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).
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Patent number: 11335949Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Lincoln J. Miara, Naoki Suzuki, William D. Richards, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
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Publication number: 20220059871Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Yuntong Zhu, Zachary Hood, Jennifer Rupp, Lincoln J. Miara
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Patent number: 11251460Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yuntong Zhu, Zachary Hood, Jennifer Rupp, Lincoln J. Miara
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Patent number: 11223066Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yuntong Zhu, Zachary Hood, Jennifer Rupp, Lincoln J. Miara
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Publication number: 20200144662Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Lincoln J. Miara, Naoki Suzuki, William D. Richards, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
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Patent number: 10566653Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Lincoln J. Miara, Naoki Suzuki, William D. Richards, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
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Publication number: 20200044281Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Yuntong Zhu, Zachary Hood, Jennifer Rupp, Lincoln J. Miara
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Publication number: 20200044282Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Yuntong Zhu, Zachary Hood, Jennifer Rupp, Lincoln J. Miara
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Patent number: 10324138Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: MASSACHUSETTES INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: William D. Richards, Lincoln J. Miara, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
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Patent number: 10177406Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 16, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Lincoln J. Miara, William D. Richards, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
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Patent number: 9904772Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Lincoln J Miara, William Richards, Shyue Ping Ong, Yifei Mo, Gerbrand Ceder
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Publication number: 20170047610Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Lincoln J. Miara, Naoki Suzuki, William D. Richards, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
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Publication number: 20170025705Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Lincoln J. Miara, William D. Richards, Yan E. Wang, Jae Chul Kim, Gerbrand Ceder
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Publication number: 20150204809Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Lincoln J. Miara, William Richards, Shyue Ping Ong, Yifei Mo, Gerbrand Ceder