Oxygen Containing Organic Solvent Compound Patents (Class 429/341)
  • Publication number: 20120183866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrochemical storage devices containing a non-aqueous lithium based electrolyte with high ionic conductivity, low impedance, and high thermal stability. More particularly, this invention relates to the design, synthesis and application of novel fluorinated arylboron oxalate based compounds which act as anion receptors and/or additives for non-aqueous batteries. When used as an anion receptor for non-aqueous battery electrolytes, the fluorinated arylboron oxalate enhances conductivity, lithium ion transference number and Solid Electrolyte Interface (SEI) formation capability during the formation cycling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Brookhaven Science Associates ,LLC
    Inventors: Hung Sui Lee, Xiao-Qing Yang, Kyung-Wan Nam, Xiaojian Wang
  • Publication number: 20120177980
    Abstract: The gas generation and the decrease in battery capacity during high temperature storage of a lithium secondary battery are suppressed. The electrolyte contains a polymerizable compound or a polymer, the polymerizable compound contains a compound having an aromatic functional group and a polymerizable functional group and a compound having a complex-forming functional group forming a complex with a metal ion and a polymerizable functional group, and the polymer has the complex-forming functional group, the aromatic functional group and a residue of the polymerizable functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Norio IWAYASU, Jinbao Zhao, Hidetoshi Honbou, Yuki Okuda
  • Publication number: 20120176089
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode comprising a combination of positive active materials. The combination includes a material represented by one or both of Formulae 1 and 2; and a material of Formula 3 as follows: LiaNibMncMdO2??(Formula 1) where 0.90?a?1.2; 0.5?b?0.9; 0<c<0.4; 0?d?0.2; LiaNibCocMndMeO2??(Formula 2) where 0.90?a?1.2, 0.5?b?0.9, 0<c<0.4, 0<d<0.4, and 0?e?0.2; LiaCoMbO2??(Formula 3) where 0.90?a?1.2 and 0?b?0.2; and each M of Formulae 1-3 is independently selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra, Sc, Y, Ti, Zr, Hf, Rf, V, Nb, Ta, Db, Cr, Mo, W, Sg, Tc, Re, Bh, Fe, Ru, Os, Hs, Rh, Ir, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, B, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, P, As, Sb, Bi, S, Se, Te, Po, and combinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Duck-Chul Hwang, Geun-Bae Kim, Yong-Chul Park, Won-II Jung, Jun-Won Suh, Jan-Dee Kim
  • Patent number: 8216725
    Abstract: Electrolyte for lithium secondary batteries and battery packs includes a lithium salt, a non-aqueous solvent, and an additive. The additive includes two or more members selected from the group consisting of substances A, B and C, wherein A includes one or more fused ring compounds and fused heterocyclic compounds, B includes an alkoxy aromatic compound, and C includes halogenated borane-based salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Yi Gao, JiangMin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120171577
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution including: a magnesium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; and an anion receptor, wherein the anion receptor comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formulae 1 and 2 below: where A, m, p1, P2, P3, q1, RA, Ra, R1 through R6, and Ry are the same as described in the detailed description section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-gyoon Ryu, Sang-ho Park, Myung-dong Cho, Young-min Choi, Seok-soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20120171581
    Abstract: Disclosed are a nonaqueous electrolytic solution of an electrolyte dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, which contains a carboxylate represented by the following general formula (I) in an amount of from 0.01 to 10% by mass of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution; and an electrochemical element using it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Shoji Shikita, Kazuyuki Kawabe, Masahide Kondo, Tatsuo Fujino
  • Publication number: 20120171578
    Abstract: The battery includes an electrolyte activating one or more cathodes and one or more anodes. The electrolyte includes one or more salts in a solvent. The solvent includes one or more organic solvents and one or more silanes and/or one or more siloxanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Zhengcheng Zhang, Phuong-Nghi Karen Lam, Mikito Nagata, Hisashi Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20120171574
    Abstract: A surface-enabled, metal ion-exchanging battery device comprising a cathode, an anode, a porous separator, and a metal ion-containing electrolyte, wherein the metal ion is selected from (A) non-Li alkali metals; (B) alkaline-earth metals; (C) transition metals; (D) other metals such as aluminum (Al); or (E) a combination thereof; and wherein at least one of the electrodes contains therein a metal ion source prior to the first charge or discharge cycle of the device and at least the cathode comprises a functional material or nano-structured material having a metal ion-capturing functional group or metal ion-storing surface in direct contact with said electrolyte, and wherein the operation of the battery device does not involve the introduction of oxygen from outside the device and does not involve the formation of a metal oxide, metal sulfide, metal selenide, metal telluride, metal hydroxide, or metal-halogen compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Aruna Zhamu, ChenGuang Liu, David Neff, Bor Z. Jang, Zhenning Yu
  • Publication number: 20120171563
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, which includes a lithium salt, a nonaqueous organic solvent and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of vitamin G (vitamin B2, riboflavin), vitamin B3 (niacinamide), vitamin B4 (adenine), vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid), vitamin H (vitamin B7, biotin), vitamin M (vitamin B9, folic acid), vitamin BX (4-aminobenzoic acid), vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), vitamin K1 (phylloquinone), ascorbyl palmitate, and sodium ascorbate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-sok Kang, Seok-soo Lee, Won-chang Choi, Jin-hwan Park, Mi-jeong Song
  • Publication number: 20120164543
    Abstract: An organic electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt; an organic solvent including a high permittivity solvent and a low boiling solvent; and a vinyl-based compound represented by Formula 1 below, wherein m and n are each independently integers of 1 to 10; X1, X2, and X3 each independently represent O, S, or NR9; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are represented in the detailed description. The organic electrolyte solution of the present invention and a lithium battery using the same suppress degradation of an electrolyte, providing improved cycle properties and life span thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok-soo Lee, Young-gyonn Ryu, Seung-sik Hwang, Dong-joon Lee, Boris A. Trofimov
  • Publication number: 20120164541
    Abstract: A lithium-free, anion based charge transport electrochemical system that uses fluoride ion transporting electrolytes, including ionic liquids, with and without various additives to improve performance, is described. The fluoride ion transporting electrolyte can be wholly or partly an ionic liquid that is typically liquid at temperatures less than 200 degrees Celsius. In other embodiments, electrolytes that remain liquid at less than 100 degrees Celsius are useful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Contour Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Isabelle Darolles, Cedric M. Weiss, Maksudul M. Alam, Arunkumar Tiruvannamalai, Simon Christopher Jones
  • Patent number: 8206853
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to prevent deterioration and expanding of anode active material and to improve charge-discharge cycle characteristics in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising an anode of which current collector has thereon a thin layer of an anode active material containing a metal. To solve this problem, in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery wherein a thin layer of anode active material containing a metal which absorbs and discharges lithium is formed on a current collector and the thin layer of the anode active material is divided into columns by a gap formed along the thickness thereof, a compound represented by the following formula is contained in the non-aqueous electrolyte. A-N?C?O In the above formula, A represents an element or a group other than hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignees: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Saisho, Hidekazu Yamamoto, Masahiro Takehara
  • Publication number: 20120148924
    Abstract: To provide a power storage device having a solid electrolyte, in which a charge-discharge capacity can be increased, and a method for manufacturing the power storage device. The power storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and the electrolyte includes an ion-conductive high molecular compound, an inorganic oxide, and a lithium salt, and the inorganic oxide is included in the electrolyte at more than 30 wt % and 50 wt % or less to the total of the ion-conductive high molecular compound and the inorganic oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Ogino, Kuniharu Nomoto, Teppei Oguni, Mako Motoyoshi
  • Publication number: 20120141878
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte solution and a lithium ion secondary battery which maintain for a long period high battery characteristics represented by the discharge capacity retention rate after the charge/discharge cycle, and simultaneously achieve also the high safety represented by the flame retardation. The present invention provides an electrolyte solution containing a nonaqueous solvent, an electrolyte, a specific compound having a perfluoroalkyl group in the molecule, and an additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Asami Ohashi, Yoshiyuki Ishii
  • Patent number: 8192875
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lithium-ion secondary battery includes an electrolytic solution making step of making an electrolytic solution by mixing at least an organic solvent and an electrolytic salt together, an electrode insertion step of inserting an anode and a cathode into an outer case, and a liquid injection step of injecting the electrolytic solution into the outer case; wherein the electrolytic solution making step or the liquid injection step adds a compound having an alkyl group with a carbon number of 10 or greater and an epoxy, vinyl, or silanol group at a terminal to the electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Sano
  • Publication number: 20120135314
    Abstract: Provided are an electrolyte additive represented by the following formula (1), an electrolyte solution containing the electrolyte additive, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrolyte solution: The electrolyte solution containing the electrolyte additive can enhance the normal-temperature and high-temperature lifetime characteristics of the battery to be equivalent or superior to the characteristics of conventional batteries, and can extend the service life of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SOULBRAIN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Eun Gi SHIM, Ji Seong Han, Ji Young Choi, Soo Young Kim, Hyeong Kyu Lim
  • Publication number: 20120135319
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material comprising sodium oxide, is characterized in that the sodium oxide contains lithium, and the molar amount of the lithium is less than the molar amount of the sodium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoharu SAITO, Hideyuki KOGA, Katsutoshi TAKEDA, Masahisa FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120135318
    Abstract: Disclosed is a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, which includes an active material capable of reversibly intercalating/deintercalating lithium and lithium polysulfide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyuk KIM, Sung-Hwan Moon, Matulevich Yuri, Myung-Hwan Jeong, Hee-Young Chu, Chang-Ui Jeong, Joo-Han Song, Jong-Seo Choi
  • Publication number: 20120135313
    Abstract: The electrolyte includes one or more salts and a silane. The silane has a silicon linked to one or more first substituents that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or a cyclic carbonate moiety. The silane can be linked to four of the first substituents. Alternately, the silane can be linked to the one or more first substituents and one or more second substituents that each exclude both a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety and a cyclic carbonate moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Robert C. West, Khalil Amine, Zhengcheng Zhang, Qingzheng Wang, Nicholas A.A. Rossi, Sang Young Yoon, Hiroshi Nakahara
  • Patent number: 8187744
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is produced using a non-aqueous electrolyte including: a non-aqueous solvent that primarily contains a solvent mixture of ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate and includes a fluorine-substituted ether having a divalent group represented by a formula: —CFX—CH(CH3)—O—, where X is a hydrogen atom or fluorine atom, in a molecule thereof; and a lithium salt that is dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent. The non-aqueous electrolyte has favorable wettability towards a polyolefin separator, and improves the cycle characteristics and the load characteristics of the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru Matsui, Tetsuo Nanno, Hiroshi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20120121990
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte comprising: a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive represented by Formula 1 below: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-sok KANG, Seok-soo Lee, Young-gyoon Ryu, Jin-hwan Park, Mi-jeong Song
  • Publication number: 20120121947
    Abstract: To provide a functional material which forms a high-resistance layer to interrupt an electric current, thereby ensuring the safety of a battery during overcharge. A polymerizable compound including a polymerizable functional group having an aromatic functional group, a polymerizable compound including a polymerizable functional group having a highly polar functional group, and a polymerizable compound including a polymerizable functional group having a less polar functional group, or a polymer obtained by polymerizing these polymerizable compounds are added into an electrolytic solution of a lithium secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Norio Iwayasu, Jinbao Zhao, Hidetoshi Honbo, Shinji Yamada
  • Patent number: 8178243
    Abstract: A method of producing a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material comprising sodium oxide, characterized in that: the sodium oxide contains lithium; and the molar amount of the lithium is less than the molar amount of the sodium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoharu Saito, Hideyuki Koga, Katsutoshi Takeda, Masahisa Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20120115044
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery having high-capacity as well as good cycle characteristics. The lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode comprising a positive active material, a negative electrode comprising a negative active material and an electrolyte. The negative active material includes graphite particles combined to Si particulate. The electrolyte includes a solvent, a polyether modified silicone oil where a linear polyether chain is linked to a polysiloxane chain, and a solute comprising a lithium salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Takitaro Yamaguchi, Ryuichi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20120115041
    Abstract: One example of the disiloxanes include a backbone with a first silicon and a second silicon. The first silicon is linked to a first substituent selected from a group consisting of: a first side chain that includes a cyclic carbonate moiety; a first side chain that includes a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety; and a first cross link links the disiloxane to a second siloxane and that includes a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety. In some instance, the second silicon is linked to a second substituent selected from a group consisting of: a second side chain that includes a cyclic carbonate moiety, and a second side chain that includes a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Robert C. West, Khalil Amine, Zhengcheng Zhang, Qingzheng Wang, Nicholas Agostino Antonio Rossi, Donald R. Vissers
  • Patent number: 8173298
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium battery includes a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive comprising a) a compound represented by the following Formula (1), and b) a compound selected from the group consisting of a sulfone-based compound, a poly(ester)(metha)acrylate, a polymer of poly(ester)(metha)acrylate, and a mixture thereof: wherein R1 is a C1 to C10 alkyl, a C1 to C10 alkoxy, or a C6 to C10 aryl, and preferably a methyl, ethyl, or methoxy, X is a halogen, and m and n are integers ranging from 1 to 5, where m+n is less than or equal to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Ho Kim, Ha-Young Lee, Sang-Hoon Choy, Ho-Sung Kim, Hyeong-Gon Noh
  • Publication number: 20120107698
    Abstract: An electrochemical device, having an anode containing magnesium; a cathode stable to a voltage of at least 3.2 V relative to a magnesium reference; and an electrolyte containing a solvent and a LiCl complex of a magnesium halide salt of a sterically hindered secondary amine is provided. In a preferred embodiment the electrolyte contains tetrahydrofuran and 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-magnesium chloride-lithium chloride complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing NA
    Inventors: John MULDOON, Hee Soo Kim, Masaki Matsui Matsui
  • Publication number: 20120107695
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium rechargeable battery including: a cathode plate including a cathode current collector layer and a cathode layer; an anode plate spaced from the cathode plate, the cathode plate including an anode current collector layer and an anode layer; and a polymer electrolyte disposed between the cathode plate and the anode plate, wherein at least one of the cathode layer and the anode layer includes a mixed cathode active material or a mixed anode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young-Gi LEE, Kwang Man KIM, Min Gyu CHOI, Kunyoung KANG, Yil Suk YANG, Jongdae KIM
  • Publication number: 20120107701
    Abstract: It is an object to provide, as a nonaqueous electrolyte solution using a solvent comprising a specific compound such as a polyethylene glycol dialkyl ether, an electrolyte solution for a chargeable device and an electrolyte solution for a lithium ion secondary battery exhibiting excellent cycle characteristics, and a secondary battery using the electrolyte solution. An electrolyte solution for a chargeable device, which comprises a fluorinated lithium salt and a solvent comprising a specific compound such as a polyethylene glycol dialkyl ether, and as an optional component, a hydroxy group-containing organic compound, wherein the amount of the hydroxy group-containing organic compound is at most 100 mg per 1 kg of the specific compound. Particularly, an electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery. Further, a lithium secondary battery using the electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Masao IWAYA
  • Publication number: 20120100438
    Abstract: Provided are novel electrode material composite structures containing high capacity active materials formed into porous base structures. The structures also include shells that encapsulate these porous base structures. During lithiation of the active material, the shell mechanically constrains the porous base structure. The shell allows lithium ions to pass through but prevents electrolyte solvents from interacting with the encapsulated active material. In certain embodiments, the shell contains carbon, while the porous base structure contains silicon. Although silicon tends to swell during lithiation, the porosity of the base structure and/or void spaces inside the shell helps to accommodate this additional volume within the shell without breaking it or substantially increasing the overall size of the composite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: AMPRIUS, INC.
    Inventors: Rainer J. Fasching, Zuqin Liu, Song Han, Ghyrn E. Loveness, Constantin I. Stefan
  • Publication number: 20120100417
    Abstract: Electrolyte compositions suitable for use in batteries, such as a lithium ion battery, are disclosed The electrolyte compositions include functionalized metal oxide particles In several embodiments the compositions utilize the presence of solvent or a scavenger Methods of making and using electrolyte compositions are also disclosed Articles of manufacture containing an electrolyte composition are also disclosed
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventor: Dorai Ramprasad
  • Publication number: 20120100439
    Abstract: An electrolyte solution for a secondary lithium battery, the electrolyte solution including: a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and a phenanthroline-based compound having a polar substituent. The electrolyte solution enables production of a secondary lithium battery having good high-temperature lifetime characteristics and good high-temperature preservation characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-sok Kang, Seok-soo Lee, Jae-gu Yoon, Jin-hwan Park, Mi-jeong Song
  • Publication number: 20120100437
    Abstract: There can be provided an energy storage device comprising a positive electrode comprising a nitroxyl compound having a nitroxyl cation partial structure in an oxidized state and having a nitroxyl radical partial structure in a reduced state; a negative electrode comprising a carbon material which lithium ions can be reversibly intercalated into and deintercalated from; and an electrolytic solution comprising a lithium salt and an aprotic organic solvent, wherein the negative electrode is a negative electrode comprising the carbon material which lithium ions are previously intercalated into, apart from lithium ions associated with a capacity A of lithium capable of being intercalated and deintercalated in charge and discharge, thereby allowing the energy storage device to simultaneously achieve high energy density, high output characteristics, low environmental load, and high stability in charge and discharge cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Nakahara, Shigeyuki Iwasa, Masahiro Suguro, Kazuaki Matsumoto, Kaichiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 8163423
    Abstract: Gas generation of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery having a negative active material that intercalates/deintercalates lithium ions at a potential not lower than 1.2 V relative to the potential of lithium as negative electrode is suppressed. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising a non-aqueous electrolyte containing an electrolyte salt and a non-aqueous solvent, a positive electrode and a negative electrode is characterized in that the main active material of said negative electrode is an active material that intercalates/deintercalates lithium ions at a potential not lower than 1.2 V relative to the potential of lithium and the auxiliary active material of said negative electrode is an active material that at least intercalates lithium ions at a potential lower than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Suguru Kozono, Ichiro Tanaka, Shigeki Yamate, Naohiro Tsumura, Yoshihiro Katayama, Toshiyuki Nukuda
  • Patent number: 8163427
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolytic solution is advantageously used in preparation of a lithium secondary battery excellent in cycle characteristics. In the non-aqueous electrolytic solution for a lithium secondary battery, an electrolyte salt is dissolved in a non-aqueous solvent. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution further contains a vinylene carbonate compound in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt. %, and an alkyne compound in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Takaaki Kuwata
  • Publication number: 20120094193
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, an electrochemical cell includes a negative electrode including a form of lithium, a positive electrode spaced apart from the negative electrode and configured to use a form of oxygen and carbon dioxide as reagents in a reversible electrochemical reaction wherein Li2CO3 is formed and consumed at the positive electrode, a separator positioned between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and an electrolyte including a salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Paul Albertus, Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan, John F. Christensen, Boris Kozinsky, Roel Sanchez-Carrera, Timm Lohmann
  • Publication number: 20120094194
    Abstract: Protected anode architectures for active metal anodes have a polymer adhesive seal that provides an hermetic enclosure for the active metal of the protected anode inside an anode compartment. The compartment is substantially impervious to ambient moisture and battery components such as catholyte (electrolyte about the cathode), and prevents volatile components of the protected anode, such as anolyte (electrolyte about the anode), from escaping. The architecture is formed by joining the protected anode to an anode container. The polymer adhesive seals provide an hermetic seal at the joint between a surface of the protected anode and the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: POLYPLUS BATTERY COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven J. Visco, Yevgeniy S. Nimon, Lutgard C. De Jonghe, Bruce D. Katz, Alexei Petrov
  • Publication number: 20120094191
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery comprising an anode, a cathode and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the anode includes an aqueous binder, and the non-aqueous electrolyte contains (a) a cyclic anhydride or a derivative thereof; and (b) any one anion receptor selected from the group consisting of a borane compound, a borate compound and mixtures thereof. According to the present invention, a stable SEI film is formed on the anode, and the life characteristics of the battery are improved by controlling the LiF content in the SEI film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Jin Yoon, Sung-Hoon Yu, Jong-Ho Jeon
  • Patent number: 8153306
    Abstract: Disclosed are an organic electrolyte for a lithium-ion battery and a lithium-ion battery comprising the same, wherein the electrolyte includes a base electrolyte containing a lithium salt dissolved in an organic solvent, and diphenyloctyl phosphate added thereto in an amount of 0.1 to 20 wt %. As compared to a conventional organic electrolyte using only a carbonate ester-based solvent, such as ethylene carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, etc., the lithium-ion battery employing the organic electrolyte can improve thermal stability of an electrolyte solution, high-rate performance, and charge/discharge cyclability of a battery, while maintaining battery performance of the base electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Jung Gu Kim, Eun Gi Shim, Tae Heum Nam
  • Publication number: 20120082901
    Abstract: Li-based anodes for use in an electric current producing cells having long life time and high capacity are provided. In certain embodiments, the Li-based anode comprises at least one anode active Li-containing compound and a composition comprising at least one polymer, at least one ionic liquid, and optionally at least one lithium salt. The composition may be located between the at least one Li-containing compound and the catholyte used in the electric current producing cell. In some embodiments, the at least one polymer may be incompatible with the catholyte. This configuration of components may lead to separation between the lithium active material of the anode and the catholyte. Processes for preparing the Li-based anode and to electric current producing cells comprising such an anode are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: BASF SE, Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Rudiger Schmidt, Daher Michael Badine, Helmut Moehwald, Igor Kovalev, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik
  • Publication number: 20120082883
    Abstract: An electrode mixture comprising a lithium nickel manganese composite metal oxide having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or less, an electrically conductive material and an overcharge inhibition material. The electrode mixture in which the overcharge inhibition material is an aromatic compound. The electrode mixture in which the overcharge inhibition material is one or more members selected from the group consisting of an aramid, a polyether, a polysulfone and a polyethersulfone. An electrode comprising the electrode mixture. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode capable of being doped and dedoped with lithium ions, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the positive electrode is the electrode described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takitaro Yamaguchi, Jun-ichi Kageura
  • Publication number: 20120082872
    Abstract: Spiro ammonium salts as an additive for electrolytes in electric current producing cells, in particular electric current producing cells comprising a Li-based anode, are provided. In some embodiments, the electric current producing cell comprises a cathode, a Li-based anode, and at least one electrolyte wherein the electrolyte contains at least one spiro ammonium salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: BASF SE, Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Rudiger Schmidt, Daher Michael Badine, Xiao Steimle, Helmut Moehwald, Igor Kovalev, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik
  • Patent number: 8148006
    Abstract: A battery capable of improving cycle characteristics is provided. A separator arranged between a cathode and an anode is impregnated with an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes: a solvent; and an electrolytic salt, in which the solvent includes a compound having a difluoroalkene structure. The content of the compound having a difluoroalkene structure in the solvent is within a range from 1 wt % to 5 wt % both inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Ihara, Takashi Murakami, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 8142936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing new additives and a lithium secondary battery including the same. More particularly, the invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt, an electrolyte compound, a first additive compound with an oxidation initiation potential of more than 4.2 V, and a second additive compound with an oxidation initiation potential of more than 4.2 V, which is higher in oxidation initiation potential than the first additive, and deposits oxidative products or form a polymer film, in oxidation, as well as a lithium secondary battery including the same. The present invention can provide a lithium secondary battery excellent in both the battery performance and the battery safety in overcharge by the combined use of the first additive and the second battery as additives to the nonaqueous electrolyte solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon Ho Ahn, Jae Hyun Lee, Jeong Ju Cho, Ho Chun Lee, Mi Young Son, Hyeong Jin Kim, Han Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8137849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphate-based acrylate crosslinking agent for polymer electrolyte and a polymer electrolyte composition comprising the phosphate-based acrylate crosslinking agent, and in particular to a phosphate-based acrylate crosslinking agent where a phosphate-based compound is introduced with a polyalkylene oxide group and an acrylate group and a polymer electrolyte composition comprising the phosphate-based acrylate crosslinking agent. The polymer electrolyte composition can be applied to electrolyte thin film and polymer electrolyte of small and large capacity lithium-polymer secondary battery due to its superior ionic conductivity and electrochemical and thermal stability, where the physical properties of electrolyte composition may be controlled by means of the length of polyalkylene oxide of the crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Yongku Kang, Changjin Lee, Jun Kyoung Lee, Joung In Lee
  • Patent number: 8133617
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes a non-aqueous electrolyte containing an electrolytic salt and a non-aqueous solvent, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode having a negative active material that intercalates/deintercalates lithium ions at a potential not lower than 1.2 V relative to the potential of lithium, wherein a film coat having a carbonate structure and a thickness of not less than 10 nm exists on the surface of the negative electrode. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery is operated in a region of potential of the negative electrode higher than 0.8 V relative to the potential of lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Suguru Kozono, Ichiro Tanaka, Shigeki Yamate, Naohiro Tsumura, Yoshihiro Katayama, Toshiyuki Nukuda
  • Publication number: 20120058379
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, a positive electrode and a negative electrode is provided. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprises a nonaqueous solvent. The nonaqueous solvent comprises from 50 to 95% by volume of a sulfone-based compound represented by the following formula 1: wherein R1 and R2 are each an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and satisfy R1?R2. The positive electrode comprises a composite oxide represented by Li1-xMn1.5-yNi0.5-zMy+zO4. The negative electrode comprises a negative electrode active material being capable of absorbing and releasing lithium at 1 V or more based on a metallic lithium potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Takashi KISHI, Norio TAKAMI, Takuya IWASAKI, Hiroki INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20120052401
    Abstract: The disclosure relates a niobium oxide useful in anodes of secondary lithium ion batteries. Such niobium oxide has formula LixM1?yNbyNb2O7, wherein 0?x?3, 0?y?1, and M represents Ti or Zr. The niobium oxide may be in the form of particles, which may be carbon coated. The disclosure also relates to an electrode composition containing at least one or more niobium oxides of formula LixM1?yNbyNb2O7. The disclosure further relates to electrodes, such as anodes, and batteries containing at least one or more niobium oxides of formula LixM1?yNbyNb2O7. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to methods of forming the above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Jian-Tao Han
  • Publication number: 20120052400
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrode structure for an energy storage apparatus. The electrode structure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a current collector; and an active material layer formed in the current collector, wherein the active material layer includes: an active material; and a conductive material having a relatively higher content than that of the active material as being away from the current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Hak Kwan KIM, Bae Kyun KIM, Dong Hyeok CHOI, Hyun Chul JUNG
  • Patent number: 8119293
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell can be charged at a high voltage of 4.3V or more and has excellent cycle characteristics and excellent high-temperature storage characteristics. The cell includes positive and negative electrodes capable of inserting and extracting lithium, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains a non-aqueous solvent, 1,3-dioxane and a dinitrile compound additives, and an electrolyte salt. The non-aqueous solvent contains ethylene carbonate in the range of 25% to 40% by volume under the conditions of 25° C. and 1 atm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Iwanaga, Noriko Yamashita