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).

  • Publication number: 20120132859
    Abstract: “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: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Bernard Lestriez, Dominique Guyomard, Joël Gaubicher
  • Publication number: 20120077081
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Joël Gaubicher, Dominique Guyomard, Marc Deschamps, Bernard Lestriez, François Tanguy
  • Publication number: 20110250497
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Joël Gaubicher, Dominique Guyomard, Marc Deschamps, Bernard Lestriez, François Tanguy
  • Patent number: 7959893
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: Batscap, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Dominique Guyomard, Matthieu Dubarry, Marc Deschamps, Joël Gaubicher
  • Publication number: 20110033752
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicants: BATSCAP, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Dominique GUYOMARD, Joël Gaubicher, Marc Deschamps, Matthieu Dubarry, Benoit Morel
  • Patent number: 7842273
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignees: Batscap, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Dominique Guyomard, Joël Gaubicher, Marc Deschamps, Matthieu Dubarry, Benoit Morel
  • Patent number: 7744835
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignees: Batscap, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Dominique Guyomard, Joël Gaubicher, Marc Deschamps, Matthieu Dubarry, Philippe Moreau
  • Publication number: 20100112440
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lithium vanadium oxide. The oxide corresponds to the formula Li1+?V3O8 (0.1???0.25) and 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 1st stage at 80° C.-150° C. for 3 h to 15 days and a 2nd stage between 250° C. and 350° C. for 4 min to 1 hour, under a nitrogen or argon atmosphere. Applications: positive electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Dominique Guyomard, Joël Gaubicher, Marc Deschamps, Matthieu Dubarry, Benoit Morel
  • Publication number: 20080076025
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicants: BATSCAP, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Dominique Guyomard, Joel Gaubicher, Marc Deschamps, Matthieu Dubarry, Benoit Morel
  • Publication number: 20070287061
    Abstract: 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 precurosor 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+?V3O8, (0.1<?<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 10 to 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Dominique Guyomard, Matthieu Dubarry, Marc Deschamps, Joel Gaubicher
  • Publication number: 20060263688
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicants: BATSCAP, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Dominique Guyomard, Delphine Guy, Bernard Lestriez, Joël Gaubicher, Marc Deschamps