Chemically Specified Inorganic Electrochemically Active Material Containing Patents (Class 429/218.1)
  • Patent number: 11916227
    Abstract: A multilayer body is provided that is used as the negative electrode of a lithium-ion secondary battery that has a high capacity and is excellent in terms of safety, economic efficiency, and cycle characteristics. The multilayer body has a conductive substrate and a composite layer provided on the conductive substrate. The composite layer includes a plurality of particles of silicon oxide and a conductive substance present in gaps between the plurality of particles of silicon oxide. The average particle diameter of the particles of silicon oxide is 1.0 ?m or less. The multilayer body further has a conductive layer that is provided on the composite layer and contains a conductive substance. The conductive layer has a thickness of 20 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mikito Mamiya, Junji Akimoto
  • Patent number: 11824189
    Abstract: This application relates to anode compositions and methods of making and using the same. In particular, the anode compositions are preferably layered. Preferably, the methods of making the anode compositions comprise a surfactant mediated assembly of layers. The anode compositions have improved structural integrity and capacity while reducing capacity fade due to cycling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF REGENTS
    Inventors: David R. Salem, Chunhui Chen, Abdulmenan Hussein
  • Patent number: 11791461
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composite silicon negative electrode material. The composite silicon negative electrode material comprises a nano silicon (1), a nano composite layer (5) coated on the surface of the nano silicon, and a conductive carbon layer (4) uniformly coated outside the nano composite layer (5). The nano composite layer (5) is a silicon oxide (2) and a metal alloy (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BTR NEW MATERIAL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng He, Sheng Li, Min Yue, Eming Guo
  • Patent number: 11769905
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a cathode including elemental selenium, elemental sulfur, or selenium-sulfur containing composite; a negative electrode; a separator; and an electrolyte including a poly(alkyleneoxide) siloxane; and a salt; wherein a concentration of the salt in the electrolyte is sufficient to minimize dissolution of polysulfides/polyselenides formed during cycling of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Gui-Liang Xu, Jianzhao Liu, Zonghai Chen, Khalil Amine
  • Patent number: 11742490
    Abstract: A battery includes a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator; and an intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is provided between the positive electrode and the separator and includes one or both of a fluororesin and a particle. The positive electrode has a positive electrode active material layer including a fluorine-based binder having a melting point of 166° C. or less, and a content of the fluorine-based binder in the positive electrode active material layer is from 0.5% by mass to 2.8% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Horiuchi, Nobuyuki Iwane
  • Patent number: 11721808
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of carbon-deposited alkali metal oxyanion and the use thereof as cathode material in lithium secondary batteries wherein the process comprises synthesis of partially reacted alkali metal oxyanion, a wet-based nanomilling step, a drying step and a subsequent carbon deposition step performed by a thermal CVD process. The invention also relates to carbon deposited alkali metal oxyanion with less than 80 ppm of sulfur impurities for the preparation of a cathode of lithium secondary batteries with exceptional high-temperature electrochemical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventor: Christophe Michot
  • Patent number: 11705555
    Abstract: Electrolyte materials for use in electrochemical cells, electrochemical cells comprising the same, and methods of making such materials and cells, are generally described. In some embodiments, the materials, processes, and uses described herein relate to electrochemical cells comprising sulfur and lithium such as, for example, lithium sulfur batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Igor P. Kovalev
  • Patent number: 11699802
    Abstract: Self-charging electrochemical cells, including self-charging batteries that incorporate such self-charging electrochemical cells, the electrochemical cells including a cathode including a cathode active material, an electrolyte including a solvent and a salt dissolved in the solvent, the electrolyte being in contact with the cathode, where the cathode active material is transformed into a discharge product during or after a discharge of the self-charging electrochemical cell and a solubility of the cathode active material in the electrolyte is less than a solubility of the discharge product in the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: WATTRII, INC.
    Inventor: Jangwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11670754
    Abstract: A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a first positive active material including a secondary particle including at least two agglomerated primary particles, where at least one part of the primary particles has a radial arrangement structure, as well as a second positive active material having a monolith structure, wherein the first and second positive active materials may each include nickel-based positive active materials and the surface of the second positive active material is coated with a boron-containing compound. Further embodiments provide a method of preparing the positive active material, and a rechargeable lithium battery including a positive electrode including the positive active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pilsang Yun, Jongmin Kim, Hyunbeom Kim, Sangin Park, Yongchan You
  • Patent number: 11658289
    Abstract: A negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material including a negative electrode active material particle. The negative electrode active material particle includes a silicon compound particle including a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6). The silicon compound particle includes crystalline Li2SiO3 in at least part of the silicon compound particle. Among a peak intensity A derived from Li2SiO3, a peak intensity B derived from Si, a peak intensity C derived from Li2Si2O5, and a peak intensity D derived from SiO2 which are obtained from a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum of the silicon compound particle, the peak intensity A is the highest intensity, and the peak intensity A and the peak intensity C satisfy a relationship of the following formula 1: Formula 1: 3C<A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Hiromichi Kamo
  • Patent number: 11631841
    Abstract: Methods of preparing an electrode material can include providing silicon particles, forming a mixture comprising the silicon particles dispersed in a solvent, and forming a suspension by adding metal alkoxide or metal aryloxide to the mixture. The methods can also include evaporating the solvent in the suspension to form metal alkoxide or metal aryloxide coated silicon particles. The methods can further include heating the coated silicon particles to form metal oxide coated silicon particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Enevate Corporation
    Inventors: Liwen Ji, Rahul R. Kamath, Ian Russell Browne, Benjamin Yong Park
  • Patent number: 11616258
    Abstract: A cell formation system for lithium containing secondary batteries includes a population of formation clusters, each formation cluster includes a connector configured for connecting to a lithium containing secondary battery, a charging module connected to the connector and configured to charge the battery, a pre-lithiation module connected to the connector and configured to diffuse lithium to electrode active material layers of the battery, a discharging module connected to the connector and configured to discharge the battery, and a communication interface for communicatively coupling the formation cluster to a central controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Enovix Corporation
    Inventor: Ross M. Fosler
  • Patent number: 11600846
    Abstract: Disclosed is an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery excellent in cycle characteristics. The battery may be an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery, wherein an anode comprises anode active material particles, an electroconductive material and a solid electrolyte; wherein the anode active material particles comprise at least one active material selected from the group consisting of elemental silicon and SiO; and wherein a BET specific surface area of the anode active material particles is 1.9 m2/g or more and 14.2 m2/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Otaki, Norihiro Ose, Shigenori Hama, Kazuyuki Taniguchi, Yoshiyasu Yamada, Tetsuo Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11594716
    Abstract: A negative electrode active 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 has three or more peaks in a chemical shift value ranging from ?40 ppm to ?120 ppm but has no peak in a chemical shift value within a range of ?65±3 ppm in a spectrum obtained from 29Si-MAS-NMR of the silicon compound particle. This provides a negative electrode active material capable of improving cycle characteristics when it is used as a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Kohta Takahashi, Takumi Matsuno, Reiko Sakai, Yusuke Osawa
  • Patent number: 11594764
    Abstract: An all solid battery includes a solid electrolyte layer, a first electrode structure that has a structure in which a first electric collector layer of which a main component is a conductive material is sandwiched by two first electrode layers including an active material, and a second electrode structure that has a structure in which a second electric collector layer of which a main component is a conductive material is sandwiched by two second electrode layers including an active material. Roughness of interfaces between the first electric collector layer and the two first electrode layers and/or roughness of interfaces between the second electric collector layer and the two second electrode layers is larger than roughness of interfaces between the solid electrolyte layer, and the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer sandwiching the solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chie Kawamura, Kotaro Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11569494
    Abstract: A method of making a positive electrode includes forming a slurry of particles using an electrode formulation, a diluent, and oxalic acid, coating the slurry on a collector and drying the coating on the collector to form the positive electrode. The electrode formulation includes an electrode active material, a conductive carbon source, an organic polymeric binder, and a water soluble polymer. The diluent consists essentially of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CPS TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Qiang Luo, Junwei Jiang, Yongkyu Son, Bernhard M. Metz, Patrick T. Hurley
  • Patent number: 11569546
    Abstract: An energy storage module includes: a cover member accommodating a plurality of battery cells in an internal receiving space, each of the battery cells including a vent; a top plate coupled to a top of the cover member and including a duct corresponding to the vent of at least one of the battery cells; a top cover coupled to a top of the top plate and having an exhaust area corresponding to the duct, the exhaust area having a plurality of discharge openings, the top cover including a protrusion protruding from a bottom surface of the top cover, the protrusion extending around a periphery of the exhaust area and around a distal end of the duct; and an extinguisher sheet between the top cover and the top plate, the extinguisher sheet being configured to emit a fire extinguishing agent at a reference temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Taek Kim, Eun Ok Kwak, Jang Hoon Kim, Jin Bhum Yun, Jong Yeol Woo, Kwang Deuk Lee, Woo Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 11539038
    Abstract: A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a first positive active material including a secondary particle including at least two agglomerated primary particles, where at least one part of the primary particles has a radial arrangement structure, as well as a second positive active material having a monolith structure, wherein the first and second positive active materials may each include nickel-based positive active materials and the surface of the second positive active material is coated with a boron-containing compound. Further embodiments provide a method of preparing the positive active material, and a rechargeable lithium battery including a positive electrode including the positive active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pilsang Yun, Jongmin Kim, Hyunbeom Kim, Sangin Park, Yongchan You
  • Patent number: 11539047
    Abstract: A positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode active material layer that is provided on the positive electrode current collector and that includes a positive electrode active material, a conductive auxiliary agent, and a binder. A surface of the positive electrode active material layer has a reflectance Rc in a range of 2.0?Rc?12.0% at a wavelength of 550 nm. A lithium ion secondary battery includes: the positive electrode; a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer that is provided on the negative electrode current collector and that includes a negative electrode active material; a separator; and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. A surface of the negative electrode active material layer has a reflectance Ra in a range of 7.5?Ra?16.0% at a wavelength of 550 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keitaro Otsuki, Tetsu Sato, Masahiro Saegusa
  • Patent number: 11508988
    Abstract: Metal electrodes, more specifically lithium-containing anodes, high performance electrochemical devices, such as secondary batteries, including the aforementioned lithium-containing electrodes, and methods for fabricating the same are provided. In one implementation, an anode electrode structure is provided. The anode electrode structure comprises a current collector comprising copper, a lithium metal film formed on the current collector, a copper film formed on the lithium metal film, and a protective film formed on the copper film. The protective film is a lithium-ion conducting film selected from the group comprising lithium-ion conducting ceramic, a lithium-ion conducting glass, or ion conducting liquid crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: Subramanya P. Herle
  • Patent number: 11482703
    Abstract: A positive-electrode active material precursor for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided that includes a nickel-cobalt-manganese carbonate composite represented by general formula NixCoyMnzMtCO3 (where x+y+z+t=1, 0.05?x?0.3, 0.1?y?0.4, 0.55?z?0.8, 0?t?0.1, and M denotes at least one additional element selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ca, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, and W) and a hydrogen-containing functional group, wherein H/Me representing the ratio of the amount of hydrogen to the amount of metal components Me included in the positive-electrode active material precursor is greater than or equal to 1.60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kikoo Uekusa, Satoshi Matsumoto, Masao Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11462743
    Abstract: Batteries having a metal interlayer that acts as an ion conductor are provided, as well as methods of forming the same. The metal interlayer can include, for example, palladium, platinum, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, gold, silver, or a combination thereof, and can act as a conductor while also inhibiting the transport of other species that would produce byproduct films and cause capacity degradation in the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventor: Bilal M. El-Zahab
  • Patent number: 11456488
    Abstract: An all solid type three-dimensional (“3D”) battery may include a cathode collector, a cathode structure in contact with the cathode collector, an electrolyte structure in contact with the cathode structure, an anode structure in contact with the electrolyte structure, the anode structure not being in contact with the cathode structure and the cathode collector, and an anode collector in contact with the anode structure, where the electrolyte structure is in contact with the cathode collector around the cathode structure. An entirety of a surface of the cathode structure which is used for a battery operation may be in contact with the cathode collector and the electrolyte structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huisu Jeong, Hwiyeol Park, Kyounghwan Kim, Hojung Yang, Sungjin Lim, Jin S. Heo
  • Patent number: 11450844
    Abstract: A battery electrode composition is provided that comprises composite particles. Each composite particle may comprise, for example, active fluoride material and a nanoporous, electrically-conductive scaffolding matrix within which the active fluoride material is disposed. The active fluoride material is provided to store and release ions during battery operation. The storing and releasing of the ions may cause a substantial change in volume of the active material. The scaffolding matrix structurally supports the active material, electrically interconnects the active material, and accommodates the changes in volume of the active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SILA NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gleb Yushin, Bogdan Zdyrko, Alexander Jacobs, Eugene Berdichevsky
  • Patent number: 11450843
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a material comprising at least silicon particles and silicon nanowires, said process comprising: (1) introducing, into a chamber of a reactor, at least: silicon particles, and a catalyst, (2) introducing, into the chamber, a precursor composition comprising at least a silane compound or a mixture of silane compounds as precursor compound of the silicon nanowires, (3) decreasing the content of molecular oxygen in the chamber, (4) applying a heat treatment to the chamber at a temperature ranging from 270° C. to 600° C., and (5) recovering the material comprising at least silicon particles and silicon nanowires. A material based on silicon particles and on silicon nanowires and its use for manufacturing electrodes, notably anodes, which can be used in an energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: ENWIRES
    Inventors: Olga Burchak, Laurent Puech
  • Patent number: 11437626
    Abstract: A lithium metal secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a protective layer interposed between the negative electrode and the separator. The protective layer includes an additive, wherein the additive comprises a mixture of hexagonal boron nitride (BN) flakes with an ionomer having a sulfur (S)-containing anionic group and fluorine (F).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Keon Yoon, Sol-Ji Park, Hyun-Woong Yun, Kyoung-Ho Ahn, Hoe-Jin Hah
  • Patent number: 11430989
    Abstract: An anode active material of a lithium-ion battery is provided. The active material of the anode of the lithium-ion battery includes silicon, tin and copper-zinc alloy, in which tin is substantially in an elemental state. Moreover, an anode of a lithium-ion battery is provided. The anode of the lithium-ion battery includes the active material as mentioned above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Daxin Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Jui-Shen Chang, Yun-Shan Lo, Kuo-Cheng Huang
  • Patent number: 11431035
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a secondary battery is provided, which includes an electrolytic solution, and a positive electrode and a negative electrode which are immersed in the electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution contains water, an electrolyte salt, and at least one kind of an organic solvent with a relative permittivity of not more than 42. The relative permittivity of the electrolytic solution fractionated when converted according to a volume fraction is not more than 78.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Hotta, Shinsuke Matsuno, Hayato Seki, Norio Takami
  • Patent number: 11424447
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery is provided having a secondary particle formed by agglomerating a plurality of polycrystalline primary particles including a lithium composite metal oxide of Chemical Formula 1, wherein an average crystallite size of the primary particle is 180 to 400 nm, a particle size D50 of the primary particle is 1.5 to 3?m, and the primary particle is doped or surface-coated with at least one element M selected from the group consisting Al, Ti, Mg, Zr, Y, Sr, and B in an amount of 3,800 to 7,000 ppm: Lia(NixMnyCozAw)O2+b ??[Chemical Formula 1].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Younguk Park, Tae Gu Yoo, Jintae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung, Sungbin Park
  • Patent number: 11411213
    Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a composite carbon particle including a core particle including crystalline-based carbon and a coating layer positioned on the surface of the core particle and including amorphous carbon. A peak intensity (I1620) at 1620 cm?1 ranges from about 0.01 to about 0.1, a peak intensity (I1360) at 1360 cm?1 ranges from about 0.05 to about 0.5, and a peak intensity (I1580 at 1580 cm?1 ranges from about 0.1 to about 0.8 in a Raman spectrum of the composite carbon particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Yeon Won, Kyeu-Yoon Sheem, Dae-Seop Lim, Sung-Hwa Eo, Jung-Wook Cha
  • Patent number: 11398624
    Abstract: Large-scale anodes containing high weight percentages of silicon suitable for use in lithium-ion energy storage devices and batteries, and methods of manufacturing the same, are described. The anode material described herein can include a film cast on a current collector substrate, with the film including a plurality of active material particles and a conductive polymer membrane coated over the active material particles. In some embodiments, the conductive polymer membrane comprises polyacrylonitrile (PAN). The method of manufacturing the anode material can include preparation of a slurry including the active material particles and the conductive polymer material, casting the slurry on a current collector substrate, and subjecting the composite material to drying and heat treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Evans, Daniela Molina Piper
  • Patent number: 11387458
    Abstract: The present invention provides a carbon fiber aggregate that is characterized by comprising carbon fibers in which crystallite interplanar spacing (d002) measured using X-ray diffraction is 0.3400 nm or more, the average liber diameter being 10-900 nm, and the powder volume resistivity being 4.00×10?2 ?·cm or less when the packing density is 0.8 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuki Yachi, Asami Kanematsu, Shinya Komura, Takahiro Daido
  • Patent number: 11374258
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte composition that provides better charging/discharging performance when used in a cell than a conventional electrolyte composition. The present invention relates to an electrolyte composition containing an alkali metal salt, at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyether polymer, a (meth)acrylic polymer, a nitrile polymer, and a fluoropolymer, and an ion dissociation accelerator. The composition has an alkali metal salt concentration of 1.8 mol/kg or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-ya Shibata, Motohiro Arakawa
  • Patent number: 11349119
    Abstract: Electroactive materials having a nitrogen-containing carbon coating and composite materials for a high-energy-density lithium-based, as well as methods of formation relating thereto, are provided. The composite electrode material includes a silicon-containing electroactive material having a substantially continuous nitrogen-containing carbon coating formed thereon. The method includes contacting the silicon-containing electroactive material and one or more nitrogen-containing precursor materials and heating the mixture. The one or more nitrogen-containing precursor materials include one or more nitrogen-carbon bonds and during heating the nitrogen of the one or more nitrogen-carbon bonds with silicon in the silicon-containing electroactive material to form the nitrogen-containing carbon coating on exposed surfaces of the silicon-containing electroactive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Ion C. Halalay, Timothy J. Fuller, Michael P. Balogh
  • Patent number: 11342583
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte composition that provides better charging/discharging performance when used in a cell than a conventional electrolyte composition. The present invention relates to an electrolyte composition containing an alkali metal salt, at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyether polymer, a (meth)acrylic polymer, a nitrile polymer, and a fluoropolymer, and an ion dissociation accelerator. The composition has an alkali metal salt concentration of 1.8 mol/kg or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-ya Shibata, Motohiro Arakawa
  • Patent number: 11335908
    Abstract: A battery includes an anode, an electrolyte including a solvent and at least one ion conducting salt, and a cathode including a metal halide salt incorporated into an electrically conductive material. The electrolyte is in contact with the anode, the cathode, and an oxidizing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jangwoo Kim, Young-Hye Na, Robert D. Allen
  • Patent number: 11329323
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a secondary battery is provided to improve a manufacturing efficiency of a non-rectangular electrode. The manufacturing method is provided for a secondary battery and includes forming the non-rectangular electrode. The step of forming the electrode includes, prior to forming an electrode precursor by applying an electrode material layer raw material to a metal sheet material that becomes a current collector, controlling a wettability of a local portion of a surface of the metal sheet material to the electrode material layer raw material and forming a wettability control region in the local portion. The local portion becomes a cutaway region of the non-rectangular electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Retsu Tahara, Toru Kawai, Masato Fujioka, Takuya Kenko, Masahiro Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11316205
    Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes at least a positive electrode, a separator, a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, and a negative electrode. The separator is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The first intermediate layer is arranged between the separator and the negative electrode. The second intermediate layer is arranged between the first intermediate layer and the negative electrode. The first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer are each a porous layer. The first intermediate layer contains at least a metal organic framework. The second intermediate layer is electrically insulating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Takeda
  • Patent number: 11316165
    Abstract: There is provided a solid-state battery layer structure which may include an anode current collector metal layer, an anode layer arranged on the anode current collector metal layer, a solid electrolyte layer arranged on the anode layer laterally, a cathode layer arranged on the solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode current collector metal layer, and a plurality of nanowire structures comprising silicon and/or gallium nitride, wherein said nanowire structures are arranged on the anode layer and, wherein said nanowire structures are laterally and vertically enclosed by the solid electrolyte layer, wherein the anode layer comprises silicon and a plurality of metal vias connecting the plurality of nanowire structures with the anode current collector metal layer. Methods for producing solid-state battery layer structures are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Epinovatech AB
    Inventor: Martin Andreas Olsson
  • Patent number: 11309536
    Abstract: Silicon particles for use in an electrode in an electrochemical cell are provided. The silicon particles may have outer regions extending about 20 nm deep from the surfaces, the outer regions comprising an amount of aluminum such that a bulk measurement of the aluminum comprises at least about 0.01% by weight of the silicon particles. The bulk measurement of the aluminum may provide the amount of aluminum present at least in the outer regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: ENEVATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Jill R. Pestana, Xiaohua Liu, Frederic Bonhomme
  • Patent number: 11309534
    Abstract: High capacity silicon based anode active materials are described for lithium ion batteries. These materials are shown to be effective in combination with high capacity lithium rich cathode active materials. Supplemental lithium is shown to improve the cycling performance and reduce irreversible capacity loss for at least certain silicon based active materials. In particular silicon based active materials can be formed in composites with electrically conductive coatings, such as pyrolytic carbon coatings or metal coatings, and composites can also be formed with other electrically conductive carbon components, such as carbon nanofibers and carbon nanoparticles. Additional alloys with silicon are explored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Zenlabs Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Herman A. Lopez, Yogesh Kumar Anguchamy, Haixia Deng, Yongbong Han, Charan Masarapu, Subramanian Venkatachalam, Sujeet Kumar
  • Patent number: 11296325
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrode for a secondary battery including a current collector having an electrode tab protruding outward to at least one outer peripheral side thereof, an electrode mixture layer formed on the current collector, and an electrode protecting layer applied on the electrode mixture layer, wherein the electrode protecting layer includes a conductive material and a binder to supplement conductivity of the electrode mixture layer and prevent separation of the electrode mixture layer from the current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jeong Gil Kim, Hyo Sik Kim, Jeong Ho Ha, Ji Eun Lee, Sol Nip Lee
  • Patent number: 11283075
    Abstract: An object is to reduce variation in shape of crystals that are to be formed. Solutions containing respective raw materials are made in an environment where an oxygen concentration is lower than that in air, the solutions containing the respective raw materials are mixed in an environment where an oxygen concentration is lower than that in air to form a mixture solution, and with use of the mixture solution, a composite oxide is formed by a hydrothermal method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Miwa, Kuniharu Nomoto, Junpei Momo
  • Patent number: 11283069
    Abstract: Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising fluorinated cyclic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Enevate Corporation
    Inventors: Liwen Ji, Benjamin Yong Park
  • Patent number: 11283060
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material contains a negative electrode active material particle which includes a silicon compound particle containing a silicon compound that contains oxygen. The silicon compound particle contains a Li compound, and at least part of Si constituting the silicon compound particle is present in at least one state selected from oxide of Si2+ to Si3+ containing no Li, and compound containing Li and Si2+ to Si3+. A negative electrode active material is capable of increasing battery capacity and improving cycle characteristics and initial charge-discharge characteristics when the negative electrode active material is used for a secondary battery. A mixed negative electrode active material contains the negative electrode active material. A method produces a negative electrode active material particle which enables production of the negative electrode active material particle to be contained in the negative electrode active material as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Takumi Matsuno, Reiko Sakai, Kohta Takahashi, Hidekazu Awano
  • Patent number: 11276853
    Abstract: Electrodes, energy storage devices using such electrodes, and associated methods are disclosed. In an example, an electrode for use in an energy storage device can comprise porous disks comprising a porous material, the porous disks having a plurality of channels and a surface, the plurality of channels opening to the surface; and a structural material encapsulating the porous disks; where the structural material provides structural stability to the electrode during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Donald S. Gardner, Charles W. Holzwarth, Bum Ki Moon, Yang Liu, Priyanka Pande, Shanthi Murali, Nicolas Cirigliano, Zhaohui Chen
  • Patent number: 11248307
    Abstract: To form graphene to a practically even thickness on an object having an uneven surface or a complex surface, in particular, an object having a surface with a three-dimensional structure due to complex unevenness, or an object having a curved surface. The object and an electrode are immersed in a graphene oxide solution, and voltage is applied between the object and the electrode. At this time, the object serves as an anode. Graphene oxide is attracted to the anode because of being negatively charged, and deposited on the surface of the object to have a practically even thickness. A portion where graphene oxide is deposited is unlikely coated with another graphene oxide. Thus, deposited graphene oxide is reduced to graphene, whereby graphene can be formed to have a practically even thickness on an object having surface with complex unevenness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Oguni, Takeshi Osada, Toshihiko Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11251433
    Abstract: The invention is directed in a first aspect to electron-conducting porous compositions comprising an organic polymer matrix doped with nitrogen atoms and having elemental sulfur dispersed therein, particularly such compositions having an ordered framework structure. The invention is also directed to composites of such S/N-doped electron-conducting porous aromatic framework (PAF) compositions, or composites of an S/N-doped mesoporous carbon composition, which includes the S/N-doped composition in admixture with a binder, and optionally, conductive carbon. The invention is further directed to cathodes for a lithium-sulfur battery in which such composites are incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Dai, Xiao-Guang Sun, Xiqing Wang, Richard T. Mayes
  • Patent number: 11251470
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte containing aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode is provided with a negative electrode current collector having a compound including aluminum, and a negative electrode active material including titanium on a granule surface of the negative electrode current collector. A ratio of an atomic concentration of aluminum atoms to sum of atomic concentrations of aluminum atoms and titanium atoms on a surface of the negative electrode ({Al atomic concentration/(Al atomic concentration+Ti atomic concentration)}×100) is 3 atm % or more and 30 atm % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yumiko Sekiguchi, Shinsuke Matsuno, Norio Takami
  • Patent number: 11251420
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of making core-shell and yolk-shell nanoparticles, and to electrodes comprising the same. The core-shell and yolk-shell nanoparticles and electrodes comprising them are suitable for use in electrochemical cells, such as fluoride shuttle batteries. The shell may protect the metal core from oxidation, including in an electrochemical cell. In some embodiments, an electrochemically active structure includes a dimensionally changeable active material forming a particle that expands or contracts upon reaction with or release of fluoride ions. One or more particles are at least partially surrounded with a fluoride-conducting encapsulant and optionally one or more voids are formed between the active material and the encapsulant using sacrificial layers or selective etching. When the electrochemically active structures are used in secondary batteries, the presence of voids can accommodate dimensional changes of the active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Nam Hawn Chou, Kaoru Omichi, Ryan McKenney, Qingmin Xu, Christopher Brooks, Simon C. Jones, Isabelle M. Darolles, Hongjin Tan