Patents by Inventor Stefano Passerini
Stefano Passerini 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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Publication number: 20220332619Abstract: An electrochemical cell may include: an anode; a porous anodic current collector; a cathode; a porous cathodic current collector; and an alkali metal-conducting separator that separates the anode from the cathode and is disposed surrounding the anodic current collector. The cathode may include seawater. A battery module may include a plurality of the electrochemical cells, and a battery may include a plurality of the battery modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Silva, Stefano Passerini, Dominic Bresser, Jens Peters, Marcel Weil, Jens Federhen
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Patent number: 11271265Abstract: A lithium-air battery is provided, which includes a cathode having a gas diffusion layer containing a solid electronically conductive material coated with carbon black, the gas diffusion layer being at least partially filled with gaseous air, a separator having an electronically nonconducting filter material arranged between the anode and the cathode, the filter material being at least partially impregnated with a liquid electrolyte, and an anode containing a material selected from lithium metal, material alloyable with lithium, metal oxide, and mixtures thereof. Methods for making such battery and the use of such battery in a motor vehicle are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Giuseppe Antonio Elia, Jusef Hassoun, Sangsik Jeong, Franziska Mueller, Stefano Passerini, Jakub Reiter, Bruno Scrosati, Yang-Kook Sun, Nikolaos Tsiouvaras, Ulderico Ulissi
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Patent number: 10854877Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a positive electrode layer; a negative electrode layer; and a solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, wherein the positive electrode layer includes a sulfur-containing positive electrode active material, a halogen-containing sulfide solid electrolyte, and a conductive carbon material, and wherein the sulfur-containing positive electrode active material includes elemental sulfur and a transition metal disulfide.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Seitaro Ito, Ulderico Ulissi, Yuichi Aihara, Alberto Varzi, Stefano Passerini
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Publication number: 20200343539Abstract: Coated lithium transition metal oxide materials are provided which have a continuous coating of manganese phosphate provided on the surface of lithium transition metal oxide particles. Coated lithium transition metal oxide materials have advantageous physical and electrochemical properties in comparison to uncoated materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Dominic BRESSER, Guk-Tae KIM, Stefano PASSERINI, Zexiang SHEN, Zhen CHEN
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Patent number: 10693204Abstract: A lithium-air battery is provided which includes a gas diffusion layer that is at least partially filled with air, having an electrically conducting material as a cathode, an at least partially electrolyte-impregnated filter having an electronically non-conducting material as a separator, and an anode having a lithium metal, a lithium-metal alloy or lithium-oxide-metal mixture. The separator is between the anode and the cathode and the electrolyte includes a hydrophobic, ionic liquid and a lithium salt. The three phases, gaseous air, liquid electrolyte and solid conducting material, are in contact on at least one point of the gas diffusion layer. A method for producing such battery and the use of such battery in a motor vehicle are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Giuseppe Antonio Elia, Jusef Hassoun, Franziska Mueller, Dominic Bresser, Yang-Kook Sun, Stefano Passerini, Bruno Scrosati
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Publication number: 20200176839Abstract: A lithium-air battery is provided, which includes a cathode having a gas diffusion layer containing a solid electronically conductive material coated with carbon black, the gas diffusion layer being at least partially filled with gaseous air, a separator having an electronically nonconducting filter material arranged between the anode and the cathode, the filter material being at least partially impregnated with a liquid electrolyte, and an anode containing a material selected from lithium metal, material alloyable with lithium, metal oxide, and mixtures thereof. The liquid electrolyte contains a hydrophobic, ionic liquid, such as DEME-TFSI and a lithium salt, such as LiTFSI. The three phases of gaseous air, liquid electrolyte and solid, electronically conductive material are in contact on at least one point of the gas diffusion layer. Methods for making such battery and the use of such battery in a motor vehicle are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Giuseppe Antonio Elia, Jusef Hassoun, Sangsik Jeong, Franziska Mueller, Stefano Passerini, Jakub Reiter, Bruno Scrosati, Yang-Kook Sun, Nikolaos Tsiouvaras, Ulderico Ulissi
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Patent number: 10403885Abstract: A method of producing an active material for batteries comprising providing electrochemically active particles, optionally comminuting the electrochemically active particles, adding an organic carbon compound, optionally in a suitable organic solvent, and mixing, heating the mixture under protective gas to a temperature above the decomposition limit of the organic compound and below the decomposition temperature of the electrochemically active particles, active materials thus obtained and also corresponding applications and uses.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Albemarle Germany GmbHInventors: Stefano Passerini, Sangsik Jeong, Dominic Bresser, Martin Winter
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Patent number: 10340515Abstract: Process for producing an active material for batteries from lithium sulfide and ionic liquids, corresponding active materials, cathode materials, batteries and corresponding uses.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2014Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignees: ROCKWOOD LITHIUM GMBH, VOLKSWAGEN AGInventors: Henrik De Vries, Sangsik Jeong, Stefano Passerini
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Patent number: 10283814Abstract: The invention relates to an electrolyte, comprising at least one lithium salt, a solvent, and at least one compound according to general formula (1). The invention further relates to lithium-based energy stores comprising such an electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: WESTFALISCHE WILHELMS UNIVERSITAT MUNSTERInventors: Elisabeth Kramer, Rene Schmitz, Stefano Passerini, Martin Winter
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Publication number: 20190067695Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a positive electrode layer; a negative electrode layer; and a solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, wherein the positive electrode layer includes a sulfur-containing positive electrode active material, a halogen-containing sulfide solid electrolyte, and a conductive carbon material, and wherein the sulfur-containing positive electrode active material includes elemental sulfur and a transition metal disulfide.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Seitaro ITO, Ulderico ULISSI, Yuichi AIHARA, Alberto VARZI, Stefano PASSERINI
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Patent number: 9905885Abstract: The present invention provides a compound with a general formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein, R1 and R2, are, independently of each other, F or CnF2n+1 with n=1-10, and R3 and R4 are, independently of each other, C1-C10-alkyl.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignees: JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN GGMBH, WESTFAELISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAET MUENSTERInventors: Nataliya Kalinovich, Gerd-Volker Roeschenthaler, Tanja Schedlbauer, Johannes Kasnatscheew, Katja Vlasov, René Schmitz, Raphael Wilhelm Schmitz, Romek Ansgar Mueller, Martin Winter, Stefano Passerini
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Patent number: 9843074Abstract: The invention relates to lithium 1-trifluoromethoxy-1,2,2,2-tetra-fluoroethanesulphonate, the use of lithium 1-trifluoromethoxy-1,2,2,2-tetra-fluoroethanesulphonate as electrolyte salt in lithium-based energy stores and also ionic liquids comprising 1-trifluoro-methoxy-1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-ethanesulphonate as anion.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: WESTFÄLISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNSTERInventors: Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler, Martin Winter, Stefano Passerini, Katja Vlasov, Nataliya Kalinovich, Christian Schreiner Schreiner, Raphael Wilhelm Schmitz, Ansgar Romek Müller, Rene Schmitz, Tanja Schedlbauer, Alexandra Lex-Balducci, Miriam Kunze
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Publication number: 20170149106Abstract: A lithium-air battery is provided which includes a gas diffusion layer that is at least partially filled with air, having an electrically conducting material as a cathode, an at least partially electrolyte-impregnated filter having an electronically non-conducting material as a separator, and an anode having a lithium metal, a lithium-metal alloy or lithium-oxide-metal mixture. The separator is between the anode and the cathode and the electrolyte includes a hydrophobic, ionic liquid and a lithium salt. The three phases, gaseous air, liquid electrolyte and solid conducting material, are in contact on at least one point of the gas diffusion layer. A method for producing such battery and the use of such battery in a motor vehicle are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Giuseppe Antonio ELIA, Jusef HASSOUN, Franziska MUELLER, Dominic BRESSER, Yang-Kook SUN, Stefano PASSERINI, Bruno SCROSATI
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Patent number: 9633797Abstract: The invention relates to the use of lithium-2-pentafluoroethoxy-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-ethanesulfonate as a conductive salt in lithium-based energy stores and to electrolytes containing lithium-2-pentafluoroethoxy-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-ethanesulfonate.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: WESTFÄLISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNSTERInventors: Marius Amereller, René Schmitz, Raphael Wilhelm Schmitz, Ansgar Romek Müller, Martin Winter, Christian Schreiner, Miriam Kunze, Stefano Passerini
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Patent number: 9620775Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing carbon-coated, transition metal-doped zinc oxide particles and the use thereof as electrode material for alkali metal ion batteries and, in particular, lithium ion batteries.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: WESTFÄLISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNSTERInventors: Dominic Bresser, Franziska Müller, Elie Paillard, Martin Winter, Stefano Passerini
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Patent number: 9466437Abstract: The invention relates to an electrolyte for a lithium-based energy storage device comprising at least one lithium salt, a solvent and at least one compound of general formula (1), and to their use in lithium-based energy storage devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: WESTFALISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAT MUNSTERInventors: Christian Dippel, Alexandra Lex-Balducci, Martin Winter, Miriam Kunze, René Schmitz, Romek Ansgar Müller, Stefano Passerini, Nataliya Kalinovich, Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler, Tobias Böttcher
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Publication number: 20160268597Abstract: Process for producing an active material for batteries from lithium sulfide and ionic liquids, corresponding active materials, cathode materials, batteries and corresponding uses.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Henrik DE VRIES, Sangsik JEONG, Stefano PASSERINI
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Publication number: 20160118690Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte solution comprising an electrolyte salt and an electrolyte solvent, wherein the electrolyte solvent comprises a fluorinated acyclic dialkyl carbonate, preferably an n-fluoro diethyl carbonate according to formula (1) as follows: C2H5-xFx—CO3C2H5-yFy (1) wherein 1?x?5 and 0?y?5; in an amount in the range of ?10 wt % to ?100 wt %, referring to a total amount of the electrolyte solvent of 100 wt %, and the use of such fluorinated acyclic dialkyl carbonates for the prevention or suppresion of aluminum current collector corrosion in an alkali or alkaline earth metal-based electrochemical energy storage device, particularly in a lithium-ion battery or lithium polymer battery containing an electrolyte solution comprising an alkali or alkaline earth metal sulfonimide or sulfonmethide salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Martin BOMKAMP, Julian KALHOFF, Dominic BRESSER, Stefano PASSERINI, Marco BOLLOLI, Fannie ALLOIN, Jean-Yves SANCHEZ
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Publication number: 20150214541Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing carbon-coated, transition metal-doped zinc oxide particles and the use thereof as electrode material for alkali metal ion batteries and, in particular, lithium ion batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Dominic Bresser, Franziska Müller, Elie Paillard, Martin Winter, Stefano Passerini
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Publication number: 20150188191Abstract: The present invention provides a compound with a general formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein, R1 and R2, are, independently of each other, F or CnF2n+1 with n=1-10, and R3 and R4 are, independently of each other, C1-C10-alkyl.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicants: JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN GGMBH, WESTFAELISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAET MUENSTERInventors: Nataliya Kalinovich, Gerd-Volker Roeschenthaler, Tanja Schedlbauer, Johannes Kasnatscheew, Katja Vlasov, René Schmitz, Raphael Wilhelm Schmitz, Romek Ansgar Mueller, Martin Winter, Stefano Passerini