Patents Assigned to Natron Energy, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11967686
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee
  • Publication number: 20240097202
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing and manufacturing a hierarchy system for use with a TMCCC-containing electrically-conductive structure (e.g., an electrode) as well as methods for use and manufacturing of such structures and electrochemical cells including these devices. Structures and methods include a coordination complex having LxMyNzTia1Va2Cra3Mna4Fea5Coa6Nia7Cua8Zna9Caa10Mga11[R(CN)6]b (H2O)c. The method includes binding electrochemically active material to produce a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure having a plurality of primary crystallites having a size D1, the plurality of these primary crystallites agglomerated into a set of agglomerates each agglomerate having a size D2>D1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Dyuman Lionnel Das, Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Ronald James Mosso, Keith Michael Wampler
  • Patent number: 11923507
    Abstract: A system and method for a liquid electrolyte used in secondary electrochemical cells having at least one electrode including a TMCCC material, the liquid electrolyte enabling an increased lifetime while allowing for fast discharge to extremely high depth of discharge. The addition of dinitriles to liquid electrolytes in electrochemical cells in which energy storage is achieved by ion intercalation in transition metal cyanide coordination compounds (TMCCC) has the advantage of increasing device lifetime by inhibiting common chemical and electrochemical degradation mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Majid Keshavarz, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee, Alex J. Klevay
  • Patent number: 11912581
    Abstract: A system and method implementing and manufacturing transition metal cyanide coordination compounds (TMCCC) comprising Na, Fe, Mn, C, H, N, S, and O, wherein the TMCCC have 0-14% hexacyanometallate vacancies such as for application in electrochemical cells, including sodium ion secondary batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashenafi Damtew Mamuye, Daniel Friebel, Aniruddh Shrivastava
  • Patent number: 11876182
    Abstract: A system and method for a liquid electrolyte used in secondary electrochemical cells having at least one electrode including a TMCCC material, the liquid electrolyte enabling an increased lifetime while allowing for fast discharge to extremely high depth of discharge. The addition of dinitriles to liquid electrolytes in electrochemical cells in which energy storage is achieved by ion intercalation in transition metal cyanide coordination compounds (TMCCC) has the advantage of increasing device lifetime by inhibiting common chemical and electrochemical degradation mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Majid Keshavarz, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee, Alex J. Klevay
  • Patent number: 11862775
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee
  • Patent number: 11843098
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee
  • Publication number: 20230387550
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell having one or more electrodes with TMCCC materials introduces improved performance by including a special separator having ceramics and/or a discrete multilayer construction. TMCCC materials with no surface modifications, and existing electrolytes with no composition modifications are combined with a different grade of separator to improve cell performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Grace Marjorie Yee, Daniel Friebel, Ali Firouzi
  • Publication number: 20230361348
    Abstract: A system and method for a liquid electrolyte used in secondary electrochemical cells having at least one electrode including a TMCCC material, the liquid electrolyte enabling an increased lifetime while allowing for fast discharge to extremely high depth of discharge. The addition of dinitriles to liquid electrolytes in electrochemical cells in which energy storage is achieved by ion intercalation in transition metal cyanide coordination compounds (TMCCC) has the advantage of increasing device lifetime by inhibiting common chemical and electrochemical degradation mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Majid Keshavarz, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee, Alex J. Klevay
  • Publication number: 20230344026
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee
  • Publication number: 20230318048
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing and manufacturing a hierarchy system for use with a TMCCC-containing electrically-conductive structure (e.g., an electrode) as well as methods for use and manufacturing of such structures and electrochemical cells including these devices. Structures and methods include a coordination complex having LxMyNzTia1Va2Cra3Mna4Fea5Coa6Nia7Cua8Zna9Caa10Mga11[R(CN)6]b (H2O)c. The method includes binding electrochemically active material to produce a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure having a plurality of primary crystallites having a size D1, the plurality of these primary crystallites agglomerated into a set of agglomerates each agglomerate having a size D2>D1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Dyuman Lionnel Das, Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Ronald James Mosso, Keith Michael Wampler
  • Publication number: 20230318047
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing and manufacturing a hierarchy system for use with a TMCCC-containing electrically-conductive structure (e.g., an electrode) as well as methods for use and manufacturing of such structures and electrochemical cells including these devices. Structures and methods include a coordination complex having LxMyNzTia1Va2Cra3Mna4Fea5Coa6Nia7Cua8Zna9Caa10Mga11[R(CN)6]b (H2O)c;. The method includes binding electrochemically active material to produce a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure having a plurality of primary crystallites having a size D1, the plurality of these primary crystallites agglomerated into a set of agglomerates each agglomerate having a size D2>D1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Dyuman Lionnel Das, Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Ronald James Mosso, Keith Michael Wampler
  • Patent number: 11769912
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing and manufacturing a hierarchy system for use with a TMCCC-containing electrically-conductive structure (e.g., an electrode) as well as methods for use and manufacturing of such structures and electrochemical cells including these devices. Structures and methods include a coordination complex having LxMyNzTia1Va2Cra3Mna4Fea5Coa6Nia7Cua8Zna9Caa10Mga11[R(CN)6]b (H2O)c. The method includes binding electrochemically active material to produce a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure having a plurality of primary crystallites having a size D1, the plurality of these primary crystallites agglomerated into a set of agglomerates each agglomerate having a size D2>D1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Dyuman Lionnel Das, Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Ronald James Mosso, Keith Michael Wampler
  • Publication number: 20230299286
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing and manufacturing a polymer system for use with an electrode that includes a transition metal cyanide coordination compound (TMCCC), conductive material, and a binder system including a polymer selected from the thermoplastic elastomer family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Rachel Ailey Altmaier, Peter Benjamin Herman, Meet A. Vora, Ali Firouzi, Mai Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20230253678
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell having one or more electrodes with TMCCC materials introduces improved performance by including a special separator having ceramics and/or a discrete multilayer construction. TMCCC materials with no surface modifications, and existing electrolytes with no composition modifications are combined with a different grade of separator to improve cell performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Grace Marjorie Yee, Daniel Friebel, Ali Firouzi
  • Patent number: 11695166
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee
  • Patent number: 11695159
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee
  • Patent number: 11695168
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee
  • Patent number: 11695163
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing and manufacturing a hierarchy system for use with a TMCCC-containing electrically-conductive structure (e.g., an electrode) as well as methods for use and manufacturing of such structures and electrochemical cells including these devices. Structures and methods include a coordination complex having LxMyNzTia1Va2Cra3Mna4Fea5Coa6Nia7Cua8Zna9Caa10Mga11[R(CN)6]b (H2O)c. The method includes binding electrochemically active material to produce a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure having a plurality of primary crystallites having a size D1, the plurality of these primary crystallites agglomerated into a set of agglomerates each agglomerate having a size D2>D1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc
    Inventors: Dyuman Lionnel Das, Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Ronald James Mosso, Keith Michael Wampler
  • Patent number: 11695167
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee