Patents by Inventor Swati V. POL

Swati V. POL 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: 8568914
    Abstract: A lithium- or lithium-ion electrochemical cell of the present invention comprises a lithium-containing cathode, an anode, and a non-aqueous lithium-containing electrolyte therebetween; wherein one or more of the anode and the cathode comprises at least one particulate carbon-containing material selected from the group consisting of one or more carbon-coated metal oxide or metal phosphate particles, carbon-containing metals that alloy with Li, carbon-containing metalloids that alloy with Li, or rounded carbon particles such as carbon spheres, prolate-shaped spheroids, oblate-shaped spheroids, and carbon nanotubes. In a preferred embodiment, the particulate carbon material is prepared by reacting one or more solid, solvent-free chemical precursor materials comprising the elements making up the material in an enclosed autogenic pressure reactor in which the precursor materials are dissociated and reacted at elevated temperature, thereby creating self-generated pressure within the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Uchicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Vilas G. Pol, Swati V. Pol, Michael M. Thackeray
  • Publication number: 20120231352
    Abstract: A lithium- or lithium-ion electrochemical cell of the present invention comprises a lithium-containing cathode, an anode, and a non-aqueous lithium-containing electrolyte therebetween; wherein one or more of the anode and/or the cathode comprises at least one particulate carbon material comprising nanoparticles of the surface of individual carbon particles, wherein the nanoparticles are selected from one or more of (a) a metal oxide or sulfide comprising one or more metal ions selected from the group consisting of Ti, Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Mo, W, In, and Sn; (b) one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Ti, Fe, Co, Mg, Al, Ga, In, and Sn; and (c) one or more metaloid selected from the group consisting of B, Si, Ge, and Sb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Vilas POL, Swati V. POL, Michael M. THACKERAY
  • Publication number: 20110104553
    Abstract: A lithium- or lithium-ion electrochemical cell of the present invention comprises a lithium-containing cathode, an anode, and a non-aqueous lithium-containing electrolyte therebetween; wherein one or more of the anode and the cathode comprises at least one particulate carbon-containing material selected from the group consisting of one or more carbon-coated metal oxide or metal phosphate particles, carbon-containing metals that alloy with Li, carbon-containing metalloids that alloy with Li, or rounded carbon particles such as carbon spheres, prolate-shaped spheroids, oblate-shaped spheroids, and carbon nanotubes. In a preferred embodiment, the particulate carbon material is prepared by reacting one or more solid, solvent-free chemical precursor materials comprising the elements making up the material in an enclosed autogenic pressure reactor in which the precursor materials are dissociated and reacted at elevated temperature, thereby creating self-generated pressure within the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Vilas G. POL, Swati V. POL, Michael M. THACKERAY