Patents by Inventor Thorsten Buhrmester

Thorsten Buhrmester 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: 10522819
    Abstract: Described is a coated, (partly) lithiated graphite powder characterized in that it has been produced in a non-electrochemical process from metallic lithium and graphite in powder form and has been stabilized outside an electrochemical cell by application of a coating layer; and a galvanic cell comprising a cathode, a lithium-conductive electrolyte-separator system and an anode comprising a coated, (partly) lithiated graphite powder, where the (partial) lithiation and the coating of the graphite powder are performed non-electrochemically outside the galvanic cell (ex situ).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Albemarle Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Wietelmann, Vera Nickel, Stefan Scherer, Ute Emmel, Thorsten Buhrmester, Steffen Haber, Gerd Krämer
  • Publication number: 20190393497
    Abstract: The invention relates to composite materials comprising lithiated or partially-lithiated graphite or graphene, and silicon having particles sizes from about 1 ?m to about 100 ?m, and that have an electrochemical rest potential less than about 2 V measured against Li/Li+, wherein graphitic material is mixed with silicon powder in a molar ratio of 9:1 to 1:9 and with lithium powder to an amount of the lithium in the composite material in the range of about 10 molar % to 100 molar % of the stochiometrically maximally possible lithium absorption, and to methods for production thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Ulrich Wietelmann, Ute Emmel, Gerd Krämer, Christopher Kurth, Stefan Scherer, Thorsten Buhrmester
  • Publication number: 20180019463
    Abstract: The invention relates to composite materials of general composition SixC10-xLi in which x can be any value from 1-9 and z=a(4,4x+1/6(10-x)) and a=any value from 0.1-1, which can be used as highly capacitive anode materials for galvanic cells with non-aqueous electrolytes, and to a method for the production thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Ulrich Wietelmann, Ute Emmel, Gerd Krämer, Christopher Kurth, Stefan Scherer, Thorsten Buhrmester
  • Publication number: 20160351888
    Abstract: Described is a coated, (partly) lithiated graphite powder characterized in that it has been produced in a non-electrochemical process from metallic lithium and graphite in powder form and has been stabilized outside an electrochemical cell by application of a coating layer; and a galvanic cell comprising a cathode, a lithium-conductive electrolyte-separator system and an anode comprising a coated, (partly) lithiated graphite powder, where the (partial) lithiation and the coating of the graphite powder are performed non-electrochemically outside the galvanic cell (ex situ).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Ulrich WIETELMANN, Vera NICKEL, Stefan SCHERER, Ute EMMEL, Thorsten BUHRMESTER, Steffen HABER, Gerd KRÄMER
  • Publication number: 20160351893
    Abstract: The invention relates to a galvanic cell containing a cathode, a lithium-conductive electrolyte separator system, and a synthetic graphite-containing anode. In the manufacture of the cell (i.e. prior to the first charging cycle), the anode contains or consists of a (partially) lithiated graphite powder which is produced from synthetic graphite and lithium powder in a non-electrochemical manner. The invention also relates to a method for (partially) lithiating synthetic graphite in an electroless manner. The invention is characterized in that the particulate synthetic graphite is (partially) lithiated in an electroless manner after mixing with particulate lithium metal powder and by means of a mixing and/or milling process, thereby forming Li graphite intercalates of the composition LiCx (mit x=6?600).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Ulrich Wietelmann, Vera Nickel, Stefan Scherer, Ute Emmel, Thorsten Buhrmester, Steffen Haber, Gerd Krämer
  • Patent number: 9509014
    Abstract: A galvanic cell having a lithium metal or an alloy comprising a lithium metal as anode material, having an electrolyte comprising lithium bis(oxalate)borate and at least one other lithium complex salt in an aprotic solvent or solvent mixture, in the ratio of lithium complex salt in the conducting salt equals 0.01 to 20 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Wietelmann, Thorsten Buhrmester, Ute Emmel, Rebecca Metzger
  • Patent number: 9093718
    Abstract: A crystalline, completely soluble lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB), to a method for producing the same and to the use of the lithium bis(oxalato)borate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Dietz, Ulrich Wietelmann, Uwe Lischka, Thorsten Buhrmester, Klaus Schade
  • Patent number: 8946452
    Abstract: A crystalline, completely soluble lithium bis(oxalato)horate (LiBOB), to a method for producing the same and to the use of the lithium bis(oxalato)borate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Dietz, Ulrich Wietelmann, Uwe Lischka, Thorsten Buhrmester, Klaus Schade
  • Publication number: 20130303785
    Abstract: A crystalline, completely soluble lithium bis(oxalato)horate (LiBOB), to a method for producing the same and to the use of the lithium bis(oxalato)borate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Rainer Dietz, Ulrich Wietelmann, Uwe Lischka, Thorsten Buhrmester, Klaus Schade
  • Publication number: 20120082900
    Abstract: A galvanic cell having a lithium metal or an alloy comprising a lithium metal as anode material, having an electrolyte comprising lithium bis(oxalate)borate and at least one other lithium complex salt in an aprotic solvent or solvent mixture, in the ratio of lithium complex salt in the conducting salt equals 0.01 to 20 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Ulrich Wietelmann, Thorsten Buhrmester, Ute Emmel, Rebecca Metzger
  • Publication number: 20100145076
    Abstract: A crystalline, completely soluble lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB), to a method for producing the same and to the use of the lithium bis(oxalato)borate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Rainer Dietz, Ulrich Wietelmann, Uwe Lischka, Thorsten Buhrmester, Klaus Schade