Alkaline Patents (Class 429/206)
  • Patent number: 11990603
    Abstract: A negative electrode material containing a negative electrode active material particle which includes a silicon compound particle containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6). The silicon compound particle contains at least one or more of Li2SiO3 and Li4SiO4, and the negative electrode material further contains at least one of a metal compound particle containing a metal compound and an aggregate of the metal compound particle. The negative electrode material is capable of stabilizing a slurry prepared in production of a negative electrode for a secondary battery, and improving initial charge-discharge characteristics and cycle characteristics when it is used as a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Matsuno, Takakazu Hirose, Kohta Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11784299
    Abstract: A lithium anode of a thermal battery may include a metal alloy foam in which a plurality of pores is formed and including nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), chromium (Cr), and aluminum (Al) mixed in a predetermined composition ratio, and lithium impregnated into the metal alloy foam in a molten state and accommodated in the pores, wherein the chromium in the composition ratio may facilitate the impregnation of the lithium into the pores and reduce the reactivity of the metal alloy foam to the lithium at an operating temperature of the thermal battery, and the aluminum in the composition ratio may facilitate the impregnation of the lithium into the pores and prevent the lithium from penetrating into a surface of the metal alloy foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Yu Song Choi, Tae Young Ahn, Jang Hyeon Cho
  • Patent number: 11757087
    Abstract: Methods are provided for forming an electrode. The method can comprise thermally reducing GeO2 powders at a reducing temperature of 300° C. to 600° C. to produce Ge particles; mixing the Ge particles with an organic binder and a carbon source; and pressing the Ge particles with the binder and the carbon source to form the electrode. Electrodes are also provided that include a plurality of microparticles comprising Ge grains, an organic binder, and a carbon source, wherein the Ge grains comprise cubic Ge and are bonded together to form Ge particles, and wherein the Ge grains define nanopores within the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: University of South Carolina
    Inventors: Xiao-Dong Zhou, Kuber Mishra, Fu-Sheng Ke
  • Patent number: 11581566
    Abstract: One of the objects of the present invention is to suppress a short circuit due to metal deposition in an insulating layer in a secondary battery in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are disposed to face each other via the insulating layer. The secondary battery comprises a battery element including at least one positive electrode 11 and at least one negative electrode 12, and a casing that seals the battery element together with an electrolyte. At least one of the positive electrode 11 and the negative electrode 12 comprises a current collector, an active material layer formed on at least one surface of the current collector, and an insulating layer 112 formed on the surface of the active material layer. The electrolyte comprises an electrolyte component and a crosslinked gelling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Yoshida, Kazuhiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 11499018
    Abstract: A hydrogel has water, a polyvinylsulfonic acid-based polymer, and a polymer matrix containing the water and the polyvinylsulfonic acid-based polymer, in which the polymer matrix contains a copolymer of a monofunctional monomer having one ethylenically unsaturated group and a polyfunctional monomer having 2 to 6 ethylenically unsaturated groups, the copolymer has a hydrophilic group binding to its main chain, the polymer matrix is contained in an amount of 2 to 80 parts by mass in 100 parts by mass of the hydrogel, a polymer derived from the polyfunctional monomer is contained in a proportion of 0.1 to 5 parts by mass in 100 parts by mass of the copolymer, the polyvinylsulfonic acid-based polymer is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 150 parts by mass in 100 parts by mass of the polymer matrix, and the polyvinylsulfonic acid-based polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 200,000 to 3,000,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI PLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Akuta, Koichiro Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11489166
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of making a conductive network by combining uncoated carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotubes coated with an electroactive substance to create an electrically conductive network; and redistributing at least a portion of the electroactive substance. Also provided herein is an electrically conductive network with an active material coating; first carbon nanotubes coated with the active material coating; and second carbon nanotubes partially coated with the active material coating, wherein at least a portion of the surfaces of the second carbon nanotubes directly contact surfaces of other second carbon nanotubes without the active material coating between these second carbon nanotubes, and wherein the first carbon nanotubes and the second carbon nanotubes are entangled to form an electrically conductive network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Wellstat BioCatalysis, LLC
    Inventor: Evgeniya Freydina
  • Patent number: 11482710
    Abstract: Provided herein is a battery and an electrode. The battery may include two electrodes; and an electrolyte, wherein at least one electrode further includes: a nano-scale coated network, which includes one or more first carbon nanotubes electrically connected to one or more second carbon nanotubes to form a nano-scale network, wherein at least one of the one or more second carbon nanotubes is in electrical contact with another of the one or more second carbon nanotubes. The battery may further include an active material coating distributed to cover portions of the one or more first carbon nanotubes and portions of the one or more second carbon nanotubes, wherein a plurality of the one or more second carbon nanotubes are in electrical communication with other second carbon nanotubes under the active material coating. Also provided herein is a method of making a battery and an electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Wellstat BioCatalysis, LLC
    Inventor: Evgeniya Freydina
  • Patent number: 11431060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator arrangement (20) for an electrochemical battery cell (10) comprising an ionically conductive and electrically insulating separator layer (22), characterized in that the separator arrangement (20) further comprises a reduction layer (24) comprising a reductant, wherein the reduction layer (24) has a specific surface area which is in a range of not less than 10 m2/g, preferably of not less than 100 m2/g, for example of not less than 1000 m2/g, and wherein the reduction layer (24) is porous and has an open porosity in a range from not less than 10% to not more than 90%, preferably from not less than 30% to not more than 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthias Schroeder, Calin Iulius Wurm, Martin Manuel Hiller, Franz Fuchs
  • Patent number: 11404745
    Abstract: A separator which is permeable to hydroxide ion, and which contains at least one Dendrite Stopping Substance such as Ni(OH)2, or its precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: AZA HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Didier Guillonnet, Suren Martirosyan
  • Patent number: 11394024
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide nickel cobalt manganese composite hydroxide particles having a small particle diameter and a uniform particle size distribution, and a method for producing the same. A method for producing a nickel cobalt manganese composite hydroxide by a crystallization reaction is provided. The method includes: a nucleation step of performing nucleation by controlling a pH of an aqueous solution for nucleation including metal compounds containing nickel, cobalt and manganese, and an ammonium ion donor to 12.0 to 14.0 in terms of the pH as measured at a liquid temperature of 25° C. as a standard; and a particle growth step of growing nuclei by controlling a pH of an aqueous solution for particle growth containing nuclei formed in the nucleation step to 10.5 to 12.0 in terms of the pH as measured at a liquid temperature of 25° C. as a standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Toya, Shin Imaizumi, Kensaku Mori, Atsushi Fukui, Kenji Ikeuchi, Kazuomi Ryoshi, Toshiyuki Osako, Hiroki Nagai
  • Patent number: 11394082
    Abstract: Provided are electrochemical cells including separators permeable to some materials and impermeable to other materials in electrolytes. Also provide are methods of forming such separators. The selective permeability of a separator is achieved by its specific pore diameter and a narrow distribution of this diameter. Specifically, a species responsible for ion transport in an electrochemical cell are allowed to pass through the separator, while another species is blocked thereby preventing degradation of the cell. For example, a species containing lithium ions is allowed to pass in rechargeable cells, while one or more species containing transition metals are blocked. In some embodiments, a separator may include a membrane layer with at least 90% of pores of this having a diameter of between about 0.1 nanometers and 1.0 nanometer. The membrane layer may be a standalone layer or supported by a membrane support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Sepion Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter David Frischmann, Brett Anthony Helms, Jon-Michael Alessandro
  • Patent number: 11353513
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a primary AA alkaline battery. The primary AA alkaline battery includes an anode; a cathode; an electrolyte; and a separator between the anode and the cathode. The anode includes an electrochemically active anode material. The cathode includes an electrochemically active cathode material. The electrolyte includes potassium hydroxide. The primary AA alkaline battery has an integrated in-cell ionic resistance (Ri) at 22° C. of less than about 39 m?. The separator has a porosity of greater than 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Pozin, Brianna Rose Derooy, Nikolai N. Issaev
  • Patent number: 11325075
    Abstract: There is provided a carbon capture mixed matrix membrane comprising: a polymeric support layer; and a carbon dioxide capture layer in contact with the polymeric support layer, the carbon dioxide capture layer comprising solid porous material with at least one carbon dioxide adsorption site, wherein the polymeric support layer comprises spatially ordered uniform sized pores. The polymeric support layer may be patterned by micro-molding, nanoimprinting, mold-based lithography or other suitable lithographic process. The carbon dioxide capture layer may comprise amine-functionalised material, metal-organic frameworks such as zeolite imidazolate framework 8 (ZIF-8) or copper benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate (Cu-BTC) which may or may not be amine modified. There is also provided a membrane module comprising at least one carbon capture mixed matrix membrane and a method of forming the carbon capture mixed matrix membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN
    Inventors: Mei Chee Tan, Hong Yee Low, Yuanyuan Zhang, Him Cheng Wong
  • Patent number: 11316172
    Abstract: A fuel cell according to the present disclosure includes a flat plate-shaped metal porous body having a framework of a three-dimensional network structure as a gas diffusion layer. The framework is made of metal or alloy. In the metal porous body, a ratio of an average pore diameter in a direction parallel to a gas flow direction to an average pore diameter in a direction perpendicular to the gas flow direction is greater than or equal to 1.4 and less than or equal to 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchida, Junichi Nishimura, Seiji Mabuchi
  • Patent number: 11299052
    Abstract: An industrial truck comprises a drive part comprising a battery compartment and a battery having a cladded exterior surface and is positioned within a housing. The housing is configured to be positioned within the battery compartment. An electrical plug connector is configured to be electrically connected to the battery such that the electrical plug connector is configured to supply power to the battery during a charging process. The electrical plug connector has a plug-in direction for an external electrical plug connector and the plug-in direction has an angle of 20° to 70° relative to a horizontal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Tilman Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 11289702
    Abstract: An electrochemical voltage source has an anode containing lithium, a cathode containing manganese oxide, and a housing. The cathode and the anode are arranged in an interior of the housing and are arranged opposite one another. An electrolyte reservoir in the form of a compressible storage body, which receives an electrolyte, is arranged between the anode and the cathode. The storage body has a first side resting against an end face of the cathode and a second side, which faces away from the first side, and rests against an end face of the anode. The cathode experiences an increase in volume when the voltage source is discharged. The anode experiences a decrease in volume during the discharge. During the discharge, the absolute value of the volume increase of the cathode is at least as great as the absolute value of the volume decrease of the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: LITRONIK Batterietechnologie GmbH
    Inventors: Nico Freyer, Michael Roch, Roland Staub, Tim Traulsen, Gerd Fehrmann
  • Patent number: 11276846
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an electrode, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a lump of mixture bulk; milling the mixture bulk to prepare granular powder having an average particle diameter of 30 micrometers to 180 micrometers; sprinkling the granular powder on the surface of a metal current collector; and rolling the granular powder on the metal current collector to laminate the granular powder on the metal current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Tae Kim, Chang Wan Koo, Sang Hoon Choy
  • Patent number: 11133500
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reversible manganese dioxide electrode, comprising an electrically conductive carrier material having a nickel surface, a nickel layer made of spherical nickel particles adhering to each other and having an inner pore structure applied to the carrier material, and a manganese dioxide layer applied to the nickel particles, wherein the manganese dioxide layer is also present in the inner pore structure of the nickel particle. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a manganese dioxide electrode, the use thereof in rechargeable alkaline-manganese batteries, and a rechargeable alkaline-manganese battery containing a manganese dioxide electrode according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE- UND WASSERSTOFF-FORSCHUNG BADEN- WÜRTTEMBERG GEMEINNÜTZIGE STIFTUNG
    Inventors: Ludwig Jörissen, Jerry Bamfo Asante, Olaf Böse
  • Patent number: 11114665
    Abstract: There is provided is an energy storage device having improved power performance at a relatively large current. In the present embodiment, an energy storage device is provided, which has a negative active material layer containing particulate amorphous carbon, wherein a distribution curve of differential pore volume in the negative active material layer has a peak appearing within the range from 0.1 ?m to 2 ?m inclusive and the differential pore volume at the peak is 0.9 cm3/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Takano, Akihiko Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11081696
    Abstract: The invention is directed towards an electrochemically active cathode material. The electrochemically active cathode includes beta-delithiated layered nickel oxide and an electrochemically active cathode material selected from the group consisting of manganese oxide, manganese dioxide, electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD), chemical manganese dioxide (CMD), high power electrolytic manganese dioxide (HP EMD), lambda manganese dioxide, gamma manganese dioxide, beta manganese dioxide, and mixtures thereof. The beta-delithiated layered nickel oxide has an X-ray diffraction pattern. The X-ray diffraction pattern of the beta-delithiated layered nickel oxide includes a first peak from about 14.9° 2? to about 16.0° 2?; a second peak from about 21.3° 2? to about 22.7° 2?; a third peak from about 37.1° 2? to about 37.4° 2?; a fourth peak from about 43.2° 2? to about 44.0° 2?; a fifth peak from about 59.6° 2? to about 60.6° 2?; and a sixth peak from about 65.4° 2? to about 65.9° 2?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Nelson, David Lloyd Anglin, Mariarosa Brundu, Paul Albert Christian, Thomas C. Richards
  • Patent number: 11043659
    Abstract: A positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer which contains a positive electrode active material and is disposed on the positive electrode current collector. The void ratio of the positive electrode mixture layer is 30% or less, and the void ratio of secondary particles of the positive electrode active material is within a range of 30% or more and 70% or less of the void ratio of the positive electrode mixture layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidekazu Hiratsuka
  • Patent number: 10923760
    Abstract: Provided herein is an electrode assembly of lithium-ion battery, comprising at least one anode, at least one cathode and at least one separator interposed between the at least one anode and at least one cathode, wherein the water content of the electrode assembly is less than 20 ppm by weight, based on the total weight of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: GRST INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kam Piu Ho, Ranshi Wang, Peihua Shen
  • Patent number: 10910674
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery can include a cathode, an anode current collector, an anode comprising zinc, and an electrolyte in ionic communication with both the cathode and the anode current collector. The electrolyte can include an organic ammonium halide. The organic ammonium halide can include an ammonium bromide in some instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW NEW YORK
    Inventors: Xia Wei, Michael Nyce, Gautam G. Yadav, Alexander Couzis, Sanjoy Banerjee
  • Patent number: 10873086
    Abstract: This binder for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery electrodes contains: a copolymer of vinyl alcohol and an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid alkali metal neutralized product; and a polyalkylene oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Erina Takahashi, Shun Hashimoto, Junichi Fujishige
  • Patent number: 10826108
    Abstract: Disclosed or provided are high melt temperature microporous Lithium-ion rechargeable battery separators, shutdown high melt temperature battery separators, battery separators, membranes, composites, and the like that preferably prevent contact between the anode and cathode when the battery is maintained at elevated temperatures for a period of time, methods of making, testing and/or using such separators, membranes, composites, and the like, and/or batteries, Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, and the like including one or more such separators, membranes, composites, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Celgard, LLC
    Inventors: C. Glen Wensley, Carlos R. Negrete, Jill V. Watson
  • Patent number: 10811732
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to pre-lithiation for batteries having silicon anodes. One example embodiment is a method. The method includes applying a voltage across an anode and a cathode of a battery during a formation charging process. The method also includes transferring lithium ions from the cathode to the anode to perform in situ pre-lithiation. A ratio of a capacity of the anode to a capacity of the cathode is less than 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Taisup Hwang, Ramesh C. Bhardwaj
  • Patent number: 10749180
    Abstract: An energy storage device may provide a positive electrode, an electrolyte, and a negative electrode. The energy storage device may utilize an aqueous alkaline electrolyte, which may be nonflammable. The energy storage device may utilize organic material(s) as the negative electrode, such as, but not limited to, poly(anthraquinonyl sulfide) (PAQS), organic carbonyl compounds, organosulfur compounds, redox polymers, or radical polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
    Inventors: Yan Yao, Yanliang Liang
  • Patent number: 10680239
    Abstract: A coated nickel hydroxide powder that has improved dispersibility in a paste to inhibit agglomeration and can be densely packed in a three-dimensional metal porous body in the preparation of a positive electrode for alkaline secondary battery includes nickel hydroxide particles having a coating layer made of a cobalt compound formed on a surface of the nickel hydroxide particles, wherein when 10 mL of water is added to 10 g of the coated nickel hydroxide powder to prepare a suspension, the suspension has a pH of 10.2 or higher (as measured at 25° C.). The coated nickel hydroxide powder obtained through a crystallization step and a coating step is washed in a washing step until an amount of ammonium ions eluted into a suspension obtained by adding 10 mL of water to 10 g of the coated nickel hydroxide powder becomes 0.35 mmol/L or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Okato, Tomomichi Nihei, Hideo Sasaoka
  • Patent number: 10629856
    Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to improve a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in quality. An adhesive tape, an insulator, and an insulating tape each have a color value in the Munsell color system of not less than 3.0 and not more than 9.2 and a chroma in the Munsell color system of not less than 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuichiro Azuma, Takamasa Egawa
  • Patent number: 10601095
    Abstract: An anaerobic aluminum-water electrochemical cell that includes: a plurality of electrode stacks, each electrode stack comprising an aluminum or aluminum alloy anode, and at least one solid cathode configured to be electrically coupled to the anode; a liquid electrolyte between the anode and the at least one cathode; one or more physical separators between each electrode stack adjacent to the cathode; a housing configured to hold the electrode stacks, the electrolyte, and the physical separators; and a water injection port, in the housing, configured to introduce water into the housing. The electrolyte includes a hydroxide base at a concentration of at least 0.05 M to at most 3 M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ian Salmon McKay, Ruaridh R. Macdonald, Thomas B. Milnes
  • Patent number: 10573944
    Abstract: Provided is a method for generating an electrical current. The method includes: introducing water between the anode and at least one cathode of an electrochemical cell, to form an electrolyte; anaerobically oxidizing aluminum or an aluminum alloy at the anode; and electrochemically reducing water at the at least one cathode. The electrochemical cell includes: a plurality of electrode stacks, each electrode stack comprising an anode including the aluminum or aluminum alloy, and at least one cathode configured to be electrically coupled to the anode; one or more physical separators between each electrode stack adjacent to the cathode; a housing configured to hold the electrode stacks, the electrolyte, and the physical separators; and a water injection port in the housing. When the cell is in operation, the concentration of aluminum species in the electrolyte is maintained between at least 0.01 M to at most 0.7 M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ian Salmon McKay, Ruaridh R. Macdonald, Thomas B. Milnes
  • Patent number: 10535901
    Abstract: The invention provides an electrolyte composition which is adapted for use in a rechargeable alkaline electrochemical cell, and especially preferably adapted for use in a rechargeable manganese zinc electrochemical cell, which electrolyte composition imparts improved performance characteristics to the rechargeable alkaline electrochemical cell. The electrolyte composition includes an electrolyte composition in which contains a potassium hydroxide and lithium hydroxide in a concentration and a respective molar ratio of about 1 molar potassium hydroxide to 2.5-3.7 (preferably 1:3) molar lithium hydroxide (1 M KOH:2.5-3.7 M LiOH). Also provided are alkaline electrochemical cells and alkaline batteries comprising the electrolyte compositions. The resultant alkaline electrochemical cells and alkaline batteries exhibit improved performance characteristics, as the electrolyte composition significantly inhibits the passivation of Zn, and may also be useful in this role in other battery chemistries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Daniel Steingart, Benjamin Hertzberg, Mylad Chamoun, Greg Davies, Ying Shirley Meng
  • Patent number: 10490806
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a positive electrode material comprising: a positive electrode active material mixture comprising a positive electrode active material prepared with an active material precursor and a lithium compound, a conductive agent and a binder; and an active material precursor as an additive, in which the active material precursor as the additive is a same substance as the active material precursor as a material of the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Ho Chung, Gyu Ok Hwang, Soo Ji Hwang, Hong Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 10483582
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having high rate capability, and more particularly to devices, systems and methods of producing high capacity and high rate capability batteries having relatively thick semi-solid electrodes. In some embodiments, an electrochemical cell includes an anode and a semi-solid cathode. The semi-solid cathode includes a suspension of an active material of about 35% to about 75% by volume of an active material and about 0.5% to about 8% by volume of a conductive material in a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte. An ion-permeable membrane is disposed between the anode and the semi-solid cathode. The semi-solid cathode has a thickness of about 250 ?m to about 2,000 ?m, and the electrochemical cell has an area specific capacity of at least about 7 mAh/cm2 at a C-rate of C/4. In some embodiments, the semi-solid cathode slurry has a mixing index of at least about 0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: 24M Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yet-Ming Chiang, Mihai Duduta, Richard Holman, Pimpa Limthongkul, Taison Tan
  • Patent number: 10461293
    Abstract: In accordance with at least selected embodiments, novel or improved separator membranes, separators, batteries including such separators, methods of making such membranes and/or separators, and/or methods of using such membranes and/or separators are disclosed or provided. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, an ionized radiation treated microporous polyolefin, polyethylene (PE), copolymer, and/or polymer blend (e.g., a copolymer or blend comprising PE and another polymer, such as polypropylene (PP)) battery separator for a secondary or rechargeable lithium battery and/or a method of making an ionized radiation treated microporous battery separator is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Celgard, LLC
    Inventors: Changqing Wang Adams, Michael Bielmann, Zhengming Zhang
  • Patent number: 10418631
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a printing or spray deposition method for preparing a supported flexible electrode and to a method for manufacturing a lithium-ion battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Davide Beneventi, Didier Chaussy, Oussama El Baradai, Lara Jabbour, Roberta Bongiovanni
  • Patent number: 10411262
    Abstract: An aqueous metal-ion battery and a method for constructing same. In one embodiment, the battery includes an aqueous electrolyte and at least one electrode comprising at least one organic electrode material. A method comprises incorporating an organic electrode material into the electrode of an aqueous metal-ion battery. The organic electrode material further comprises at least one material chosen from carbonyl compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
    Inventors: Yan Yao, Yanliang Liang
  • Patent number: 10381643
    Abstract: An alkaline electrochemical cell, preferably a zinc/air cell which includes a container; a negative electrode, a positive electrode, wherein said negative electrode and said positive electrode are disposed within the container, a separator located between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and an alkaline electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode comprises zinc, and a branched chain fluorosurfactant. The fluorosurfactant is preferably a sulfotricarballylate surfactant with multiple fluorinated end groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Energizer Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Jack W. Marple
  • Patent number: 10361404
    Abstract: Anode formulations and designs for use in biocompatible energization elements are described. In some examples, a field of use for the apparatus may include any biocompatible device or product that requires energization elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick A. Flitsch, Daniel B. Otts, Randall B. Pugh, James Daniel Riall, Adam Toner
  • Patent number: 10340549
    Abstract: A electrolyte is an electrolyte represented by the following formula (1): (Li7?3x+yGax)(La3?yCay)Zr2O12??(1) wherein 0.1?x?1, and 0.01?y?0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamamoto, Tomofumi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10319982
    Abstract: Provided is an iron based electrode comprising a single layer of a conductive substrate coated on at least one side with a coating comprising an iron active material and a binder. The iron based electrode is useful in a Ni—Fe battery as the anode. The electrode can also be prepared by continuously coating each side of the substrate with a coating mixture comprising the iron active material and binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: ENCELL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Randy Gene Ogg
  • Patent number: 10276869
    Abstract: The invention is directed towards an electrochemically active cathode material. The electrochemically active cathode includes beta-delithiated layered nickel oxide. The beta-delithiated layered nickel oxide has an X-ray diffraction pattern. The X-ray diffraction pattern of the beta-delithiated layered nickel oxide includes a first peak from about 14.9°2? to about 16.0°2?; a second peak from about 21.3°2? to about 22.7°2?; a third peak from about 37.1°2? to about 37.4°2?; a fourth peak from about 43.2°2? to about 44.0°2?; a fifth peak from about 59.6°2? to about 60.6°2?; and a sixth peak from about 65.4°2? to about 65.9°2?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Nelson, David Lloyd Anglin, Mariarosa Brundu, Paul Albert Christian
  • Patent number: 10263257
    Abstract: Provided herein is electrode assembly for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising at least one anode, at least one cathode and at least one separator interposed between the at least one anode and at least one cathode, wherein the at least one anode comprises an anode current collector and an anode electrode layer, and the at least one cathode comprises a cathode current collector and a cathode electrode layer, wherein each of the cathode and anode electrode layers independently has a void volume of less than 35%, and wherein each of the at least one cathode and anode independently has a peeling strength of 0.15 N/cm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: GRST International Limited
    Inventors: Kam Piu Ho, Ranshi Wang, Peihua Shen
  • Patent number: 10249857
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a plurality of battery cells each including a cell tab and a bus bar connected to the cell tabs of adjacent battery cells. The bus bar including a pair of 180 degree bend regions that each define a channel for receiving a respective cell tab and a cut-out region defining an opening having opposing edge portions that allows direct access to the cell tab within the cut-out region. A weld line connects the cell tab to at least one of the opposing edge portions within the cut-out region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Steven Daniel Lorentz, Chih-chang Chen, Wayne W. Cai, Nikolay Kondratyev, Roger M. Brisbane
  • Patent number: 10249891
    Abstract: Provided are an electrolyte-circulating battery in which electrolytes are unlikely to be oxidized and are easily cooled, a heat exchanger in which a corrosive liquid flowing through the inside thereof is unlikely to be oxidized and is easily cooled, and a pipe in which a corrosive liquid flowing through the inside thereof is unlikely to be oxelectrolyte-circulating batteryidized, and which is suitable for cooling the corrosive liquid. The electrolyte-circulating battery includes a battery cell and a circulation passage configured to circulate an electrolyte into the battery cell. The circulation passage includes a complex duct, and the complex duct includes a tubular main body composed of a resin and an oxygen block layer disposed on a periphery of the main body and composed of an organic material that has a lower oxygen transmission rate than the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsuo Ikeuchi
  • Patent number: 10230086
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inexpensive separator having excellent heat resistance and causing no contraction even in a high temperature circumstance nor short circuit while maintaining a high porosity. This separator is characterized in that the flat surfaces of scaly particles are oriented in the extending direction of the surface of the separator, the scaly particles being arranged in layers in the thickness direction of the separator, and fibrous materials are interposed among the scaly particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Juichi Ino, Atsushi Asada
  • Patent number: 10217992
    Abstract: High energy rechargeable batteries employing catalyzed molten nitrate positive electrodes and alkali metal negative electrodes are disclosed. Novel and advantageous aspects of the present invention are enabled by the provision catalytically active materials that support the reversible formation of NO3? from O2? and NO2? during battery charging. Such catalytically active materials allow highly efficient cycling and selectively eliminate irreversible side reactions that occur when cycling without such catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Liox Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan D. Addison, Vyacheslav Bryantsev, Gregory V. Chase, Vincent Giordani, Jasim Uddin, Wesley Walker
  • Patent number: 10177382
    Abstract: An additive for a positive electrode material includes an internal component and an external component. The internal component contains a silane coupling agent modified inorganic lithium salt. The external component is formed on a surface of the internal component and contains a polymer with a low melting point. The internal component and the external component form a core-shell structure together, and the shell has a porosity of 0.01% to 20%. A positive electrode material and a lithium-ion battery including the additive, and method of preparing the lithium-ion battery are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaoyan Han, Shicai Li, Zhongchun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10170776
    Abstract: A fuel cell module includes combustion gas channel members connected to a combustor and extending upward along the fuel cell stack. The combustion gas channel members have combustion gas channels, and combustion gas ejection holes. A combustion gas produced in the combustor flows through the combustion gas channels upward, and the combustion gas ejection holes are connected to the combustion gas channels for releasing the combustion gas toward side surfaces of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Homma, Keiji Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 10147975
    Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes an aqueous electrolyte solution and has a high discharge capacity. The lithium ion secondary battery includes an anode layer including an anode active material, a cathode layer including a cathode active material, and an electrolyte solution including a solvent and an electrolyte, wherein the anode active material includes elemental sulfur, the cathode active material includes Li element, such as a Li-containing compound, the solvent includes water as a main component, the electrolyte includes lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, and the electrolyte solution includes no less than 10 mol of the lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide per 1 kg of the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suyama, Hideki Nakayama, Nozomu Kobayashi