nonaqueous-electrolyte for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Bing-Joe Hwang, Wei-Nien Su
  • Patent number: 11411248
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, which includes an oligomer represented by Formula 1, an anion stabilizing additive, a polymerization initiator, a lithium salt, and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the anion stabilizing additive includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a phosphite-based compound represented by Formula 2 and a boron-based compound represented by Formula 3, and a gel polymer electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery which are prepared by using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Woo Oh, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Chul Haeng Lee
  • Patent number: 11398623
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a preparing method of a positive electrode additive for a lithium secondary battery capable of reducing the amount of Li-based byproduct and unreacted lithium oxide generated in a preparing process, thereby significantly reducing the amount of gas generated when the electrode is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventors: Eunsol Lho, Hyelim Jeon, Donghun Lee, Sang Wook Lee, Wang Mo Jung, Minsuk Kang, Sora Baek
  • Patent number: 11367861
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for the formation of lithium, potassium, and/or calcium intercalation compounds on a negative electrode for a battery or capacitor cell is disclosed. The battery or capacitor cell is constructed with a negative electrode that may contain graphitic carbon, silicon, metal oxide, and/or complex metal oxides and a lithium, potassium, and/or calcium ion source supplemental electrode. After construction of the cell, a method of controlled electrical contact is applied between the positive electrode and negative electrode to accelerate and regulate a process of ion exchange between the supplemental metal ion source electrode and the negative electrode which results in the formation of intercalation compounds within the negative electrode, and produces a battery or capacitor with a higher working voltage, high cycle life, and long DC life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: LiCap Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Hart
  • Patent number: 11183691
    Abstract: Provided are a metal element-doped positive electrode active material for a high voltage and a preparation method thereof. The positive electrode active material may include a lithium cobalt oxide having a layered crystal structure; and a metal element (M) incorporated into the lithium cobalt oxide in an amount of 0.2 parts by weight to 1 part by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the lithium cobalt oxide, wherein the metal element (M) does not form a chemical bond with the elements of the lithium cobalt oxide, and wherein the layered crystal structure in maintained at a positive electrode potential of more than 4.5 V (based on Li potential) when fully charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Sungbin Park, Younguk Park, Jiyoung Park, Bo Ram Lee, Chi Ho Jo, Hyuck Hur, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 11139475
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery with improved t electrochemical characteristics through improvement of the structural stability by including a cathode active material doped with molybdenum (Mo). The lithium secondary battery includes a cathode; an anode; a separator positioned between the cathode and the anode; and an electrolyte. In particular, the cathode active material includes molybdenum (Mo) doped on a composite oxide of lithium and metal including manganese (Mn) and titanium (Ti).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventors: Seung-Min Oh, KiSeok Koh, Yeolmae Yeo, Dongjun Kim, Yoon Sung Lee, Jieun Lee, Sa Heum Kim, Seung-Taek Myung
  • Patent number: 11127951
    Abstract: An alkaline secondary battery disclosed in the present application includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and a separator. The positive electrode active material contains a mixture of a silver oxide and a silver-bismuth complex oxide. A discharge curve is obtained when the battery that is fully charged is discharged with a constant current until a battery voltage drops to 1.0 V. The battery voltage at a point on the discharge curve where x (%) of a total discharge capacity has been discharged from the battery since start of discharge is represented by Vx (V). The discharge curve satisfies V10?V70?0.08, has a step in the range of 70?x?90, and shows that a size of the step represented by V70?V90 is 0.04 or more and 0.15 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Maxell Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Inoue, Mitsutoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11101460
    Abstract: To provide a lithium-ion secondary battery having higher discharge capacity and higher energy density and a manufacturing method thereof. The lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer provided over the positive electrode current collector. In the positive electrode active material layer, graphenes and lithium-containing composite oxides are alternately provided. The lithium-containing composite oxide is a flat single crystal particle in which the length in the b-axis direction is shorter than each of the lengths in the a-axis direction and the c-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Tomoya Futamura, Tamae Moriwaka
  • Patent number: 11063254
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte having a lithium ion conductivity, and the negative electrode includes a negative electrode collector, a negative electrode active material layer provided on a surface of the negative electrode collector, and a coating film which at least partially covers a surface of the negative electrode active material layer and which has a lithium ion permeability. The coating film contains a lithium compound which contains an element M, an element A, an element F, and lithium; the element M is at least one selected from the group consisting of P, Si, B, V, Nb, W, Ti, Zr, Al, Ba, La, and Ta; and the element A is at least one selected from the group consisting of S, O, N, and Br.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawada, Atsushi Fukui
  • Patent number: 11011741
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, includes: a lithium composite metal compound containing secondary particles formed by aggregation of primary particles; and a lithium-containing tungsten oxide, in which the lithium-containing tungsten oxide is present at least in interparticle spaces of the primary particles, and in a pore distribution of the positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries measured by a mercury intrusion method, a surface area of pores having a pore diameter in a range of 10 nm or more to 200 nm or less is 0.4 m2/g or more and 3.0 m2/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurita, Takashi Arimura, Yusuke Maeda, Kayo Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10978740
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an electrolyte solution of which electrolyte salt concentration is high and by which cycle characteristics hardly deteriorate and battery lifetime can be extended, and a lithium ion secondary battery which contains the above electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution of the present invention comprises an electrolyte salt and a solvent, wherein a concentration of the electrolyte salt is more than 1.1 mol/L, the electrolyte salt contains a compound represented by the following formula (1): (XSO2) (FSO2)NLi (1) (wherein X is a fluorine atom, a C1-6 alkyl group or a C1-6 fluoroalkyl group), and the solvent contains a cyclic carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizuno, Kazuhisa Hirata, Takeo Kawase, Izuho Okada, Hiromoto Katsuyama, Miwako Tominaga, Masayuki Okajima
  • Patent number: 10868338
    Abstract: The present invention provides one with a Ni—Fe battery exhibiting enhanced power characteristics. The battery uses a particular electrolyte. The resulting characteristics of specific power and power density are much improved over conventional Ni—Fe batteries. The electrolyte comprises sodium hydroxide, with lithium hydroxide and sodium sulfide. The iron anode comprises an iron active material and a polyvinyl alcohol binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: ENCELL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Randy Ogg
  • Patent number: 10854926
    Abstract: The present invention provides one with a Ni—Fe battery exhibiting enhanced power characteristics. The battery uses a particular electrolyte. The resulting characteristics of specific power and power density are much improved over conventional Ni—Fe batteries. The electrolyte comprises sodium hydroxide, with lithium hydroxide and sodium sulfide. The iron anode comprises an iron active material and a polyvinyl alcohol binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: ENCELL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Randy Ogg
  • Patent number: 10847843
    Abstract: Providing is a battery comprising an iron anode, a nickel cathode, and an electrolyte comprised of sodium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide and a soluble metal sulfide. In one embodiment the concentration of sodium hydroxide in the electrolyte ranges from 6.0 M to 7.5 M, the amount of lithium hydroxide present in the electrolyte ranges from 0.5 to 2.0 M, and the amount of metal sulfide present in the electrolyte ranges from 1-2% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ENCELL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Randy Gene Ogg, Phil Bennett, Alan Seidel, Paul Gifford
  • Patent number: 10818926
    Abstract: A method of producing a powder mass for a lithium battery, comprising: (a) mixing an inorganic filler and an elastomer or its precursor in a liquid medium or solvent to form a suspension; (b) dispersing a plurality of particles of an anode active material in the suspension to form a slurry; and (c) dispensing the slurry and removing the solvent and/or polymerizing or curing the precursor to form the powder mass, wherein at least a particulate is composed of one or a plurality of anode particles being encapsulated by a layer of inorganic filler-reinforced elastomer having a thickness from 1 nm to 10 ?m, a fully recoverable tensile strain from 2% to 500%, and a lithium ion conductivity from 10?7 S/cm to 5×10?2 S/cm and the inorganic filler has a lithium intercalation potential from 1.1 V to 4.5 V versus Li/Li+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Global Graphene Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Baofei Pan, Hui He, Aruna Zhamu, Bor Z. Jang
  • Patent number: 10818973
    Abstract: The electrolyte composition at least includes an aprotic organic solvent, a lithium salt, a flame retardant, and inorganic oxide particles. The flame retardant is at least one selected from a group consisting of a phosphorus-based acid ester having a fluorinated alkyl group and a phosphate amide having a fluorinated alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru Mizutani, Shin-ichi Ogata
  • Patent number: 10804573
    Abstract: Provided is a battery comprising an iron electrode and an electrolyte comprised of sodium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide and a soluble metal sulfide. In one embodiment, the concentration of sodium hydroxide in the electrolyte ranges from 6.0 M to 7.5 M, the amount of lithium hydroxide present in the electrolyte ranges from 0.5 M to 2.0 M, and the amount of metal sulfide present in the electrolyte ranges from 1 to 2% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: ENCELL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Randy Gene Ogg, Phil Bennett, Alan Seidel, Paul Gifford
  • Patent number: 10756334
    Abstract: A method of producing a structured composite material is described. A porous media is provided, an electrically conductive material is deposited on surfaces or within pores of the plurality of porous media particles, and an active material is deposited on the surfaces or within the pores of the plurality of porous media particles coated with the electrically conductive material to coalesce the plurality of porous media particles together and form the structured composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Lyten, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Stowell, Bryce H. Anzelmo, David Tanner, Bruce Lanning, Joe Griffith Cruz
  • Patent number: 10727506
    Abstract: A flow battery includes: a liquid including redox mediator; an electrode at least partially immersed in the liquid; a second electrode; an active material at least partially immersed in the liquid; and a circulator that circulates the liquid between the electrode and the active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10727538
    Abstract: As a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery whose battery performance is prevented from being deteriorated by charge and discharge, provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator having ion permeability barrier energy of not less than 300 J/mol/?m and not more than 900 J/mol/?m per unit film thickness; and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a given additive in an amount of not less than 0.5 ppm and not more than 300 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Eiko Kashiwazaki, Ichiro Arise, Chikara Murakami
  • Patent number: 10707537
    Abstract: The present invention provides one with a high cycle life Ni—Fe battery. The battery uses a particular electrolyte. The electrolyte comprises sodium hydroxide, as well as lithium hydroxide and sulfide. The use of the sodium hydroxide based electrolyte with the iron anode in the battery has been found to enhance the performance characteristics of the battery. The resulting characteristics of cycle life, as well as power and charge retention, are much improved over conventional Ni—Fe batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Encell Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Randy Ogg
  • Patent number: 10686187
    Abstract: A polyimide-coated active material particle (21) of the present invention includes an active material particle (23) and a polyimide layer (24) derived from a monomeric polyimide precursor and coated on the active material particle (23). A negative electrode (200) of the present invention includes a current collector (30) and an active material layer (20) including the negative electrode active material particle (21) coated with the polyimide layer (24) derived from a monomeric polyimide precursor, and an aqueous binder (22). With the polyimide-coated active material particle of the present invention, it is possible to suppress the amount of organic solvent used and improve the charge-discharge cycle of the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: I.S.T CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kae Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10680240
    Abstract: Embodiments provide an electrode material for a lithium ion battery capable of decreasing a metal elution amount even when an electrode active material having a large specific surface area is used as the electrode material and capable of obtaining a lithium ion battery in which a decrease in a capacity caused by storage at a high temperature in a fully charged state is suppressed and a lithium ion battery. The electrode material for a lithium ion battery includes electrode active material particles and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the electrode active material particles, in which a tap density is 0.95 g/cm3 or more and 1.6 g/cm3 or less, and a volume ratio of micro pores to a total volume that is evaluated from nitrogen adsorption measurement is 1.5% or more and 2.5% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Oshitari, Masataka Oyama, Ryuuta Yamaya
  • Patent number: 10658706
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution for a power storage device, the electrolytic solution containing water as a solvent, wherein an amount of the solvent is greater than 4 mol and not greater than 15 mol with respect to 1 mol of an alkali metal salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Atsuo Yamada, Yuki Yamada, Kenji Usui, Junichi Niwa, Tomoyuki Kawai
  • Patent number: 10587011
    Abstract: The present invention provides one with a Ni—Fe battery exhibiting enhanced power characteristics. The battery uses a particular electrolyte comprising sodium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, and sulfide. The use of the sodium hydroxide based electrolyte with the iron anode in the battery has been found to enhance the performance characteristics of the battery. The resulting characteristics of specific power and power density are much improved over conventional Ni—Fe batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: ENCELL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Randy Ogg
  • Patent number: 10553878
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries that is capable of suppressing an increase in battery direct current resistance due to high-temperature storage (e.g., storage at 60° C. or higher). Positive electrode active material particles in one aspect of the present disclosure include secondary particles formed by aggregation of primary particles of a lithium transition metal oxide containing Ni and Mn and include a boron compound present in the inner part and surface of the secondary particles. The difference in composition ratio between Ni and Mn in the lithium transition metal oxide is more than 0.2. The proportion of the boron element content in the inner part of the secondary particles to the total boron element content in the inner part and surface of the secondary particles is in the range from 5% by mass to 60% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Kokubu, Atsushi Ogata
  • Patent number: 10553862
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery contains second particles which are produced by aggregation of primary particles of a lithium transition metal oxide containing Ni and W, and a boron compound present inside and on the surfaces of the secondary particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ogata, Takao Kokubu
  • Patent number: 10522816
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery of the present invention has a positive electrode is provided with a positive electrode mix layer that includes a positive electrode active material and a conductive material. The positive electrode mix layer has two peaks, large and small, of differential pore volume over a pore size ranging from 0.01 ?m to 10 ?m in a pore distribution curve measured by a mercury porosimeter. A pore size of the smaller peak B of the differential pore volume is smaller than a pore size of the larger peak A of the differential pore volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Nagai, Masahiro Morita, Yukihiro Okada
  • Patent number: 10483591
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards phosphorous containing flame retarding materials including a triazine moiety and an electrolyte for electrochemical cells containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: NOHMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Surya Moganty, Yue Wu, Luigi Abbate, Kevin Brown, John Sinicropi, Gabriel Torres
  • Patent number: 10483538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixed oxide containing a) a mixed-substituted lithium manganese spinel in which some of the manganese lattice sites are occupied by lithium ions and b) a boron-oxygen compound. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process for its preparation and the use of the mixed oxide as electrode material for lithium ion batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Christian Vogler, Gerhard Nuspl, Margret Wohlfahrt-Mehrens, Peter Axmann, Gisela Arnold
  • Patent number: 10461323
    Abstract: Improved anodes and cells are provided, which enable fast charging rates with enhanced safety due to much reduced probability of metallization of lithium on the anode, preventing dendrite growth and related risks of fire or explosion. Anodes and/or electrolytes have buffering zones for partly reducing and gradually introducing lithium ions into the anode for lithiation, to prevent lithium ion accumulation at the anode electrolyte interface and consequent metallization and dendrite growth. Various anode active materials and combinations, modifications through nanoparticles and a range of coatings which implement the improved anodes are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Storedot Ltd.
    Inventors: Doron Burshtain, Nir Kedem, Eran Sella, Daniel Aronov
  • Patent number: 10454111
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery electrode is obtained by coating and drying a slurry including an active material, a crosslinking water-absorbing resin particle, a binder, and water, on a current collector surface to form a mixture layer and then compressing the mixture layer, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes the electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideo Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 10347947
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery includes a cell placed into an electrically non-conducting box filled with an electrolyte. The cell includes an intercalation cathode and an electroconductive anode separated from each other by a porous separator. The cell is submerged into the electrolyte. The electrolyte includes an aqueous solution of metals salts. The aqueous solution includes metals ions of the metals salts. A pH value of the aqueous solution being adapted to prevent a hydrolysis of the metal ions in the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Nazarbayev University Research and Innovation System
    Inventor: Zhumabay Bakenov
  • Patent number: 10305139
    Abstract: A metal-ion energy storage system includes positive and negative electrodes, a separator located between the positive and negative electrodes, an electrolyte including a mixture of imidazole salt and a main metal halogen. The electrolyte includes an additive other than the main metal halogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: HIGH TECH BATTERY INC.
    Inventor: Kuei Yung Wang Chen
  • Patent number: 10305095
    Abstract: A method of producing a positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the method including: stirring core particles including a lithium-transition metal composite oxide represented by a formula: LiaNi1-x-y-zCoxM1yM2zO2 wherein 1.00?a?1.50, 0.00?x?0.50, 0.00?y?0.50, 0.00?z?0.02, x+y?0.70, M1 consists of Mn and Al, and M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr, W, Ti, Mg, Ta, Nb and Mo; mixing the core particles with a first solution containing a rare earth element and a second solution containing a fluorine-containing compound; and heating the coated core particles at a temperature no greater than 500° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Miyashita, Keisuke Fujihara
  • Patent number: 10297886
    Abstract: An electrolyte for metal-air batteries, which is able to inhibit self-discharge of metal-air batteries, and a metal-air battery using the electrolyte. The electrolyte for metal-air batteries containing an aqueous solution that comprises at least one self-discharge inhibitor selected from the group consisting of M2HPO4, M3PO4, M4P2O7, MH2PO2, M2H2P2O7, LHPO4, MLPO4, L2P2O7 and LH2P2O7, where M is any one selected from the group consisting of Li, K, Na, Rb, Cs and Fr, and L is any one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Ra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Suyama
  • Patent number: 10177417
    Abstract: A battery including an anode including iron sulphide as active material, with the sulphur content being at least 5 wt. % of the total of iron and sulphur, a cathode, and an alkaline electrolyte including an alkaline component dissolved in water, with the anode including less than 50 wt. % of other active materials than iron sulphide. Preferably, the sulphur content of the anode is more than 10 wt. % of sulphur, calculated in the total of iron and sulphur and 70 wt. % or less. The use of iron sulphide in the anode provides a rechargeable electrical energy storage system which is low-cost, easy to produce, and environmental friendly, and which shows a long lifetime and has excellent electrochemical properties like high power density and good cycling efficiency. The battery according to the invention also shows superior charge/discharge behavior as compared to e.g. lead-acid and nickel-iron batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: E-STONE BATTERIES B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Van Dijk, Fokko Marten Mulder
  • Patent number: 10109887
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a battery and a method for its manufacture. One embodiment of the battery may include a three-dimensionally structured thin film solid state battery having interdigitated cathode and anode volumes, which are separated by an electrolyte material. In an example method, a cathode current collector layer and an anode current collector layer may be formed on a substrate. The cathode current collector layer and the anode current collector layer may include a cathode current collector area and an anode current collector area, respectively. A cathode layer may be formed on the cathode current collector layer and an anode layer may be formed on the anode current collector layer. An electrolyte layer may be formed on the substrate. The electrolyte layer may include an electrolyte area, which separates the anode current collector area and the cathode current collector area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ramesh Bhardwaj, Tai Sup Huang
  • Patent number: 10038182
    Abstract: The present invention provides a graphene coating-modified electrode plate for lithium secondary battery, characterized in that, the electrode plate comprises a current collector foil, graphene layers coated on both surfaces of the current collector foil, and electrode active material layers coated on the graphene layers. A graphene coating-modified electrode plate for lithium secondary battery according to the present invention comprises a current collector foil, graphene layers coated on both surfaces of the current collector foil, and electrode active material layers coated on the graphene layers. The graphene-modified electrode plate for lithium secondary battery thus obtained increases the electrical conductivity and dissipation functions of the electrode plate due to the better electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity of graphene. The present invention further provides a method for producing a graphene coating-modified electrode plate for lithium secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Zhaoping Liu, Changlin Tang, Jiangang Zhang, Xufeng Zhou, Huasheng Hu