Patents by Inventor Joel Gaubicher
Joel Gaubicher 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: 10651473Abstract: The present invention relates to a new lithium-doped Pernigraniline-based material, a method for the preparation thereof, its use in various applications, an electrode comprising said lithium-doped Pernigraniline-based material and its preparation method, a membrane comprising said lithium-doped Pernigraniline-based material and its preparation method, and an electrochemical storage system comprising said electrode.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE DE NANTES, UNIVERSITE DE PICARDIE JULES VERNEInventors: Joël Gaubicher, Dominique Guyomard, Bernard Lestriez, Jean-Pierre Bonnet, Pablo Jimenez Manero
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Patent number: 10608277Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of organic lithium batteries having high energy and power densities. In particular, the present invention relates to an organic lithium battery comprising a positive electrode based on redox organic compounds and a porous separator made of biaxially oriented polypropylene, and to its process of manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignees: BLUE SOLUTIONS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Margaud Lecuyer, Marc Deschamps, Joël Gaubicher, Philippe Poizot, Dominique Guyomard, Bernard Lestriez
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Patent number: 10586986Abstract: Organic lithium batteries are provided having high energy and power densities with a positive electrode based on redox organic compounds and an electrolyte having a high concentration of lithium salt.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignees: BLUE SOLUTIONS, UNIVERSITE DE NANTES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFICInventors: Margaud Lecuyer, Marc Deschamps, Joël Gaubicher, Philippe Poizot, Dominique Guyomard, Bernard Lestriez
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Patent number: 10468670Abstract: The present invention concerns a positive electrode including a composite material including sulfur and carbon as an active material and its method of manufacture, a lithium-sulfur battery including such a positive electrode and its method of manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignees: BLUE SOLUTIONS, UNIVERSITE DE NANTES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Margaud Lecuyer, Marc Deschamps, Joël Gaubicher, Bernard Lestriez, Dominique Guyomard
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Patent number: 10109860Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of lithium-sulphur batteries having high energy and power densities. In particular the present invention relates to a lithium-sulphur battery comprising a porous separator made of biaxially oriented polypropylene and to its process of manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, BLUE SOLUTIONS, UNIVERSITE DE NANTESInventors: Margaud Lecuyer, Marc Deschamps, Joël Gaubicher, Bernard Lestriez, Dominique Guyomard, Philippe Poizot
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Patent number: 10038183Abstract: The present invention concerns a composite positive electrode for a lithium battery, in particular a lithium-metal polymer (LMP) battery, the use of same for producing an LMP battery and an LMP battery comprising same.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignees: BLUE SOLUTIONS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Marc Deschamps, Vincent Bodenez, Bernard Lestriez, Patrick Soudan, Joel Gaubicher, Dominique Guyomard
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Patent number: 9704655Abstract: The invention relates to compounds comprising a redox group, to the use thereof as an additive to an electrolyte composition, to an electrolyte composition including such an additive, and to electrochemical systems including such an electrolyte composition, in particular lithium or sodium batteries and supercapacitors having a double electric layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2012Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE NANTESInventors: Joel Gaubicher, Lenaic Madec, Audrey Bouvree, Philippe Blanchard, Bernard Lestriez, Thierry Brousse, Dominique Guyomard
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Publication number: 20160285078Abstract: The present invention concerns a composite positive electrode for a lithium battery, in particular a lithium-metal polymer (LMP) battery, the use of same for producing an LMP battery and an LMP battery comprising sameType: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicants: BLUE SOLUTIONS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Marc Deschamps, Vincent Bodenez, Bemard Lestriez, Patrick Soudan, Joel Gaubicher, Dominique Guyomard
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Patent number: 9373835Abstract: The invention relates to a lithium vanadium oxide which corresponds to the formula Li1+?V3O8 (0.1???0.25). It is composed of agglomerates of small needles having a length l from 400 to 1000 nm, a width w such that 10<l/w<100 and a thickness t such that 10<l/t<100. It is obtained by a process consisting in preparing a precursor gel by bringing ?-V2O5 and a Li precursor into contact in amounts such that the ratio of the concentrations [V2O5]/[Li] is between 1.15 and 1.5 and in subjecting the gel to a heat treatment comprising a first stage at 80° C.-150° C. for 3 h to 15 days and a second stage between 250° C. and 350° C. for 4 min to 1 hour, under a nitrogen or argon atmosphere. It is useful as an active material of a positive electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignees: BATSCAP, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Dominique Guyomard, Joel Gaubicher, Marc Deschamps, Matthieu Dubarry, Benoit Morel
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Patent number: 9263728Abstract: A composite electrode includes a mixture of active matter (AM) particles and EC material particles generating an electronic conductivity, the mixture being supported by an electrical lead forming a DC current collector. The electrode can be manufactured by a method which consists of modifying the AM particles and the EC particles so as to react with each other and with the material of the collector in order to form covalent and electrostatic bonds between said particles, as well as between the particles and the current collector, and then placing the different constituents in contact.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Centre National De La Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Bernard Lestriez, Dominique Guyomard, Joël Gaubicher
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Publication number: 20140302386Abstract: The invention relates to compounds comprising a redox group, to the use thereof as an additive to an electrolyte composition, to an electrolyte composition including such an additive, and to electrochemical systems including such an electrolyte composition, in particular lithium or sodium batteries and supercapacitors having a double electric layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventors: Joel Gaubicher, Lenaic Madec, Andrey Bouvree, Philippe Blanchard, Bernard Lestriez, Thierry Brousse, Dominique Guyomard
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Patent number: 8632904Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a material for a composite electrode. The method is intended for the preparation of a composite material consisting of an active electrode material M1, a material C1 conferring electronic conductivity, an organic binder and a salt, said binder comprising a polymer P1 having an O, N, P or S heteroatom mass content of 15% or higher, a polymer P2 having an O, N, P or S heteroatom mass content of 5% or less, and a nonvolatile liquid organic solvent S1. It includes a step consisting in preparing a viscous solution containing at least one polymer P1, at least one polymer P2, a material C1, an active electrode material M1 and at least one nonvolatile solvent S1, and a step consisting in forming a film from the viscous solution obtained.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2004Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignees: Blue Solutions, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Dominique Guyomard, Delphine Guy, Bernard Lestriez, Joël Gaubicher, Marc Deschamps
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Patent number: 8435484Abstract: The invention relates to a lithium vanadium oxide which corresponds to the formula Li1+?V3O8 (0.1???0.25). It is composed of agglomerates of small needles having a length l from 400 to 1000 nm, a width w such that 10<l/w<100 and a thickness t such that 10<l/t<100. It is obtained by a process consisting in preparing a precursor gel by bringing ?-V2O5 and a Li precursor into contact in amounts such that the ratio of the concentrations [V2O5]/[Li] is between 1.15 and 1.5 and in subjecting the gel to a heat treatment comprising a first stage at 80° C.-150° C. for 3 h to 15 days and a second stage between 250° C. and 350° C. for 4 min to 1 hour, under a nitrogen or argon atmosphere. It is useful as an active material of a positive electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2005Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignees: BATSCAP, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Dominique Guyomard, Joël Gaubicher, Marc Deschamps, Matthieu Dubarry, Benoit Morel
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Publication number: 20120132859Abstract: “A composite electrode includes a mixture of active matter (AM) particles and EC material particles generating an electronic conductivity, the mixture being supported by an electrical lead forming a DC current collector. The electrode can be manufactured by a method which consists of modifying the AM particles and the EC particles so as to react with each other and with the material of the collector in order to form covalent and electrostatic bonds between said particles, as well as between the particles and the current collector, and then placing the different constituents in contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Inventors: Bernard Lestriez, Dominique Guyomard, Joël Gaubicher
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Publication number: 20120077081Abstract: An electrode includes an electrically conducting support carrying an electrode material, which has an active substance consisting of particles of a complex oxide which at their surface carry organic phosphorous groups fixed by covalent bonding. The complex oxide may be LiV3O8, LiMn2O4, LiCoO2, LiMPO4 with M=Fe, Mn or Co, Li2MSiO4 with M=Fe, Mn or Co, LiFeBO3, Li4Ti5O12, LiMn2O4, LiNi1?y?zMnyCozAltO2 (0 2O5, MnO2, LiFePO4F, Li3V2(PO4)3, and LiVPO4F. The electrode is useful in particular for lithium batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2009Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Joël Gaubicher, Dominique Guyomard, Marc Deschamps, Bernard Lestriez, François Tanguy
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Publication number: 20110250497Abstract: An electrode includes an electrically conducting support carrying an electrode material, which has an active substance consisting of particles of a complex oxide which at their surface carry organic phosphorous groups fixed by covalent bonding. The complex oxide may be LiV3O8, LiMn2O4, LiCoO2, LiMPO4 with M=Fe, Mn or Co, Li2MSiO4 with M=Fe, Mn or Co, LiFeBO3, Li4Ti5O12, LiMn2O4, LiNi1?y?zMnyCozAltO2 (0 2O5, MnO2, LiFePO4F, Li3V2(PO4)3, and LiVPO4F. The electrode is useful in particular for lithium batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2009Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventors: Joël Gaubicher, Dominique Guyomard, Marc Deschamps, Bernard Lestriez, François Tanguy
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Patent number: 7959893Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium and vanadium oxide and the thus obtained products. The method comprises preparing a precursor gel by reacting hydrogen peroxide with ?-V2O5 in an aqueous medium in the presence of a lithium precursor and exposing the gel to a heat treatment in an oxidant atmosphere at a temperature ranging from 260° C. to 580° C. A compound of a formula Li1+xV3O8, (0.1<x<0.25) comprises needle-shaped grains having a bimodal distibution, wherein the length (L) of the first distribution needles ranges from 10 to 50 ?m and the length (L) of the second distribution needles ranges from 1 to 10 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2005Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignees: Batscap, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Dominique Guyomard, Matthieu Dubarry, Marc Deschamps, Joël Gaubicher
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Publication number: 20110033752Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of an optionally carbonaceous ?-LiV2O5 material. The process consists in preparing a composition formed of carbon and of precursors of Li and of V and in subjecting it to a heat treatment. The composition is prepared by bringing carbon, ?-V2O5 and a Li precursor into contact in amounts such that the ratio of the [V2O5]/[Li] concentrations is between 0.95 and 1.05 and the carbon is in excess of at least 25% with respect to the stoichiometry. The heat treatment is carried out in two stages: a first stage at a temperature between 90° C. and 150° C. for a time of 1 to 12 hours and a second stage at a temperature between 420° C. and 500° C. for a time of between 10 min and 1 hour, under a nitrogen or argon atmosphere or under vacuum.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicants: BATSCAP, Centre National De La Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Dominique GUYOMARD, Joël Gaubicher, Marc Deschamps, Matthieu Dubarry, Benoit Morel
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Patent number: 7842273Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of an optionally carbonaceous ?-LiV2O5 material. The process consists in preparing a composition formed of carbon and of precursors of Li and of V and in subjecting it to a heat treatment. The composition is prepared by bringing carbon, ?-V2O5 and a Li precursor into contact in amounts such that the ratio of the [V2O5]/[Li] concentrations is between 0.95 and 1.05 and the carbon is in excess of at least 25% with respect to the stoichiometry. The heat treatment is carried out in two stages: a first stage at a temperature between 90° C. and 150° C. for a time of 1 to 12 hours and a second stage at a temperature between 420° C. and 500° C. for a time of between 10 min and 1 hour, under a nitrogen or argon atmosphere or under vacuum. Applications: positive electrode active material.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2005Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignees: Batscap, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Dominique Guyomard, Joël Gaubicher, Marc Deschamps, Matthieu Dubarry, Benoit Morel
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Patent number: 7744835Abstract: The invention relates to a nanostructured material. The material is a nanostructured carbonaceous material composed of agglomerates of small needles of Li1+?V3O8 and of ?-LixV2O5 (0.1???0.25 and 0.03?x?0.667) surrounded by a noncontinuous layer of spherical carbon particles. It is obtained by a process consisting in preparing a carbonaceous precursor gel by bringing carbon, ?-V2O5 and a Li precursor into contact in amounts such that the ratio of the [V2O5]/[Li] concentrations is between 1.15 and 1.5 and that the (carbon)/(carbon+V2O5+Li precursor) ratio by weight is from 10 to 15 and in subjecting the gel to a heat treatment comprising a 1st stage at 80° C.-150° C. for 3-12 h and a 2nd stage between 300° C. and 350° C. for 10 min to 1 hour, under an nitrogen or argon atmosphere. Applications: positive electrode active material.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2005Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignees: Batscap, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Dominique Guyomard, Joël Gaubicher, Marc Deschamps, Matthieu Dubarry, Philippe Moreau