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.

Abstract: One or more concentrated low-viscosity solutions of alkaline earth alkoxide compounds M(OCH2R6)2-a-b(OR7)a[O(CHR8)nOR9]b in mixture with a metal alkyl compound M(R10R11) in an aprotic solvent and related methods are disclosed herein.

Abstract: Rechargeable, non-aqueous lithium batteries which contain, as active anode material, either lithium metal or a lithium alloy, an active cathode material with a redox potential in the range of between 1.5 and 3.4 V vs Li/Li+ and lithium rhodanide (LiSCN) as electrolyte component. One or more related methods for providing overcharge protection are also described herein.

Abstract: The invention relates to particulate lithium metal composite materials, stabilized by alloy-forming elements of the third and fourth primary group of the PSE and method for production thereof by reaction of lithium metal with film-forming element precursors of the general formulas (I) or (II): [AR1R2R3R4]Lix (I), or R1R2R3A-O-AR4R5R6 (II), wherein R1R2R3R4R5R6=alkyl (C1-C12), aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy-, or halogen (F, Cl, Br, I), independently of each other; or two groups R represent together a 1,2-diolate (1,2-ethandiolate, for example), a 1,2- or 1,3-dicarboxylate (oxalate or malonate, for example) or a 2-hydroxycarboxylate dianion (lactate or salicylate, for example); the groups R1 to R6 can comprise additional functional groups, such as alkoxy groups; A=boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, silicon, germanium, tin, lead; x=0 or 1 for B, Al, Ga, In, Tl; x=0 for Si, Ge, Sn, Pb; in the case that x=0 and A=B, Al, Ga, In, Tl, R4 is omitted, or with polymers comprising one or more of the elements B, Al, Ga, I

Abstract: One or more concentrated low-viscosity solutions of alkaline earth alkoxide compounds M(OCH2R6)2-a-b(OR7)a[O(CHR8)nOR9]b in mixture with a metal alkyl compound M(R10R11) in an aprotic solvent and related methods are disclosed herein.

Abstract: Rechargeable, non-aqueous lithium batteries which contain, as active anode material, either lithium metal or a lithium alloy, an active cathode material with a redox potential in the range of between 1.5 and 3.4 V vs Li/Li+ and lithium rhodanide (LiSCN) as electrolyte component. One or more related methods for providing overcharge protection are also described herein.

Abstract: One or more concentrated low-viscosity solutions of alkaline earth alkoxide compounds M(OCH2R6)2-a-b(OR7)a[O(CHR8)nOR9]b in mixture with a metal alkyl compound M(R10R11) in an aprotic solvent and related methods are disclosed herein.

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).

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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for providing an active lithium reservoir to reduce the irreversible initial losses and as a general lithium source of or for electrode materials and lithium batteries, and a powdered lithium-donating material having an electrochemical potential of 0.5 and 2 V vs. Li/Li+, which has been selected from the group of lithium hydride, lithium amide, lithium imide and tetra-lithium ammonium hydride, is used as a general lithium source.

Abstract: The invention relates to particulate lithium metal formations having a substantially spherical geometry and a core composed of metallic lithium, which are enclosed with an outer passivating but ionically conductive layer containing nitrogen. The invention further relates to a method for producing lithium metal formations by reacting lithium metal with one or more passivating agent(s) containing nitrogen, selected from the groups N2, NxHy with x=1 or 2 and y=3 or 4, or a compound containing only the elements C, H, and N, and optionally Li, at temperatures in the range between 60 and 300° C., preferably between 100 and 280° C., and particularly preferably above the melting temperature of lithium of 180.5° C., in an inert organic solvent under dispersion conditions or in an atmosphere that contains a gaseous coating agent containing nitrogen.

Abstract: The invention relates to particulate lithium metal composite materials, stabilized by alloy-forming elements of the third and fourth primary group of the PSE and method for production thereof by reaction of lithium metal with film-forming element precursors of the general formulas (I) or (II): [AR1R2R3R4]Lix (I), or R1R2R3A-O-AR4R5R6 (II), wherein R1R2R3R4R5R6=alkyl (C1-C12), aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy-, or halogen (F, Cl, Br, I), independently of each other; or two groups R represent together a 1,2-diolate (1,2-ethandiolate, for example), a 1,2- or 1,3-dicarboxylate (oxalate or malonate, for example) or a 2-hydroxycarboxylate dianion (lactate or salicylate, for example); the groups R1 to R6 can comprise additional functional groups, such as alkoxy groups; A=boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, silicon, germanium, tin, lead; x=0 or 1 for B, Al, Ga, In, Tl; x=0 for Si, Ge, Sn, Pb; in the case that x=0 and A=B, Al, Ga, In, Tl, R4 is omitted, or with polymers comprising one or more of the elements B, Al, Ga, I

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.

Abstract: A solvent-free mixture of a crude lithium borate salt and lithium hydride, wherein the lithium hydride is at least 0.001 wt. % and at most 10 wt. %, relative to the weight of crude lithium borate salt, wherein the mixture has a water content of at most 100 ?mol/g and an acid content of at most 10 ?mol H+/g of crude lithium borate salt, method for producing the same, and use thereof for battery electrolytes.

Abstract: A solution of a mixed alkaline earth alkoxide compound with an aluminum compound in an aprotic solvent, and methods of making and using them.

Abstract: One or more concentrated low-viscosity solutions of alkaline earth alkoxide compounds M(OCH2R6)2-a-b(OR7)a[O(CHR8)OR9]b in mixture with a metal alkyl compound M(R10R11) in an aprotic solvent and related methods are disclosed herein.

Abstract: A lithium anode containing spherical lithium metal particles with an average diameter of between 5 and 200 ?m, which are bonded with a fluorine-free rubber-like binding agent from the groups saturated polyolefins and polyolefin copolymers, such as EPM (ethylene-propylene copolymers), EPDM (ethylene-propylene terpolymers) and polybutenes unsaturated polymers (diene polymers and diene copolymers), such as natural rubbers (NR), butadiene rubbers (BR), styrene-butadiene rubbers (SBR), polyisoprene rubbers and butyl rubbers (IIR, such as polyisobutylene isoprene rubber, PIBI) as well as heteroelement-containing copolymers, for example saturated copolymer rubbers, such as ethylene vinyl acetate (EVM), hydrogenated nitrile-butadiene rubber (HNBR), epichlorhydrin rubber (ECO), acrylate rubbers (ACM) and silicon rubbers (SI), as well as unsaturated copolymers, such as nitrile rubbers (NBR), for example, as well as galvanic cells containing the bonded lithium anode according to the invention and method for producin

Abstract: A particulate lithium metal composite materials having a layer containing phosphorous and a method for producing said phosphorous-coated lithium metal products, characterized in that melted, droplet-shaped lithium metal is reacted in a hydrocarbon solvent with a phosphorous source that contains the phosphorous in the oxidation stage 3, and use thereof for the pre-lithiation of electrode materials and the production of battery anodes.

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).

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).