Patents by Inventor Shushi Dou

Shushi Dou 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: 11760657
    Abstract: The present application discloses a positive electrode active material including a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, the molar content of nickel in the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide accounts for 60%-90% of the total molar content of nickel, cobalt and manganese, and the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide has a layered crystal structure of a space group R 3m; a transition metal layer of the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide includes a doping element, and the local mass concentration of the doping element in particles of the positive electrode active material has a relative deviation of 20% or less; and in a differential scanning calorimetry spectrum of the positive electrode active material in a 78% delithiation state, an initial exothermic temperature of a main exothermic peak is 200° C. or more, and an integral area of the main exothermic peak is 100 J/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shushi Dou, Chunhua Hu, Yao Jiang, Qi Wu, Jinhua He, Bin Deng
  • Patent number: 11695157
    Abstract: This application provides a lithium-ion battery and an apparatus. The lithium-ion battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolyte. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator. A positive active material of the positive electrode plate includes Lix1Coy1M1-y1O2-z1Qz1, where 0.5?x1?1.2, 0.8?y1?1.0, 0?z1?0.1, M is selected from one or more of Al, Ti, Zr, Y, and Mg, and Q is selected from one or more of F, Cl, and S. The electrolyte contains an additive A that is a polynitrile six-membered nitrogen-heterocyclic compound with a relatively low oxidation potential. The lithium-ion battery has superb cycle performance and storage performance, especially under high-temperature and high-voltage conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Tiancheng Yi, Chunhua Hu, Shushi Dou, Yao Jiang, Chengdu Liang
  • Publication number: 20230202864
    Abstract: The present application discloses a positive electrode active material including a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, the molar content of nickel in the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide accounts for 60%-90% of the total molar content of nickel, cobalt and manganese, and the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide has a layered crystal structure of a space group R 3m; a transition metal layer of the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide includes a doping element, and the local mass concentration of the doping element in particles of the positive electrode active material has a relative deviation of 20% or less; and in a differential scanning calorimetry spectrum of the positive electrode active material in a 78% delithiation state, an initial exothermic temperature of a main exothermic peak is 200° C. or more, and an integral area of the main exothermic peak is 100 J/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shushi Dou, Chunhua Hu, Yao Jiang, Qi Wu, Jinhua He, Bin Deng
  • Patent number: 11613474
    Abstract: The present application discloses a positive electrode active material including a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, the molar content of nickel in the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide accounts for 60%-90% of the total molar content of nickel, cobalt and manganese, and the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide has a layered crystal structure of a space group R 3m; a transition metal layer of the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide includes a doping element, and the local mass concentration of the doping element in particles of the positive electrode active material has a relative deviation of 20% or less; and in a differential scanning calorimetry spectrum of the positive electrode active material in a 78% delithiation state, an initial exothermic temperature of a main exothermic peak is 200° C. or more, and an integral area of the main exothermic peak is 100 J/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shushi Dou, Chunhua Hu, Yao Jiang, Qi Wu, Jinhua He, Bin Deng
  • Publication number: 20220407059
    Abstract: This application discloses a positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery, and a battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such lithium-ion secondary battery. The positive electrode active material includes bulk particles and an element M1-containing oxide coating layer applied on an exterior surface of each of the bulk particles. The bulk particle includes a nickel-containing lithium composite oxide. Bulk phases of the bulk particles are uniformly doped with element M2. A surface layer of the bulk particle is an exterior doped layer doped with element M3. Element M1 and element M3 are each independently selected from one or more of Mg, Al, Ca, Ce, Ti, Zr, Zn, Y, and B, and element M2 includes one or more of Si, Ti, Cr, Mo, V, Ge, Se, Zr, Nb, Ru, Rh, Pd, Sb, Te, Ce, and W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220393236
    Abstract: The present application provides a lithium-ion battery and an apparatus, the lithium-ion battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolyte. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet and a separation film. The positive active material in the positive electrode sheet includes Lix1Coy1M1-y1O2-z1Qz1, 0.5?x1?1.2, 0.8?y1<1.0, 0?z1?0.1, and M is selected from one of Al, Ti, Zr, Y, and Mg, and Q is selected from one or more of F, Cl, and S. The electrolyte contains an additive A and an additive B, the additive A is a polynitrile six-membered nitrogen-heterocyclic compound with a relatively low oxidation potential, and the additive B is an aliphatic dinitrile or polynitrile compound with a relatively high oxidation potential. The lithium-ion battery of the present application has superb cycle performance and storage performance, especially under high-temperature and high-voltage conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Tiancheng YI, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Shushi DOU, Chengdu LIANG
  • Patent number: 11417883
    Abstract: The present application discloses positive electrode active material, preparation method thereof, positive electrode plate, lithium-ion secondary battery and battery module, pack, and apparatus. The positive electrode active material includes a nickel-containing lithium composite oxide satisfying a chemical formula Li1+a[NixCoyMnzMb]O2, in the formula, M is a doping element at transition metal site, 0.5?x<1, 0?y<0.3, 0?z<0.3, ?0.1?a<0.2, 0<b<0.3, x+y+z+b=1, wherein the positive electrode active material has a layered crystal structure and belongs to space group R3m; under the condition that the positive electrode active material is in 78% delithiation state, at least part of the doping elements M have a chemical valence of +3 or more, and surface oxygen of the positive electrode active material has an average valence state of VO satisfying ?2.0?VO??1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shushi Dou, Chunhua Hu, Yao Jiang, Qi Wu, Jinhua He, Bin Deng
  • Patent number: 11404724
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of energy storage materials, and particularly, to an electrolytic solution and a battery using the electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution of the present application contains an additive, the additive including a multi-cyano compound represented by formula (I). The multi-cyano compound of the present application has a stronger complexation with a transition metal on the surface of a positive electrode material, and therefore a protective film can be formed on the surface of the positive electrode material, and the dissolution of the transition metal is effectively suppressed; the surface activity of the positive electrode material is reduced, thereby suppressing side reactions, such as the decomposition of the electrolytic solution on the surface of the positive electrode material; and the cycle performance and storage performance of a battery under wide range of working voltage and wide range of operating temperature conditions are thus improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushi Dou, Chunhua Hu, Tiancheng Yi, Jian Yan, Chengdu Liang, Li Hao
  • Publication number: 20220209296
    Abstract: The present application provides a lithium-ion battery and an apparatus, and the lithium-ion battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution, the electrode assembly includes a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet and a separation film. A positive active material of the positive electrode sheet includes Lix1Coy1M1-y1O2-z1Qz1, 0.5?x1?1.2, 0.85?y1?1.0, 0?z1?0.1 M is selected from one or more of Al, Ti, Zr, Y, and Mg, and Q is selected from one or more of F, Cl, and S. The electrolytic solution contains vinylene carbonate, fluoroethylene carbonate, 1,3-propane sultone, and an additive A. The additive A is a polynitrile six-membered nitrogen-heterocyclic compound with a relatively low oxidation potential. The lithium-ion battery has superb cycle performance and storage performance, especially under high-temperature and high-voltage conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Tiancheng YI, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Shushi DOU, Chengdu LIANG
  • Publication number: 20220185696
    Abstract: The present application discloses a positive electrode active material including a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, the molar content of nickel in the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide accounts for 60%-90% of the total molar content of nickel, cobalt and manganese, and the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide has a layered crystal structure of a space group R3m; a transition metal layer of the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide includes a doping element, and the local mass concentration of the doping element in particles of the positive electrode active material has a relative deviation of 20% or less; and in a differential scanning calorimetry spectrum of the positive electrode active material in a 78% delithiation state, an initial exothermic temperature of a main exothermic peak is 200° C. or more, and an integral area of the main exothermic peak is 100 J/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220185698
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery, and a battery module, a battery pack, and apparatus containing the lithium-ion secondary battery are provided. The positive electrode active material includes secondary particles formed by agglomeration of primary particles, where the primary particles include a layered nickel-containing lithium composite oxide, and the nickel-containing lithium composite oxide includes a doping element; and when the positive electrode active material is charged from an 11% delithiated state to a 78% delithiated state at a rate of 0.1C, a lattice of the primary particles has a maximum shrinkage rate satisfying ?amax?3.00% in an a-axis direction, and a maximum swelling rate satisfying ?cmax?3.02% in a c-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220185697
    Abstract: This application discloses a positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery, and a battery module, battery pack and apparatus related thereto. The positive electrode active material includes secondary particles formed by agglomeration of primary particles, where the primary particles are a lithium transition metal oxide, and a transition metal site of the lithium transition metal oxide includes nickel and a doping element; and a Young's modulus E of the primary particles satisfies 175 GPa?E?220 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220185695
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery, and a battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such lithium-ion secondary battery are provided. The positive electrode active material includes matrix particles and a coating layer covering an exterior surface of the matrix particle, where the matrix particle includes a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, and the coating layer includes an oxide of element M1; the matrix particle is doped with element M2 and element M3, element M2 in the matrix particle is uniformly distributed, and element M3 in the matrix particle has a decreasing concentration from the exterior surface to a core of the matrix particle; and element M1 and element M3 are each independently selected from one or more of Mg, Al, Ca, Ba, Ti, Zr, Zn, and B, and element M2 includes one or more of Si, Ti, Cr, Mo, V, Ge, Se, Zr, Nb, Ru, Rh, Pd, Sb, Te, Ce, and W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220181622
    Abstract: This application discloses a positive electrode active material, including secondary particles and a coating layer applied on an exterior surface of each of the secondary particles, where the secondary particle includes a lithium transition metal oxide that contains a doping element M1, the coating layer includes an oxide of element M2, M1 is selected from one or more of Si, Ti, Cr, Mo, V, Ge, Se, Zr, Nb, Ru, Rh, Pd, Sb, Te, Ce, and W, and M2 is selected from one or more of Mg, Al, Ca, Ce, Ti, Zr, Zn, Y, and B; a relative deviation of local mass concentration of element M1 in the secondary particle is less than 20%; and the secondary particle from the core to the exterior surface of the particle includes a plurality of layers of primary particles arranged along radial direction of the secondary particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220181675
    Abstract: This application discloses a positive electrode active material, including bulk particles and a coating layer applied on an exterior surface of each of the bulk particles, where the bulk particle includes a lithium composite oxide that contains element nickel and a doping element M1, and the coating layer includes an oxide of element M2. When the positive electrode active material is in a 11% delithiated state, average valences of element M1 and M2 are ?1 and ?1, respectively; when the positive electrode active material is in a 78% delithiated state, average valences of element M1 and M2 are ?2 and ?2, respectively; and ?2>?1, ?1=?2. Element M1 includes one or more of Si, Ti, Cr, Mo, V, Se, Nb, Ru, Rh, Pd, Sb, Te, Ce, and W, and element M2 is selected from one or more of Mg, Al, Ca, Zr, Zn, Y, and B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220177328
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery, and a battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such lithium-ion secondary battery are disclosed. The positive electrode active material includes a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide. In the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, the number of moles of nickel accounts for 50% to 95% of the total number of moles of nickel, cobalt, and manganese. The lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide has a layered crystal structure with a space group R3m. The lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide includes a doping element. When the positive electrode active material is in a 78% delithiated state, the doping element has two or more different valence states, and the amount of doping element in a highest valence state accounts for 40% to 90% of the total amount of doping element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220149434
    Abstract: This application provides a lithium-ion battery and an apparatus. The lithium-ion battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolyte. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator. A positive active material of the positive electrode plate includes Lix1Coy1M1-y1O2-z1Qz1, where 0.5?x1?1.2, 0.8?y1?1.0, 0?z1?0.1, M is selected from one or more of Al, Ti, Zr, Y, and Mg, and Q is selected from one or more of F, Cl, and S. The electrolyte contains an additive A that is a polynitrile six-membered nitrogen-heterocyclic compound with a relatively low oxidation potential. The lithium-ion battery has superb cycle performance and storage performance, especially under high-temperature and high-voltage conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co, Limited.
    Inventors: Tiancheng YI, Chunhua HU, Shushi DOU, Yao JIANG, Chengdu LIANG
  • Patent number: 11316197
    Abstract: The present application provides a lithium-ion battery and an apparatus, and the lithium-ion battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution, the electrode assembly includes a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet and a separation film. A positive active material of the positive electrode sheet includes Lix1Coy1M1-yO2-z1Qz1, 0.5?x1?1.2, 0.8?y1?1.0, 0?z1?0.1, M is selected from one or more of Al, Ti, Zr, Y, and Mg, and Q is selected from one or more of F, Cl, and S. The electrolytic solution contains vinylene carbonate, fluoroethylene carbonate, 1,3-propane sultone, and an additive A. The additive A is a polynitrile six-membered nitrogen-heterocyclic compound with a relatively low oxidation potential. The lithium-ion battery has superb cycle performance and storage performance, especially under high-temperature and high-voltage conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Tiancheng Yi, Chunhua Hu, Yao Jiang, Shushi Dou, Chengdu Liang
  • Patent number: 11316198
    Abstract: The present application provides a lithium-ion battery and an apparatus, the lithium-ion battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolyte. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet and a separation film. The positive active material in the positive electrode sheet includes Lix1Coy1M1-y1 O2-z1Qz1, 0.5?x1?1.2, 0.8?y1<1.0, 0?z1?0.1, and M is selected from one of Al, Ti, Zr, Y, and Mg, and Q is selected from one or more of F, Cl, and S. The electrolyte contains an additive A and an additive B, the additive A is a polynitrile six-membered nitrogen-heterocyclic compound with a relatively low oxidation potential, and the additive B is an aliphatic dinitrile or polynitrile compound with a relatively high oxidation potential. The lithium-ion battery of the present application has superb cycle performance and storage performance, especially under high-temperature and high-voltage conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Tiancheng Yi, Chunhua Hu, Yao Jiang, Shushi Dou, Chengdu Liang
  • Publication number: 20220123300
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery and an apparatus. The lithium-ion battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet, and a separation film A positive active material in the positive electrode sheet includes Lix1Coy1M1-y1O2-z1Qz1. A negative active material in the negative electrode sheet includes one or more of Si, SiOx2, a Si/C composite material, and a Si alloy. The electrolytic solution contains an additive A and an additive B, the additive A is a polynitrile six-membered nitrogen-heterocyclic compound with a relatively low oxidation potential, and the additive B is a halogen-substituted cyclic carbonate compound. The lithium-ion battery has superb cycle performance and storage performance, especially under high-temperature and high-voltage conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Tiancheng YI, Chunhua HU, Shushi DOU, Yao JIANG, Chengdu LIANG