Patents by Inventor Mkhulu MATHE

Mkhulu MATHE 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).

  • Cathode material
    Patent number: 11621416
    Abstract: A process for producing a lithium-manganese-rich layered oxide cathode material or a lithium-manganese-rich layered oxide cathode material precursor includes co-precipitating a dissolved Li compound and a dissolved Mn salt selected from the group consisting of Mn(CH3COO)2, Mn(NO3)2, MnSO4, and mixtures thereof, from an aqueous solution, in the presence of a precipitator which reacts at least with the dissolved Mn salt to form a carbonate, thereby providing a precipitate which includes MnCO3 and a lithium compound as a lithium-manganese-rich layered oxide cathode material precursor. The invention extends to a lithium-manganese-rich layered oxide cathode material or a lithium-manganese-rich layered oxide cathode material precursor, to an electrochemical cell, and to methods of making and operating an electrochemical cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CSIR CAMPUS
    Inventors: Hongze Luo, Nomasonto Rapulenyane, Bonani Seteni, Mkhulu Mathe
  • A CATHODE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20200259175
    Abstract: A process for producing a lithium-manganese-rich layered oxide cathode material or a lithium-manganese-rich layered oxide cathode material precursor includes co-precipitating a dissolved Li compound and a dissolved Mn salt selected from the group consisting of Mn(CH3COO)2, Mn(NO3)2, MnSO4, and mixtures thereof, from an aqueous solution, in the presence of a precipitator which reacts at least with the dissolved Mn salt to form a carbonate, thereby providing a precipitate which includes MnCO3 and a lithium compound as a lithium-manganese-rich layered oxide cathode material precursor. The invention extends to a lithium-manganese-rich layered oxide cathode material or a lithium-manganese-rich layered oxide cathode material precursor, to an electrochemical cell, and to methods of making and operating an electrochemical cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Hongze LUO, Nomasonto RAPULENYANE, Bonani SETENI, Mkhulu MATHE