Patents by Inventor Christian Pszolla
Christian Pszolla has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12218349Abstract: A rechargeable battery cell has an electrolyte comprising a conducting salt. The electrolyte is based on SO2 and the positive electrode comprises an active material of the composition AxM?yM?z(XO4-mSn), wherein A is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a metal of group 12 of the periodic table or aluminum, preferably sodium, calcium, zinc, particularly preferably lithium. M? is at least one metal selected from a group consisting of titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper and zinc. M? is at least one metal selected from a group consisting of the metals of groups 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the periodic table. X is phosphorus or silicon. x is greater than 0. y is greater than 0. z is greater than or equal to 0. n is greater than 0 and m is less than or equal to n.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Innolith Technology AGInventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla
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Publication number: 20240332516Abstract: A rechargeable battery cell has an active metal, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, a housing and an electrolyte. The active metal is sodium and the electrolyte is based on SO2 and contains a first conductive salt which has the formula (I) R1, R2 and R3 can be a halogen atom, a hydroxy group or a chemical group —OR5. R4 can be a hydroxy group or a chemical group —OR5. R5 can be C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl or Cs-C14 heteroaryl. The aliphatic, cyclic, aromatic and heteroaromatic groups can be unsubstituted or substituted. Z is aluminum or boron. At least two of the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 can jointly form a chelate ligand which is coordinated to Z.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
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Patent number: 12074317Abstract: A rechargeable electrochemical battery cell with a housing, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte which contains SO2 and a conducting salt of the active metal of the cell, whereby at least one of the electrodes contains a binder chosen from the group: Binder A, which consists of a polymer, which is made of monomeric structural units of a conjugated carboxylic acid or of the alkali salt, earth alkali salt or ammonium salt of this conjugated carboxylic acid or a combination thereof or binder B which consists of a polymer based on monomeric styrene structural units or butadiene structural units or a mixture of binder A and B.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Innolith Technology AGInventors: Christian Pszolla, Laurent Zinck, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth, Julia Thümmel, Heide Biollaz
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Publication number: 20240186568Abstract: SO2-based electrolyte and rechargeable battery cell (2, 20, 40) comprising this electrolyte, which electrolyte contains at least a first conducting salt of the following formula (I) wherein M is a metal selected from the group formed of alkali metals, earth alkali metals, metals from Group 12 and aluminum; x is an integer from 1 to 3; R1, R2, R3and R4 are selected, independently of one another, from the group formed of a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an —OR5chemical group and a chelating ligand, which is collectively formed by at least two of the substituents R1, R2, R3and R4 and is coordinated to Z; wherein R1, R2, R3and R4 are neither four halogen atoms nor four —OR5chemical groups, in particular alkoxy groups; wherein the substituent R5 is selected from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and wherein Z is aluminum or boron.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
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Patent number: 11876170Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell comprising an active metal, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, a housing and an electrolyte, the positive electrode being designed as a high-voltage electrode and the electrolyte being based on SO2 and at least one first conducting salt having the formula (I), M being a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum; x being an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 being selected independently of one another from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z being aluminum or boron.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Innolith Technology AGInventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Markus Borck
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Publication number: 20230395845Abstract: This disclosure relates to an SO2-based electrolyte for a rechargeable battery cell comprising at least a first conducting salt of the formula (I) MaBmXn??formula (I) wherein M is a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum. B is the element boron. X is a halogen, and a, m, and n are integers. Furthermore, this disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell containing an SO2-based electrolyte comprising at least a first conducting salt of formula (I), an active metal, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, and a housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
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Patent number: 11710849Abstract: This disclosure relates to an SO2-based electrolyte for a rechargeable battery cell containing at least one conducting salt of the Formula (I) wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements and aluminum; x is an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C1 alkenyl, C2-C1 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl, and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z is aluminum or boron.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Innolith Technology AGInventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
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Patent number: 11322798Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, which comprises a conducting salt, and a separator, which is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode and the positive electrode are each an insertion electrode. The electrolyte is based on SO2. The separator comprises a separator layer which is an organic polymer separator layer. The thickness of the organic polymer separator layer, relative to the loading of the positive insertion electrode with active material per unit area, is less than 0.25 mm3/mg.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: INNOLITH ASSETS AGInventors: Claudia Wollfarth, Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla
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Publication number: 20220085408Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell comprising an active metal, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, a housing and an electrolyte, the positive electrode being designed as a high-voltage electrode and the electrolyte being based on SO2 and at least one first conducting salt having the formula (I), M being a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum; x being an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 being selected independently of one another from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z being aluminum or boron.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Markus Borck
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Publication number: 20220077461Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell comprising an active metal, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, a housing and an electrolyte, the positive electrode comprising at least one polyanionic compound as an active material and the electrolyte being based on SO2 and comprising at least one first conducting salt which has the formula (I), M being a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum; x being an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 being selected independently of one another from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z being aluminum or boron.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Markus Borck
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Publication number: 20220077511Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell having an active metal, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, a housing and an electrolyte, the positive electrode comprising at least one compound in the form of a layered oxide as an active material and the electrolyte being based on SO2 and comprising at least one first conducting salt which has the formula (I), M being a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum; x being an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 being selected independently of one another from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z being aluminum or boron.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Markus Borck
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Publication number: 20220052333Abstract: A rechargeable battery cell has an electrolyte comprising a conducting salt. The electrolyte is based on SO2 and the positive electrode comprises an active material of the composition AxM?yM?z(XO4-mSn), wherein A is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a metal of group 12 of the periodic table or aluminum, preferably sodium, calcium, zinc, particularly preferably lithium. M? is at least one metal selected from a group consisting of titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper and zinc. M? is at least one metal selected from a group consisting of the metals of groups 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the periodic table. X is phosphorus or silicon. x is greater than 0. y is greater than 0. z is greater than or equal to 0. n is greater than 0 and m is less than or equal to n.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla
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Publication number: 20210104739Abstract: A rechargeable electrochemical battery cell with a housing, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte which contains SO2 and a conducting salt of the active metal of the cell, whereby at least one of the electrodes contains a binder chosen from the group: Binder A, which consists of a polymer, which is made of monomeric structural units of a conjugated carboxylic acid or of the alkali salt, earth alkali salt or ammonium salt of this conjugated carboxylic acid or a combination thereof or binder B which consists of a polymer based on monomeric styrene structural units or butadiene structural units or a mixture of binder A and B.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Christian Pszolla, Laurent Zinck, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth, Julia Thümmel, Heide Biollaz
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Publication number: 20210036358Abstract: This disclosure relates to an SO2-based electrolyte for a rechargeable battery cell containing at least one conducting salt of the Formula (I) wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements and aluminum; x is an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C1 alkenyl, C2-C1 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl, and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z is aluminum or boron.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
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Patent number: 10892487Abstract: The present invention relates to a rechargeable electrochemical battery cell having a housing, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte, the electrolyte containing sulfur dioxide and a conductive salt of the active metal of the cell. The total quantity of oxygen-containing compounds contained in the cell that are able to react with the sulfur dioxide, reducing the sulfur dioxide, is not more than 10 mMol per Ah theoretical capacitance of the cell.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: INNOLITH ASSETS AGInventors: Guenther Hambitzer, Joachim Heitbaum, Claus Dambach, Martin Kampa, Christian Pszolla, Christiane Ripp
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Patent number: 10868301Abstract: A rechargeable electrochemical battery cell with a housing, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte which contains SO2 and a conducting salt of the active metal of the cell, whereby at least one of the electrodes contains a binder chosen from the group: Binder A, which consists of a polymer, which is made of monomeric structural units of a conjugated carboxylic acid or of the alkali salt, earth alkali salt or ammonium salt of this conjugated carboxylic acid or a combination thereof or binder B which consists of a polymer based on monomeric styrene structural units or butadiene structural units or a mixture of binder A and B.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: INNOLITH ASSETS AGInventors: Christian Pszolla, Laurent Zinck, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth, Julia Thümmel, Heide Biollaz
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Publication number: 20200280092Abstract: Rechargeable battery cells are provided in which electrolyte comprises SO2 and a conductive salt, wherein upon discharge a reaction product is produced at the positive electrode. The rechargeable battery cells can comprise carbon and a conducting element having a three-dimensional porous metal structure, and can include optional components such as a metal oxide that catalyzes at least one reduction reaction at the cathode upon discharge and/or a metal halide. Methods of making and using such rechargeable battery cells are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Christian Pszolla, Vishwanathan Ramar, Laurent Zinck, Markus Bork
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Patent number: 10734675Abstract: Rechargeable lithium battery cell having a housing, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte containing a conductive salt, wherein the electrolyte comprises SO2 and the positive electrode contains an active material in the composition LixM?yM?z(XO4)aFb, wherein M? is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of the elements Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn, M? is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of the metals of the groups II A, III A, IV A, V A, VI A, IB, IB, IIB, IVB, VB, VIB and VIIIB, X is selected from the group consisting of the elements P, Si and S, x is greater than 0, y is greater than 0, z is greater than or equal to 0, a is greater than 0 and b is greater than or equal to 0.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: INNOLITH ASSETS AGInventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Christiane Ripp, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth
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Publication number: 20200014011Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, which comprises a conducting salt, and a separator, which is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode and the positive electrode are each an insertion electrode. The electrolyte is based on SO2. The separator comprises a separator layer which is an organic polymer separator layer. The thickness of the organic polymer separator layer, relative to the loading of the positive insertion electrode with active material per unit area, is less than 0.25 mm3/mg.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Claudia Wollfarth, Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla
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Patent number: 9972864Abstract: Rechargeable lithium battery cell having a housing, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte containing a conductive salt, wherein the electrolyte comprises SO2 and the positive electrode contains an active material in the composition LixM?yM?z(XO4)aFb, wherein M? is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of the elements Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn, M? is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of the metals of the groups II A, III A, IV A, V A, VI A, IB, IIB, IIIB, IVB, VB, VIB and VIIIB, X is selected from the group consisting of the elements P, Si and S, x is greater than 0, y is greater than 0, z is greater than or equal to 0, a is greater than 0 and b is greater than or equal to 0.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: ALEVO INTERNATIONAL S.A.Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Christiane Ripp, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth