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).

  • Patent number: 12218349
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Innolith Technology AG
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla
  • Publication number: 20240332516
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
  • Patent number: 12074317
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Innolith Technology AG
    Inventors: Christian Pszolla, Laurent Zinck, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth, Julia Thümmel, Heide Biollaz
  • Publication number: 20240186568
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
  • Patent number: 11876170
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Innolith Technology AG
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Markus Borck
  • Publication number: 20230395845
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
  • Patent number: 11710849
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Innolith Technology AG
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
  • Patent number: 11322798
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: INNOLITH ASSETS AG
    Inventors: Claudia Wollfarth, Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla
  • Publication number: 20220085408
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Markus Borck
  • Publication number: 20220077461
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Markus Borck
  • Publication number: 20220077511
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Markus Borck
  • Publication number: 20220052333
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla
  • Publication number: 20210104739
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Christian Pszolla, Laurent Zinck, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth, Julia Thümmel, Heide Biollaz
  • Publication number: 20210036358
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
  • Patent number: 10892487
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: INNOLITH ASSETS AG
    Inventors: Guenther Hambitzer, Joachim Heitbaum, Claus Dambach, Martin Kampa, Christian Pszolla, Christiane Ripp
  • Patent number: 10868301
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLITH ASSETS AG
    Inventors: Christian Pszolla, Laurent Zinck, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth, Julia Thümmel, Heide Biollaz
  • Publication number: 20200280092
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Pszolla, Vishwanathan Ramar, Laurent Zinck, Markus Bork
  • Patent number: 10734675
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLITH ASSETS AG
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Christiane Ripp, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth
  • Publication number: 20200014011
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Claudia Wollfarth, Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla
  • Patent number: 9972864
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: ALEVO INTERNATIONAL S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Christiane Ripp, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth