Patents by Inventor Lincoln J. Miara

Lincoln J. Miara 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: 11335949
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium-conductive solid-state electrolyte material that comprises a sulfide compound of a composition that does not deviate substantially from a formula of Li9S3N. The compound's conductivity is greater than about 1×10?7 S/cm at about 25° C. and is in contact with a negative electroactive material. Also provided is an electrochemical cell that includes an anode layer, a cathode layer, and the electrolyte layer between the anode and cathode layers. In an example, the material's activation energy can be no greater than about 0.52 eV at about 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Lincoln J. Miara, Naoki Suzuki, William D. Richards, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
  • Publication number: 20220059871
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solid-state electrolyte including: providing a solvent; dissolving a precursor compound including lithium, a precursor compound including lanthanum, and a precursor compound including zirconium in the solvent to provide a precursor composition, wherein a content of lithium in the precursor composition is greater than a stoichiometric amount; spraying the precursor composition onto a heated substrate to form a film; and heat-treating the film at 300° C. to 800° C. to manufacture the solid state electrolyte, wherein the solid-state electrolyte includes Li(7-x)Alx/3La3Zr2O12 wherein 0?x?1, and wherein the solid state electrolyte is in a form a film having a thickness of 5 nanometers to 1000 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yuntong Zhu, Zachary Hood, Jennifer Rupp, Lincoln J. Miara
  • Patent number: 11251460
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solid-state electrolyte, the method including: providing a substrate; providing a precursor composition including a compound including a compound including lithium, a compound including lanthanum, and a compound including zirconium, and a solvent; disposing the precursor composition on the substrate to provide a coated substrate; treating the coated substrate at a temperature between ?40° C. and 25° C. to form a precursor film on the substrate; and heat-treating the precursor film at a temperature of 500° C. to 1000° C. to manufacture the solid-state electrolyte, wherein the solid-state electrolyte includes Li(7-x)Alx/3La3Zr2O12 wherein 0?x?1, and wherein the solid-state electrolyte in the form of a film having a thickness of 5 nanometers to 1000 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yuntong Zhu, Zachary Hood, Jennifer Rupp, Lincoln J. Miara
  • Patent number: 11223066
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solid-state electrolyte including: providing a solvent; dissolving a precursor compound including lithium, a precursor compound including lanthanum, and a precursor compound including zirconium in the solvent to provide a precursor composition, wherein a content of lithium in the precursor composition is greater than a stoichiometric amount; spraying the precursor composition onto a heated substrate to form a film; and heat-treating the film at 300° C. to 800° C. to manufacture the solid state electrolyte, wherein the solid-state electrolyte includes Li(7-x)Alx/3La3Zr2O12 wherein 0?x?1, and wherein the solid state electrolyte is in a form a film having a thickness of 5 nanometers to 1000 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yuntong Zhu, Zachary Hood, Jennifer Rupp, Lincoln J. Miara
  • Publication number: 20200144662
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium-conductive solid-state electrolyte material that comprises a sulfide compound of a composition that does not deviate substantially from a formula of Li9S3N. The compound's conductivity is greater than about 1×10?7 S/cm at about 25° C. and is in contact with a negative electroactive material. Also provided is an electrochemical cell that includes an anode layer, a cathode layer, and the electrolyte layer between the anode and cathode layers. In an example, the material's activation energy can be no greater than about 0.52 eV at about 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Lincoln J. Miara, Naoki Suzuki, William D. Richards, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
  • Patent number: 10566653
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium-conductive solid-state electrolyte material that comprises a sulfide compound of a composition that does not deviate substantially from a formula of Li9S3N. The compound's conductivity is greater than about 1×10?7 S/cm at about 25° C. and is in contact with a negative electroactive material. Also provided is an electrochemical cell that includes an anode layer, a cathode layer, and the electrolyte layer between the anode and cathode layers. In an example, the material's activation energy can be no greater than about 0.52 eV at about 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Lincoln J. Miara, Naoki Suzuki, William D. Richards, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
  • Publication number: 20200044281
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solid-state electrolyte including: providing a solvent; dissolving a precursor compound including lithium, a precursor compound including lanthanum, and a precursor compound including zirconium in the solvent to provide a precursor composition, wherein a content of lithium in the precursor composition is greater than a stoichiometric amount; spraying the precursor composition onto a heated substrate to form a film; and heat-treating the film at 300° C. to 800° C. to manufacture the solid state electrolyte, wherein the solid-state electrolyte includes Li(7-x)Alx/3La3Zr2O12 wherein 0?x?1, and wherein the solid state electrolyte is in a form a film having a thickness of 5 nanometers to 1000 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yuntong Zhu, Zachary Hood, Jennifer Rupp, Lincoln J. Miara
  • Publication number: 20200044282
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solid-state electrolyte, the method including: providing a substrate; providing a precursor composition including a compound including a compound including lithium, a compound including lanthanum, and a compound including zirconium, and a solvent; disposing the precursor composition on the substrate to provide a coated substrate; treating the coated substrate at a temperature between ?40° C. and 25° C. to form a precursor film on the substrate; and heat-treating the precursor film at a temperature of 500° C. to 1000° C. to manufacture the solid-state electrolyte, wherein the solid-state electrolyte includes Li(7-x)Alx/3La3Zr2O12 wherein 0?x?1, and wherein the solid-state electrolyte in the form of a film having a thickness of 5 nanometers to 1000 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yuntong Zhu, Zachary Hood, Jennifer Rupp, Lincoln J. Miara
  • Patent number: 10324138
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method, a system, and non-transitory computer readable storage media evaluating electrochemical qualities for interphase products. The disclosed embodiments perform a selection of a plurality of chemical phases for a solid electrolyte and at least one of the anode and cathode to be received. Thermodynamic data is received for the plurality of chemical phases. The retrieved thermodynamic data is received to evaluate a respective electrochemical quality for at least one of an interface between the solid electrolyte and the anode, and an interface between the solid electrolyte and the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTES INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: William D. Richards, Lincoln J. Miara, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
  • Patent number: 10177406
    Abstract: Solid electrolyte materials as well as their applications and methods of manufacture are disclosed. In one embodiment, a solid electrolyte material has a formula of A3+?Cl1??B?O, where ? is greater than 0. In the above formula, A is at least one of Li and Na, and B is at least one of S, Se, and N. In another embodiment, a solid electrolyte material is a crystal structure having the general formula A3XO, where A is at least one of Li and Na. Additionally, X is Cl, at least a portion of which is substituted with at least one of S, Se, and N. The solid electrolyte material also includes interstitial lithium ions and/or interstitial sodium ions located in the crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Lincoln J. Miara, William D. Richards, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
  • Patent number: 9904772
    Abstract: Non-normal statistics applied to diffusivity calculations accelerate screening of ionic conductors for electrochemical devices such as electric storage batteries, fuel cells, and sensors. Displacements of atomic species within a crystalline structure for a candidate ionic conductor material are analyzed using a Skellam distribution optionally combined with Gaussian noise to calculate values for the standard deviation, upper error bound, and lower error bound for predicted values of diffusivity (D). When the predicted values of D have sufficient statistical precision, the diffusivity calculation is terminated and the calculated diffusivity is compared to a threshold value of diffusivity. When the threshold has been exceeded, the candidate ionic conductor may be listed as a preferred good conductor. When the calculated diffusivity fails to exceed the threshold, the material may be listed as a poor conductor and may be eliminated from further consideration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lincoln J Miara, William Richards, Shyue Ping Ong, Yifei Mo, Gerbrand Ceder
  • Publication number: 20170047610
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium-conductive solid-state electrolyte material that comprises a sulfide compound of a composition that does not deviate substantially from a formula of Li9S3N. The compound's conductivity is greater than about 1×10?7 S/cm at about 25° C. and is in contact with a negative electroactive material. Also provided is an electrochemical cell that includes an anode layer, a cathode layer, and the electrolyte layer between the anode and cathode layers. In an example, the material's activation energy can be no greater than about 0.52 eV at about 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Lincoln J. Miara, Naoki Suzuki, William D. Richards, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
  • Publication number: 20170025705
    Abstract: Solid electrolyte materials as well as their applications and methods of manufacture are disclosed. In one embodiment, a solid electrolyte material has a formula of A3+?Cl1??B?O, where ? is greater than 0. In the above formula, A is at least one of Li and Na, and B is at least one of S, Se, and N. In another embodiment, a solid electrolyte material is a crystal structure having the general formula A3XO, where A is at least one of Li and Na. Additionally, X is Cl, at least a portion of which is substituted with at least one of S, Se, and N. The solid electrolyte material also includes interstitial lithium ions and/or interstitial sodium ions located in the crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Lincoln J. Miara, William D. Richards, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
  • Publication number: 20150204809
    Abstract: Non-normal statistics applied to diffusivity calculations accelerate screening of ionic conductors for electrochemical devices such as electric storage batteries, fuel cells, and sensors. Displacements of atomic species within a crystalline structure for a candidate ionic conductor material are analyzed using a Skellam distribution optionally combined with Gaussian noise to calculate values for the standard deviation, upper error bound, and lower error bound for predicted values of diffusivity (D). When the predicted values of D have sufficient statistical precision, the diffusivity calculation is terminated and the calculated diffusivity is compared to a threshold value of diffusivity. When the threshold has been exceeded, the candidate ionic conductor may be listed as a preferred good conductor. When the calculated diffusivity fails to exceed the threshold, the material may be listed as a poor conductor and may be eliminated from further consideration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Lincoln J. Miara, William Richards, Shyue Ping Ong, Yifei Mo, Gerbrand Ceder