Patents by Inventor Jill R. Pestana

Jill R. Pestana 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).

  • SILICON PARTICLES FOR BATTERY ELECTRODES
    Publication number: 20240006584
    Abstract: Silicon particles for use in an electrode in an electrochemical cell are provided. The silicon particles may have outer regions extending about 20 nm deep from the surfaces, the outer regions comprising an amount of aluminum such that a bulk measurement of the aluminum comprises at least about 0.01% by weight of the silicon particles. The bulk measurement of the aluminum may provide the amount of aluminum present at least in the outer regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana, Xiaohua Liu, Frederic Bonhomme
  • Silicon particles for battery electrodes
    Patent number: 11777077
    Abstract: Silicon particles for use in an electrode in an electrochemical cell are provided. The silicon particles may have outer regions extending about 20 nm deep from the surfaces, the outer regions comprising an amount of aluminum such that a bulk measurement of the aluminum comprises at least about 0.01% by weight of the silicon particles. The bulk measurement of the aluminum may provide the amount of aluminum present at least in the outer regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ENEVATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana, Xiaohua Liu, Frederic Bonhomme
  • SILICON PARTICLES FOR BATTERY ELECTRODES
    Publication number: 20230223512
    Abstract: Silicon particles for use in an electrode in an electrochemical cell are provided. The silicon particles may have outer regions extending about 20 nm deep from the surfaces, the outer regions comprising an amount of aluminum such that a bulk measurement of the aluminum comprises at least about 0.01% by weight of the silicon particles. The bulk measurement of the aluminum may provide the amount of aluminum present at least in the outer regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana, Xiaohua Liu, Frederic Bonhomme
  • Silicon particles for battery electrodes
    Patent number: 11539041
    Abstract: Silicon particles for use in an electrode in an electrochemical cell are provided. The silicon particles may have outer regions extending about 20 nm deep from the surfaces, the outer regions comprising an amount of aluminum such that a bulk measurement of the aluminum comprises at least about 0.01% by weight of the silicon particles. The bulk measurement of the aluminum may provide the amount of aluminum present at least in the outer regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ENEVATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana, Xiaohua Liu, Frederic Bonhomme
  • SILICON PARTICLES FOR BATTERY ELECTRODES
    Publication number: 20220246907
    Abstract: Silicon particles for use in an electrode in an electrochemical cell are provided. The silicon particles may have outer regions extending about 20 nm deep from the surfaces, the outer regions comprising an amount of aluminum such that a bulk measurement of the aluminum comprises at least about 0.01% by weight of the silicon particles. The bulk measurement of the aluminum may provide the amount of aluminum present at least in the outer regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana, Xiaohua Liu, Frederic Bonhomme
  • Silicon particles for battery electrodes
    Patent number: 11309536
    Abstract: Silicon particles for use in an electrode in an electrochemical cell are provided. The silicon particles may have outer regions extending about 20 nm deep from the surfaces, the outer regions comprising an amount of aluminum such that a bulk measurement of the aluminum comprises at least about 0.01% by weight of the silicon particles. The bulk measurement of the aluminum may provide the amount of aluminum present at least in the outer regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: ENEVATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana, Xiaohua Liu, Frederic Bonhomme
  • Electrochemically active materials and methods of preparing the same
    Patent number: 11283068
    Abstract: Methods of preparing an electrochemically active material can include providing electrochemically active particles, coating the particles with a binder, and exposing the particles to a source of metal. The methods can also include forming metal salt on the surface of the particles from the source of metal and heating the metal salt to form metal oxide coated particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Enevate Corporation
    Inventors: Sanjaya D. Perera, Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana
  • ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE MATERIALS AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210193993
    Abstract: Methods of preparing an electrochemically active material can include providing electrochemically active particles, coating the particles with a binder, and exposing the particles to a source of metal. The methods can also include forming metal salt on the surface of the particles from the source of metal and heating the metal salt to form metal oxide coated particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Sanjaya D. Perera, Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana
  • METHODS OF FORMING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS WITH A COMBINATION FORMATION CHARGE RATE
    Publication number: 20210175492
    Abstract: Methods of forming electrochemical cells are described. In some implementations, the method can include providing an electrochemical cell having an electrode with at least about 20% to about 99% by weight of silicon. The method can include providing a formation charge current at a first rate and at a second rate to the electrochemical cell. The first rate can be in a range from about C/100 to about C/10 and the second rate can be greater than about C/10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana, Heidi Leighette Anderson, Sung Won Choi
  • SILICON PARTICLES FOR BATTERY ELECTRODES
    Publication number: 20200313167
    Abstract: Silicon particles for use in an electrode in an electrochemical cell are provided. The silicon particles may have outer regions extending about 20 nm deep from the surfaces, the outer regions comprising an amount of aluminum such that a bulk measurement of the aluminum comprises at least about 0.01% by weight of the silicon particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana, Xiaohua Liu, Frederic Bonhomme
  • Silicon particles for battery electrodes
    Patent number: 10707478
    Abstract: Silicon particles for use in an electrode in an electrochemical cell are provided. The silicon particles can have surfaces providing an average contact angle less than about 87.2°. The silicon particles can also have outer regions extending about 20 nm deep from the surfaces. The outer regions can include an amount of aluminum such that a bulk measurement of the aluminum comprises at least about 0.01% by weight of the silicon particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ENEVATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana, Xiaohua Liu, Frederic Bonhomme
  • SILICON PARTICLES FOR BATTERY ELECTRODES
    Publication number: 20190181426
    Abstract: Silicon particles for use in an electrode in an electrochemical cell are provided. The silicon particles can have surfaces providing an average contact angle less than about 87.2°. The silicon particles can also have outer regions extending about 20 nm deep from the surfaces. The outer regions can include an amount of aluminum such that a bulk measurement of the aluminum comprises at least about 0.01% by weight of the silicon particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana, Xiaohua Liu, Frederic Bonhomme