Patents by Inventor Joern Kulisch
Joern Kulisch 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: 10535902Abstract: Articles and methods including layers for protection of electrodes in electrochemical cells are provided. As described herein, a layer, such as a protective layer for an electrode, may comprise a plurality of particles (e.g., crystalline inorganic particles, amorphous inorganic particles). In some embodiments, at least a portion of the plurality of particles (e.g., inorganic particles) are fused to one another. For instance, in some embodiments, the layer may be formed by aerosol deposition or another suitable process that involves subjecting the particles to a relatively high velocity such that fusion of particles occurs during deposition. In some embodiments, the layer (e.g., the layer comprising a plurality of particles) is an ion-conducting layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignees: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Michael G. Laramie, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Hui Du, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Klaus Leitner, Holger Schneider
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Patent number: 10461372Abstract: Articles and methods including layers for protection of electrodes in electrochemical cells are provided. As described herein, a layer, such as a protective layer for an electrode, may comprise a plurality of particles (e.g., crystalline inorganic particles, amorphous inorganic particles). In some embodiments, at least a portion of the plurality of particles (e.g., inorganic particles) are fused to one another. For instance, in some embodiments, the layer may be formed by aerosol deposition or another suitable process that involves subjecting the particles to a relatively high velocity such that fusion of particles occurs during deposition. In some embodiments, the layer (e.g., the layer comprising a plurality of particles) is an ion-conducting layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignees: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Michael G. Laramie, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Hui Du, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Klaus Leitner, Holger Schneider
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Patent number: 10388987Abstract: Articles, compositions, and methods involving ionically conductive compounds are provided. The disclosed ionically conductive compounds may be incorporated into an electrochemical cell (e.g., a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, an intercalated-cathode based electrochemical cell) as, for example, a protective layer for an electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and/or any other appropriate component within the electrochemical cell. In certain embodiments, electrode structures and/or methods for making electrode structures including a layer comprising an ionically conductive compound described herein are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignees: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Hui Du, Tracy Earl Kelley, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Johan ter Maat
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Publication number: 20190181498Abstract: Described herein is a process for preparing a thin film including a solid electrolyte, which includes lithium and sulfur.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Michael Baecker, Daniel Waldmann, Joern Kulisch, Johan ter Maat, Pascal Hartmann, Mariusz Mosiadz, Annika Baumann, Lukas Ewald
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Patent number: 10319988Abstract: Sulfur-based electrodes, and associated systems and methods for their fabrication, are generally described. Certain embodiments relate to sulfur-based electrodes with smooth external surfaces. According to some embodiments, relatively large forces can be applied to compositions from which the sulfur-based electrodes are made during the fabrication process. In some such embodiments, the compositions can maintain relatively high porosities, even after the relatively large forces have been applied to them. Methods in which liquids are employed during the electrode fabrication process are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Sion Power CorporationInventors: Tracy Earl Kelley, Savannah V. Burnside-Joubert, Ruediger Schmidt, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch
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Publication number: 20190088958Abstract: Articles and methods involving protective membranes for electrochemical cells are generally provided. In some embodiments, a composite protective layer comprising particles and a polymeric binder may be disposed on an electroactive material. The particles may be reactive with lithium, may capable of intercalating lithium, and/or may comprise intercalated lithium. In some embodiments, the electroactive material may be in the form of a first electroactive layer, and a second electroactive layer may be disposed on the composite protective layer. Certain embodiments relate to activating a composite protective layer by intercalating lithium into particles within the layer and/or by reacting the particles with lithium metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicants: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Veronika G. Viner, David L. Coleman, Michael G. Laramie, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Thomas Weiss, Li Qun Ren
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Publication number: 20180351148Abstract: Articles, compositions, and methods involving ionically conductive compounds are provided. In some embodiments, the ionically conductive compounds are useful for electrochemical cells. The disclosed ionically conductive compounds may be incorporated into an electrochemical cell (e.g., a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, an intercalated-cathode based electrochemical cell) as, for example, a protective layer for an electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and/or any other appropriate component within the electrochemical cell. In certain embodiments, electrode structures and/or methods for making electrode structures including a layer comprising an ionically conductive compound described herein are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicants: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Holger Schneider, Hui Du, Klaus Leitner, Johan ter Maat, Pascal Hartmann, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Tracy Earl Kelley, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley
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Publication number: 20180342766Abstract: Articles, compositions, and methods involving ionically conductive compounds are provided. The disclosed ionically conductive compounds may be incorporated into an electrochemical cell (e.g., a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, an intercalated-cathode based electrochemical cell) as, for example, a protective layer for an electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and/or any other appropriate component within the electrochemical cell. In certain embodiments, electrode structures and/or methods for making electrode structures including a layer comprising an ionically conductive compound described herein are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicants: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Hui Du, Tracy Earl Kelley, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Johan ter Maat
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Patent number: 10122043Abstract: Articles, compositions, and methods involving ionically conductive compounds are provided. The disclosed ionically conductive compounds may be incorporated into an electrochemical cell (e.g., a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, an intercalated-cathode based electrochemical cell) as, for example, a protective layer for an electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and/or any other appropriate component within the electrochemical cell. In certain embodiments, electrode structures and/or methods for making electrode structures including a layer comprising an ionically conductive compound described herein are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignees: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Hui Du, Tracy Earl Kelley, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Johan ter Maat
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Publication number: 20180198162Abstract: Articles, compositions, and methods involving ionically conductive compounds are provided. The disclosed ionically conductive compounds may be incorporated into an electrochemical cell (e.g., a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, an intercalated-cathode based electrochemical cell) as, for example, a protective layer for an electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and/or any other appropriate component within the electrochemical cell. In certain embodiments, electrode structures and/or methods for making electrode structures including a layer comprising an ionically conductive compound described herein are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicants: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Hui Du, Tracy Earl Kelley, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Johan ter Maat
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Patent number: 9947963Abstract: Articles, compositions, and methods involving ionically conductive compounds are provided. The disclosed ionically conductive compounds may be incorporated into an electrochemical cell (e.g., a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, an intercalated-cathode based electrochemical cell) as, for example, a protective layer for an electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and/or any other appropriate component within the electrochemical cell. In certain embodiments, electrode structures and/or methods for making electrode structures including a layer comprising an ionically conductive compound described herein are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignees: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Hui Du, Tracy Earl Kelley, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Johan ter Maat
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Publication number: 20180034100Abstract: Articles, compositions, and methods involving ionically conductive compounds are provided. The disclosed ionically conductive compounds may be incorporated into an electrochemical cell (e.g., a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, an intercalated-cathode based electrochemical cell) as, for example, a protective layer for an electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and/or any other appropriate component within the electrochemical cell. In certain embodiments, electrode structures and/or methods for making electrode structures including a layer comprising an ionically conductive compound described herein are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicants: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Hui Du, Tracy Earl Kelley, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Johan ter Maat
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Publication number: 20170338475Abstract: Articles and methods including layers for protection of electrodes in electrochemical cells are provided. As described herein, a layer, such as a protective layer for an electrode, may comprise a plurality of particles (e.g., crystalline inorganic particles, amorphous inorganic particles). In some aspects, at least a portion of the plurality of particles (e.g., inorganic particles) are fused to one another. For instance, in some aspects, the layer may be formed by aerosol deposition or another suitable process that involves subjecting the particles to a relatively high velocity such that fusion of particles occurs during deposition. In some cases, the protective layer may be porous.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicants: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Michael G. Laramie, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Hui Du, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Klaus Leitner, Holger Schneider
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Patent number: 9825328Abstract: Articles, compositions, and methods involving ionically conductive compounds are provided. The disclosed ionically conductive compounds may be incorporated into an electrochemical cell (e.g., a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, an intercalated-cathode based electrochemical cell) as, for example, a protective layer for an electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and/or any other appropriate component within the electrochemical cell. In certain embodiments, electrode structures and/or methods for making electrode structures including a layer comprising an ionically conductive compound described herein are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignees: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Hui Du, Tracy Earl Kelley, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Johan ter Maat
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Publication number: 20170288208Abstract: Sulfur-based electrodes, and associated systems and methods for their fabrication, are generally described. Certain embodiments relate to sulfur-based electrodes with smooth external surfaces. According to some embodiments, relatively large forces can be applied to compositions from which the sulfur-based electrodes are made during the fabrication process. In some such embodiments, the compositions can maintain relatively high porosities, even after the relatively large forces have been applied to them. Methods in which liquids are employed during the electrode fabrication process are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicants: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Tracy Earl Kelley, Savannah V. Burnside-Joubert, Ruediger Schmidt, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch
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Publication number: 20170250390Abstract: Composite structures including an ion-conducting material and a polymeric material (e.g., a separator) to protect electrodes are generally described. The ion-conducting material may be in the form of a layer that is bonded to a polymeric separator. The ion-conducting material may comprise a lithium oxysulfide having a lithium-ion conductivity of at least at least 10?6 S/cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicants: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Michael G. Laramie, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Tracy Eart Kelley, David Child, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Veronika G. Viner, Bala Sankaran, Johan Ter Maat, Ruediger Schmidt, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere
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Patent number: 9711784Abstract: Sulfur-based electrodes, and associated systems and methods for their fabrication, are generally described. Certain embodiments relate to sulfur-based electrodes with smooth external surfaces. According to some embodiments, relatively large forces can be applied to compositions from which the sulfur-based electrodes are made during the fabrication process. In some such embodiments, the compositions can maintain relatively high porosities, even after the relatively large forces have been applied to them. Methods in which liquids are employed during the electrode fabrication process are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignees: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Tracy Earl Kelley, Savannah V. Burnside-Joubert, Ruediger Schmidt, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch
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Publication number: 20170149086Abstract: Articles, compositions, and methods involving ionically conductive compounds are provided. The disclosed ionically conductive compounds may be incorporated into an electrochemical cell (e.g., a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, an intercalated-cathode based electrochemical cell) as, for example, a protective layer for an electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and/or any other appropriate component within the electrochemical cell. In certain embodiments, electrode structures and/or methods for making electrode structures including a layer comprising an ionically conductive compound described herein are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicants: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Hui Du, Tracy Earl Kelley, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Johan ter Maat
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Publication number: 20170141385Abstract: Layer composites, electrodes comprising or consisting of said layer composites, electrochemical cells comprising said electrodes, and methods for forming said layer composites are generally described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicants: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Zhaohui Liao, Marina Safont-Sempere, Joern Kulisch, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner
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Patent number: 9653750Abstract: Composite structures including an ion-conducting material and a polymeric material (e.g., a separator) to protect electrodes are generally described. The ion-conducting material may be in the form of a layer that is bonded to a polymeric separator. The ion-conducting material may comprise a lithium oxysulfide having a lithium-ion conductivity of at least at least 10?6 S/cm.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignees: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Michael G. Laramie, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Tracy Earl Kelley, David Child, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Veronika G. Viner, Bala Sankaran, Johan ter Maat, Ruediger Schmidt, Holger Schneider, Klaus Leitner, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere