Precursor Composition Patents (Class 429/189)
  • Patent number: 11942596
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte material that includes a composite oxide containing Li and Bi, and at least one solid electrolyte having a garnet structure, a perovskite structure, and a LISICON structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryohei Takano, Makoto Yoshioka, Takeo Ishikura, Akisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 11935999
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery, in which, by using different electrolytes in a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and using a gel polymer electrolyte, in which a small amount of an electrolyte liquid is impregnated into a polymer matrix, between the negative electrode and the separator, the stability and performance of the electrode may be improved, and therefore, the performance and lifetime of the lithium secondary battery may be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Byoungkuk Son, Minchul Jang, Eunkyung Park, Junghun Choi, Changhun Park
  • Patent number: 11908997
    Abstract: A solid-state polymer electrolyte membrane and a supercapacitive lithium-ion battery utilizing the solid-state polymer electrolyte membrane. The solid-state polymer electrolyte membrane comprising a mixture of a lithium salt, a plasticizer, and a co-network of a crosslinkable polyether addition and a crosslinkable amine addition. The co-network is crosslinked, and the solid-state polymer electrolyte membrane is conductive on the order of 10?3 S cm?1. The supercapacitive lithium-ion battery utilizing the solid-state polymer electrolyte membrane has an operating range of between about 0.01 and about 4.3 V without short-circuiting while also having a higher capacity relative to conventional liquid electrolyte lithium-ion batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
    Inventors: Thein Kyu, Ran Li
  • Patent number: 11894515
    Abstract: Gel polymer electrolyte compositions including a cross-linked three-dimensional polymer network and an electrolyte composition comprising an electrolyte and water are disclosed. The gel polymer electrolyte compositions can be included in an aqueous electrochemical cell, in which a gel polymer electrolyte can be positioned between an anode and a cathode. Methods of forming a gel polymer electrolyte in the form of a film, and methods of forming an aqueous electrochemical cell including a gel polymer electrolyte, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, Bing Tan, Spencer A. Langevin, Matthew W. Logan, Adam W. Freeman
  • Patent number: 11876219
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite electrode for an all-solid-state battery includes: preparing a precursor solution by mixing at least one solid electrolyte precursor and at least one polar solvent; stirring the precursor solution; preparing an electrode slurry by adding an active material to the stirred precursor solution; and heat-treating the electrode slurry and obtaining the composite electrode for the all-solid-state battery, wherein the composite electrode for the all-solid-state battery includes: the active material; and a coating layer disposed on the active material and including a solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sun Ho Choi, Yong Jun Jang, In Woo Song, Sang Heon Lee, Sang Soo Lee, So Young Kim, Seong Hyeon Choi, Sa Heum Kim, Jae Min Lim
  • Patent number: 11862785
    Abstract: A lithium ion conductive material has a composition formula of Lia(OH)bFcBr, where 1.8?a?2.3, b=a?c?1, 0.01?c?0.11, and includes an antiperovskite-type crystal phase. Preferably, the lithium ion conductive material further includes a layered antiperovskite-type crystal phase. More preferably, 0?B/(A+B)?0.2 is satisfied, where A is the peak intensity in the vicinity of 2?=31.2° in the X-ray diffractometry using Cu-K? ray and B is the peak intensity in the vicinity of 2?=30.2°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Miyuki Kojima, Keita Miyanishi, Yosuke Sato, Yuji Katsuda
  • Patent number: 11710827
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of an electrode comprising a substrate made of an aluminium based material, vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and an electrically conductive polymer matrix, the method comprising the following successive steps: (a) synthesising, on a substrate made of an aluminium based material, a carpet of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes according to the technique of CVD (Chemical Vapour Deposition) at a temperature less than or equal to 650° C.; (b) electrochemically depositing the polymer matrix on the carbon nanotubes from an electrolyte solution including at least one precursor monomer of the matrix, at least one ionic liquid and at least one protic or aprotic solvent. Further disclosed is the prepared electrode and a device for storing and returning electricity such as a supercapacitor comprising the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: CY CERGY PARIS UNIVERSITÉ, UNIVERSITÉDE TOURS, NAWATECHNOLOGIES, COMMISSARIAT ÀL'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Pierre-Henri Aubert, Philippe Banet, Aurélien Boisset, Léa Darchy, Jérémie Descarpentries, Fouad Ghamouss, Harald Hauf, Martine Mayne, Mathieu Pinault, François Tran Van, Thomas Vignal
  • Patent number: 11631890
    Abstract: In solid-state lithium-ion battery cells, electrolyte-infiltrated composite electrode includes an electrolyte component consisting of polymer matrix with ceramic nanoparticles embedded in the matrix to form networking structure of electrolyte. The networking structure establishes effective lithium-ion transport pathway in the electrode. Electrolyte-infiltrated composite electrode sheets and solid electrolyte membranes can be used in all solid-state lithium electrochemical pouch and coin cells. Solid-state lithium-ion battery is fabricated by: (a) providing an anode layer; (b) providing a cathode layer; (c) positioning a ceramic-polymer composite electrolyte membrane between the anode layer and the cathode layer to form a laminar battery assembly; (d) applying pressure to the laminar battery assembly; and (e) heating the laminar battery assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Solid Energies Inc.
    Inventors: Zhigang Lin, Tianyu Meng
  • Patent number: 11618076
    Abstract: A process for synthesizing a material, includes: (a) providing a plurality of powders including at least one lithiated powder including lithium, at least one TM powder including, for more than 95.0% of its mass, a transition metal chosen from titanium; cobalt, manganese, nickel, niobium, tin, iron and mixtures thereof, and at least one chalcogen powder including, for more than 95.0% of its mass, a chalcogen element chosen from sulfur, selenium, tellurium and mixtures thereof, (b) preparing a particulate mixture by mixing all the powders of the plurality or by mixing one of the powders of the plurality with a milled material obtained by; milling a particulate assembly formed by mixing at least two of the other powders of the plurality, and (c) milling the particulate fixture to form the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Yagmur Celasun, Jean-Francois Colin, Sebastien Martinet, David Peralta
  • Patent number: 11522219
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, the composition including: a first oligomer represented by Formula 1; a second oligomer including a first repeating unit which is represented by Formula 2a and derived from a styrene monomer; a polymerization initiator; a lithium salt; and a non-aqueous solvent, a gel polymer electrolyte prepared using the same, and a lithium secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hoon Lee, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Jeong Woo Oh, Chul Haeng Lee
  • Patent number: 11495790
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to produce a cathode mixture with which the charge and discharge capacities of a sulfur battery can be increased. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a method for producing a cathode mixture used in a sulfur battery, wherein the cathode mixture is produced by a mechanical milling treatment of a raw material mixture comprising: Li2S, LiX, in which X is selected from F, Cl, Br, or I, and MxSy, in which M is selected from P, Si, Ge, B, Al, or Sn, x and y is an integer that gives electric neutrality to S according to the kind of M; a cathode active material including an elemental sulfur; and a conductive auxiliary material including a carbon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masafumi Nose
  • Patent number: 11417904
    Abstract: Provided are membranes useful for electrochemical or fuel cells. A membrane may be formed of or include a sulfonated polymer whereby the sulfonated polymer is covalently or ionically associated with a multi-nitrogen containing heterocyclic molecule. The resulting membranes possess excellent ion conductivity and selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CAMX Power LLC
    Inventor: Jack Treger
  • Patent number: 11380936
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gel polymer electrolyte for a lithium-air battery containing a zwitterion salt in a specific amount and to a lithium-air battery including the same and thus having a prolonged battery lifetime, thereby suppressing volatilization of the electrolyte and imparting the lithium-air battery with interfacial stability by inhibiting the formation of dendrites at a lithium anode and suppressing side reactions between the lithium anode and the liquid electrolyte. Moreover, the use of the zwitterion salt can improve the lithium-ion transference number, thereby increasing the lifetime of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, INDUSTRY-UNIV COOPERATION FDN. HANYANG UNIV
    Inventors: Jun Ki Rhee, Hyun Sik Woo, Dong Won Kim
  • Patent number: 11342581
    Abstract: A ceramic powder material which contains an LLZ-based garnet-type compound represented by Li7?3xAlxLa3Zr2O12 (where x satisfies 0?x?0.3) and in which a main phase of a crystal phase undergoes phase transition from a tetragonal phase to a cubic phase in the process of raising a temperature from 25° C. to 1050° C. and the main phase is the cubic phase even after the temperature is lowered to 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: DAIICHI KIGENSO KAGAKU KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadahiro Niwa
  • Patent number: 11322740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite electrolyte for a secondary battery, having a multi-layer structure, the composite electrolyte comprising: a first electrolyte layer positioned toward a cathode part; and a second electrolyte layer positioned toward an anode part, wherein each of the first electrolyte layer and the second electrolyte layer comprises a polymer base and ceramic particles, and the first electrolyte layer and the second electrolyte layer are formed of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SEVEN KING ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae-Kwang Kim
  • Patent number: 11302961
    Abstract: Described herein are semi-solid polymer electrolytes (SSPEs) based on a polymer backbone incorporating a flame-retardant crosslinker and fluorinated counterions that are useful in the production of high energy rechargeable lithium metal batteries. The described SSPEs are not liquid electrolytes, are not solid state electrolytes (SSEs), and are differentiated from standard state-of-the-art gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs). The described SSPEs are formed from a first solvent, an optional second solvent, a crosslinker, a lithium salt, and an initiator. The unique coordination structure of the described SSPEs yields non-flammable, low-volatility, non-vaporizable, high Coulombic efficiency (CE), stable solid-electrolyte-interphase (SEI)-forming electrochemical devices, such as lithium metal rechargeable batteries, that are easily adaptable to existing mass-production lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Storagenergy Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Junhua Song, Feng Zhao, Jinyun Liao, Rui Zhang, Joel Kirner
  • Patent number: 11289735
    Abstract: An electrolyte composition, a method of fabricating the same, and an energy storage device with the electrolyte composition are provided. The method of fabricating an electrolyte composition has steps of: mixing a modified polyoxyethylene-based material and a siloxane-based material in a solvent to form a mixture in which a tail end of a group of the modified polyoxyethylene-based material has an amine group; and heating the mixture at a temperature ranging from 50 to 60° C. for a time ranging from 3 to 5 hours for obtaining an electrolyte composition, where the electrolyte composition is formed by bonding the amine group of the modified polyoxyethylene-based material to the siloxane-based material. The electrolyte composition enables conductive ions to conduct in an electrolyte easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shih-ting Hsu, Hsisheng Teng, Sheng-shu Hou, Yu-hsien Tseng, Bo-hsiung Wu, Subramani Ramesh, Thanh Binh Tran, Thi Tuyet Hanh Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11251467
    Abstract: Described herein are additives for use in electrolytes that provide a number of desirable characteristics when implemented within batteries, such as high capacity retention during battery cycling at high temperatures. In some embodiments, a high temperature electrolyte includes a base electrolyte and one or more polymer additives, which impart these desirable performance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Cheng, Jinhua Huang, Ye Zhu
  • Patent number: 11251463
    Abstract: A method of preparing a sintered solid electrolyte includes (a) coprecipitating a mixed solution including a lanthanum precursor, a zirconium precursor, a gallium precursor, a complexing agent, and a pH adjuster to provide a solid electrolyte precursor; (b) washing and drying the solid electrolyte precursor to provide a washed and dried solid electrolyte precursor; (c) mixing the washed and dried solid electrolyte precursor with a lithium source to provide a mixture; (d) calcining the mixture to provide a calcined solid electrolyte, which is a gallium (Ga)-doped lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (LLZO), as represented by Chemical Formula 1 below, LixLayZrzGawO12,??Chemical Formula 1 where 5?x?9, 2?y?4, 1?z?3, and 0<w?4; and (e) sintering the calcined solid electrolyte at a temperature ranging from 1,000° C. to 1,300° C. to provide the sintered solid electrolyte, wherein a ratio (M1:M2) of moles (M1) of lithium element to moles (M2) of gallium element ranges from 6.7:0.1 to 5.8:0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
    Inventors: Ho Sung Kim, Min Young Kim, Seung Hoon Yang, Da Hye Kim, Hye Min Ryu, Ha Young Jung
  • Patent number: 11201332
    Abstract: Provided is a sulfide all-solid-state battery configured to suppress hydrogen sulfide generation and decrease battery resistance, wherein the sulfide all-solid-state battery comprises a cathode comprising a cathode layer, an anode comprising an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer; wherein the sulfide all-solid-state battery comprises a composite electroconductive material containing a porous electroconductive material and a basic material; wherein the basic material is contained in pores of the porous electroconductive material; and wherein the composite electroconductive material is contained in at least one of the cathode layer and the anode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki Osada
  • Patent number: 11081737
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell including a getter material, a battery including the electrochemical cell, and methods of forming the electrochemical cell and battery are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Viking Power Systems Pte, Ltd.
    Inventors: Craig Downie, Robert Ellis Doe, David Eaglesham
  • Patent number: 11063291
    Abstract: A sulfide-based solid electrolyte contains a nickel (Ni) element and a halogen element. For example, a sulfide-based solid electrolyte can include, with respect to 100 parts by mole of a mixture of lithium sulfide (Li2S) and diphosphorus pentasulfide (P2S5), 5 parts by mole to 20 parts by mole of nickel sulfide (Ni3S2), and 5 parts by mole to 40 parts by mole of lithium halide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Ju Young Sung, Ho Taek Lee, Jae Min Lim, Yong Jun Jang
  • Patent number: 10840505
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of providing an apparatus, the apparatus comprising: an electrode comprising metal; an anode comprising a composite of halide salt and conductive carbon based material wherein the anode is deposited on the electrode; a cathode comprising metal; and a solid electrolyte provided between the cathode and the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Salvatore Zarra, Di Wei
  • Patent number: 10833368
    Abstract: Thermotropic ionic liquid crystal molecules, comprising a so-called rigid part, a so-called flexible part bonded covalently, directly or via a spacer, to said rigid part, and one or more ionic groups bonded covalently to said rigid part. Said molecules can be used as electrolytes in an electrochemical device, in particular a lithium-ion battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Lionel Picard, Gerard Gebel, Melody Leclere, Hakima Mendil, Patrice Rannou
  • Patent number: 10818968
    Abstract: A method of preparing a gallium-doped LLZO solid electrolyte includes (a) preparing a solid electrolyte precursor slurry by subjecting a mixed solution comprising a metal aqueous solution including lanthanum (La), zirconium (Zr) and gallium (Ga), a complexing agent and a pH controller to coprecipitation; (b) preparing a solid electrolyte precursor by washing and drying the solid electrolyte precursor slurry; (c) preparing a mixture by mixing the solid electrolyte precursor with a lithium source; (d) preparing a gallium-doped LLZO solid electrolyte represented by Chemical Formula 1 below by calcining the mixture at 600 to 1,000° C.; and (e) thereafter sintering the solid electrolyte represented by Chemical Formula 1 at 1,000 to 1,300° C. By adjusting amounts of starting materials and controlling flow rates of supplied materials, a high-precision cubic structure with improved sintering properties is obtained and ionic conductivity of the solid electrolyte is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
    Inventors: Ho Sung Kim, Seung Hoon Yang, Min-young Kim, Ha Young Jung, Da Hye Kim
  • Patent number: 10818967
    Abstract: Provided are a solid electrolyte composition including an active material, a first sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte, and a second sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte having a composition different from that of the first sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte, in which the first sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte contains a halogen element and has a crystal phase at least in part, and the active material and the first sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte are in contact with each other, an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery for which the solid electrolyte composition is used, and methods for manufacturing an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kaga, Hiroaki Mochizuki, Tomonori Mimura
  • Patent number: 10784012
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of producing a sulfide solid electrolyte material which includes a preparing process of preparing composite particles including a solid solution including a Li2S component and a LiBr component; an addition process of adding the composite particles and a phosphorus source to a reaction chamber; and a milling process in which a mechanical milling treatment is performed on the composite particles and the phosphorus source in the reaction chamber while thermal energy is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takuo Yanagi
  • Patent number: 10673095
    Abstract: Electrolytes and electrochemical cells include a novel ionic liquid having a quaternary cation and a boron cluster anion. In some versions, the boron cluster anion will be a functionalized or unfunctionalized icosahedral boranyl or carboranyl anion. Electrochemical cells have an electrolyte including the ionic liquid. In some versions, the ionic liquid is used as a solvent to dissolve an ionic shuttle salt for transport of active material, with an optional co-solvent. Methods to synthesize the ionic liquid include contacting a boron cluster salt with a quaternary salt to form the ionic liquid by a metathesis reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Monash University
    Inventors: Rana Mohtadi, Oscar Tutusaus, Douglas R. MacFarlane, Mega Kar
  • Patent number: 10665396
    Abstract: A supercapacitor according to the present invention includes a negative carbon-comprising electrode which does not intercalate sodium, and a positive carbon-comprising electrode. An electrolyte composition comprises sodium hexafluorophosphate and a non-aqueous solvent comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether. The supercapacitor has an electrochemical voltage window of from +0.0 V to 3.5 V (full cell voltage). The electrolyte has an electrochemical voltage window of from +0.05 V to 3.9 V vs. Na/Na+. A method of making and a method of operating a supercapacitor is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Rose E. Ruther, Frank M. Delnick, Jagjit Nanda
  • Patent number: 10553900
    Abstract: A precursor composition of a gel electrolyte is provided, which includes (1) meta-stable nitrogen-containing polymer, (2) gelling promoter, (3) carbonate compound, and (4) metal salt. The (1) meta-stable nitrogen-containing polymer is formed by reacting (a) nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound with (b) maleimide compound, wherein (a) nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and (b) maleimide compound have a molar ratio of 1:0.1 to 1:10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yueh-Wei Lin, Jason Fang, Wei-Hsin Wu, Chung-Hsiang Chao, Chih-Ching Chang
  • Patent number: 10529997
    Abstract: A redox flow battery includes first and second electrodes, a separator separating the first and second electrodes, an active material, an electrolytic solution containing a redox species, and a circulation mechanism. The active material is insoluble in the electrolytic solution. The circulation mechanism circulates the electrolytic solution between the first electrode and the active material. The redox species performs oxidation and reduction at the first electrode and is oxidized and reduced by the active material. The circulation mechanism includes an electrolytic solution container containing the active material and a permeation preventing unit. The electrolytic solution is brought into contact with the active material in the electrolytic solution container, and the redox species is oxidized and reduced by the active material. The permeation preventing unit is disposed adjacent the outlet for the electrolytic solution of the electrolytic solution container and prevents permeation of the active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuhiko Hojo
  • Patent number: 10333164
    Abstract: Methods and systems for removing impurities from electrolyte solutions having three or more valence states. In some embodiments, a method includes electrochemically reducing an electrolyte solution to lower its valence state to a level that causes impurities to precipitate out of the electrolyte solution and then filtering the precipitate(s) out of the electrolyte solution. In embodiments in which the electrolyte solution is desired to be at a valence state higher than the precipitation valence state, a method of the disclosure includes oxidizing the purified electrolyte solution to the target valence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Vionx Energy Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph T. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10326166
    Abstract: An example of a gel electrolyte precursor includes a lithium salt, a solvent, a fluorinated monomer, a fluorinated crosslinker, and an initiator. Another example of a gel electrolyte precursor includes a lithium salt, a solvent, and a fluorinated monomer, wherein the fluorinated monomer is methyl 2-(trifluoromethyl) acrylate, tert-butyl 2-(trifluoromethyl)acrylate, or a combination thereof. A gel electrolyte formed from either gel electrolyte precursor may be incorporated into a lithium-based battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Li Yang, Mei Cai, Martin S. Ruthkosky, Bing Li
  • Patent number: 10252232
    Abstract: A method for efficiently producing fine particles in a complex state from a plurality of raw material components is provided. The method includes spraying a good solvent solution made from a good solvent and the plurality of raw material components dissolved in the good solvent into a poor solvent having a temperature of at least 165° C. higher than the boiling point of the good solvent and evaporating off the good solvent and precipitating a plurality of fine particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takuo Yanagi
  • Patent number: 10020535
    Abstract: A method for producing a sulfide glass ceramic, including reacting a lithium compound, a phosphorus compound and a halogen compound in a solvent that contains a hydrocarbon and an ether compound to produce a sulfide glass that contains a Li element, a P element, a S element and one or more halogen elements, and heating the sulfide glass to produce a sulfide glass ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Sato, Takayoshi Kambara, Takumi Tanaka, Hirokazu Kawaoka, Takuo Yanagi, Takayoshi Doi, Takayuki Uchiyama, Shigenori Hama
  • Patent number: 9419279
    Abstract: A solid vanadium rechargeable battery, including; a first vanadium compound containing vanadium, whose oxidation number changes between 2 and 3 due to oxidation and reduction reactions, or solid vanadium salt or complex salt including such vanadium, and a surface that becomes a negative electrode; a second vanadium compound containing vanadium, whose oxidation number changes between 5 and 4 due to reduction and oxidation reactions, or solid vanadium salt or complex salt including such vanadium, and a surface that becomes a positive electrode; and a separator sandwiched between the first and the second vanadium compounds for selectively allowing ions to pass through, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tomoo Yamamura, Xiongwei Wu, Isamu Sato, Hiroki Sakuraba, Kenji Shirasaki, Suguru Ohta
  • Patent number: 9214709
    Abstract: A hybrid energy storage system (ESS) includes a first energy storage device including a battery having an impedance for providing a substantially constant power output, and a second energy storage device linked to the first energy storage and including a high power electrochemical double layer capacitor (EDLC) for providing intermittent bursts of high voltage output in a range of 1.5 to 3.0 volts, wherein an operation rating of the second energy source is within a temperature range between 75 degrees Celsius and 330 degrees Celsius while exhibiting a leakage current less than 1 amp per liter of volume over the range of operating temperatures and at a voltage up to a rated voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: CastCAP Systems Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Cooley, Riccardo Signorelli
  • Publication number: 20150132638
    Abstract: An electrolyte sheet including an electrolyte layer that includes electrolyte particles and a binder, and a base material stacked on the electrolyte layer, wherein the electrolyte particles have an ionic conductivity of 1.0×10?5 S/cm or more; the ratio of the electrolyte particles relative to the total weight of the electrolyte particles and the binder is 50 wt % or more and 99.5 wt % or less; and, after transferring the electrolyte layer in a transfer test, the electrolyte particles and the binder do not remain on the base material, and the electrolyte layer is transferred to an object without peeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitomi Adachi, Hiroyuki Tamura, Toshiaki Tsuno
  • Patent number: 8999589
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material has an average particle diameter of 4.5 to 15.5 ?m and a specific surface area of 0.13 to 0.80 m2/g. A positive electrode mixture layer contains a silane coupling agent and/or at least one of aluminum, titanium, or zirconium based coupling agent having an alkyl or alkoxy groups having 1 to 18 carbon atoms at a content of 0.003% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less with respect to the mass of the positive electrode active material. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains a fluorinated cyclic carbonate esters at a content of 0.3% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte. Thus the nonaqueous secondary battery in which, when used with a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a fluorinated cyclic carbonate esters, cycle characteristics are good and nail penetration characteristics are superior is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kentaro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8980214
    Abstract: A difluorophosphate effective as an additive for a nonaqueous electrolyte for secondary battery is produced by a simple method from inexpensive common materials. The difluorophosphate is produced by reacting lithium hexafluorophosphate with a carbonate in a nonaqueous solvent. The liquid reaction mixture resulting from this reaction is supplied for providing the difluorophosphate in a nonaqueous electrolyte comprising a nonaqueous solvent which contains at least a hexafluorophosphate as an electrolyte lithium salt and further contains a difluorophosphate. Also provided is a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery employing this nonaqueous electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Kato, Hirofumi Suzuki, Jun Sasahara, Hitoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150064091
    Abstract: A process for preparing difluorophosphate comprising reacting difluorophosphoric acid with at least one salt, as a raw material, selected from a halide salt, a carbonate, a phosphate, a hydroxide and an oxide of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or an onium in the difluoraphosphoric acid, then separating a precipitate from the difluorophosphoric acid by solid-liquid separation, the precipitate being precipitated by crystallization operation in the difluorophosphoric acid, and removing the difluorophosphoric acid contained in the precipitate by distillation to obtain difluorophosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nishida, Kazuhiko Shogami, Tomoya Satoh
  • Publication number: 20140377644
    Abstract: A nonaqueous solvent that includes an ionic liquid and has at least one of the following characteristics: high lithium ion conductivity, high lithium ion conductivity in a low temperature environment, high heat resistance, a wide available temperature range, a low freezing point (melting point), low viscosity, and the like. The nonaqueous solvent includes an ionic liquid and a fluorinated solvent. The ionic liquid contains an alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation which has a substituent and a counter anion to the alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation which has the substituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Jun ISHIKAWA, I, Rie YOKOI, Satoshi SEO, Toru ITAKURA, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Kaori OGITA
  • Publication number: 20140315080
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for manufacturing a polymer electrolyte separator based on a fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite, said process comprising: (i) providing a mixture of: —at least one fluoropolymer comprising recurring units derived from at least one (meth)acrylic monomer [monomer (MA)] of formula (I): wherein each of R1, R2, R3, equal or different from each other, is independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 hydrocarbon group, and ROH is a C1-C5 hydrocarbon moiety comprising at least one hydroxyl group [polymer (F)]; —at least one metal compound [compound (M)] of formula: X4-mAYm wherein m is an integer from 1 to 4, A is a metal selected from the group consisting of Si, Ti and Zr, Y is a hydrolysable group, X is a hydrocarbon group, optionally comprising one or more functional groups; and —at least one electrolyte (E); and —at least one liquid plasticizer (S); (ii) reacting at least a fraction of hydroxyl groups of the ROH groups of said monomer (MA) of said polymer (F) with at l
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Julio A. Abusleme, Riccardo Pieri, Paolo Fossati
  • Patent number: 8858837
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte comprising a eutectic mixture formed of: (a) an amide group-containing compound; and (b) a lithum-free ionizable salt. An electrochemical device comprising the electrolyte is also disclosed. The electrolyte improves the quality of and electrochemical device due to the excellent conductivity of the metal cation contained in the eutectic mixture, a broad electrochemical window and low viscosity. Additionally, since the eutectic mixture has excellent thermal and chemical stability, it is possible to solve the problems of evaporation, exhaustion and ignition of electrolytes, to minimize side reactions between constitutional elements of the device and the electrolyte, and to improve the safety of the electrochemical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Seung Oh, Byoung Bae Lee, Jae Duk Park, Ji Won Park
  • Publication number: 20140295260
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte with which productivity of a sulfide solid electrolyte having a small average particle diameter can be improved. The present invention is the method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte including a mixing step of mixing a solvent and one or more selected from a group consisting of a sulfide solid electrolyte and a raw material of the sulfide solid electrolyte, thereby obtaining a mixture and a grinding step of mechanically grinding the sulfide solid electrolyte using both a first grinding medium having a diameter of less than 1 mm and a second grinding medium having a diameter of no less than 1 mm at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Sugiura, Miwako Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20140272554
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a sulfide-based solid electrolyte material includes: preparing a raw material mixture, containing LiHS and LiX (X is one of F, Cl, Br and I), from a single lithium source; and desorbing hydrogen sulfide from the LiHS in the raw material mixture to form Li2S and synthesizing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte material from the LiX and the Li2S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuo Yanagi, Takayoshi Doi, Takumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140255772
    Abstract: A method of creating an electrolyte film includes mixing succinonitrile (SCN), lithium salt and crosslinkable polyether addition to form an isotropic amorphous mixture; and crosslinking the crosslinkable polyether to form a cured film, wherein the cured film remains amorphous without undergoing polymerization-induced phase separation or crystallization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Thein Kyu, Mauricio Echerriveri
  • Patent number: 8828603
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrolytic solution; a positive electrode; and a negative electrode, at least one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolytic solution containing an alkyl carbonate represented by the following formula (1) R—O—C(?O)—O—X??(1) wherein R is a linear alkyl group or halogenated alkyl group having a carbon number of from 8 to 20, or a branched alkyl group or halogenated alkyl group having a carbon number of from 8 to 20 in a main chain thereof; and X is an alkali metal element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Yamada, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 8802285
    Abstract: An organic electrolytic solution includes a lithium salt; an organic solvent containing a high dielectric constant solvent; and a polymerizable cycloolefin monomer, and an lithium battery employing the same. The organic electrolytic solution prevents decomposition of an electrolyte, and thus the lithium battery employing the organic electrolytic solution has improved cycle characteristics and lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-gyoon Ryu, Yoon-sok Kang, Dong-joon Lee, Seok-soo Lee, Seung-sik Hwang
  • Publication number: 20140220427
    Abstract: Provided are a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte including i) an electrolyte solution solvent, ii) an ionizable lithium salt, iii) a polymerization initiator, and iv) a monomer having a functional group bondable to metal ions, and a lithium secondary battery including the composition for a gel polymer electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Yu, Doo Kyung Yang, Sun Sik Shin, Song Taek Oh, Yoo Sun Kang, Kyung Mi Lee, Jin Hyun Park, Jung Don Suk