Vanadium (v), Chromium (cr), Niobium (nb), Molybdenum (mo), Titanium (ti), Or Tungsten (w) Component Is Active Material Patents (Class 429/231.5)
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Patent number: 8313719Abstract: The present invention provides for the preparation of an “optimized” VPO4 phase or V—P—O/C precursor. The VPO4 precursor is an amorphous or nanocrystalline powder. The V—P—O/C precursor is amorphous in nature and contains finely divided and dispersed carbon. Throughout the specification it is understood that the VPO4 precursor and the V—P—O/C precursor materials can be used interchangeably to produce the final vanadium phosphates, with the V—P—O/C precursor material being the preferred precursor. The precursors can subsequently be used to make vanadium based electroactive materials and use of such precursor materials offers significant advantages over other processes known for preparing vanadium phosphate compounds.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Valence Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Barker, Aiden Bryan, Paul Burns, Richard Gover
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Publication number: 20120288763Abstract: A cathode active material comprising a composition represented by the following general formula (1): LiaM1xM2yM3zPmSinO4??(1) wherein M1 is at least one kind of element selected from the group of Mn, Fe, Co and Ni; M2 is any one kind of element selected from the group of Ti, V and Nb; M3 is at least one kind of element selected from the group of Zr, Sn, Y and Al; “a” satisfies 0<a?1; “x” satisfies 0<x?2; “y” satisfies 0<y<1; “z” satisfies 0?z<1; “m” satisfies 0?m<1; and “n” satisfies 0<n?1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Koji OHIRA, Motoaki NISHIJIMA
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Patent number: 8309242Abstract: A battery cell including: an anode configured to operate as a source of cations during discharge of the battery cell; and an electrolyte configured to transport the cations from the anode to the a cathode during discharge of the battery cell, wherein the cathode includes material that is configured to enable the reversible insertion of transported cations during discharge of the battery cell and that has optical properties that are dependent upon cation insertion and that is viewable by a user.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2009Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Di Wei, Zoran Radivojevic, Chris Bower, Piers Andrew, Teuvo Tapani Ryhänen
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Patent number: 8309253Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound characterized by having a one-dimensional tunnel structure and being represented by the chemical formula H2Ti12O25, a method for manufacturing the same, and a lithium secondary battery containing, as a constituent thereof, an electrode produced by using the novel titanium oxide as an active material, and expected to demonstrate superior charge/discharge cycle characteristics over a long period of time as well as high capacity.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Junji Akimoto, Norihito Kijima, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Yasuhiko Takahashi, Yasushi Idemoto
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Publication number: 20120282521Abstract: An electrode active material, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electrode and a lithium battery adopting the same. The electrode active material includes a core capable of occluding and emitting lithium; and a surface treatment layer formed on at least a portion of a surface of the core, wherein the surface treatment layer includes a lithium-free oxide having a spinel structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.Inventors: Won-chang CHOI, Jin-hwan Park
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Publication number: 20120282530Abstract: An energy storage device includes a first electrode comprising a first material and a second electrode comprising a second material, at least a portion of the first and second materials forming an interpenetrating network when dispersed in an electrolyte, the electrolyte, the first material and the second material are selected so that the first and second materials exert a repelling force on each other when combined. An electrochemical device, includes a first electrode in electrical communication with a first current collector; a second electrode in electrical communication with a second current collector; and an ionically conductive medium in ionic contact with said first and second electrodes, wherein at least a portion of the first and second electrodes form an interpenetrating network and wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes comprises an electrode structure providing two or more pathways to its current collector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Yet-Ming Chiang, William Douglas Moorehead
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Patent number: 8298707Abstract: A positive active material including a compound expressed by a general formula LimMxM?yM?zO2 (here, M designates at least one kind of element selected from Co, Ni and Mn, M? designates at least one kind of element selected from Al, Cr, V, Fe, Cu, Zn, Sn, Ti, Mg, Sr, B, Ga, In, Si and Ge, and M? designates at least one kind of element selected from Mg, Ca, B and Ga. Further, x is designated by an expression of 0.9?x<1, y is indicated by an expression of 0.001?y?0.5, z is indicated by an expression of 0?z?0.5, and m is indicated by an expression of 0.5?m) and lithium manganese oxide expressed by a general formula LisMn2-tMatO4 (here, the value of s is expressed by 0.9?s, the value of t is located within a range expressed by 0.01?t?0.5, and Ma indicates one or a plurality of elements between Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Al, Sn, Cr, V, Ti, Mg, Ca, Sr, B, Ga, In, Si and Ge) are included, so that both a large capacity and the suppression of the rise of temperature of a battery upon overcharging operation are achieved.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takehiko Tanaka, Yosuke Hosoya, Yoshikatsu Yamamoto, Kiyohiko Suzuki, Keizo Koga
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Publication number: 20120270108Abstract: In one aspect, an anode active material is provided. The anode active material may include a crystalline carbon-based material that includes a core having a lattice spacing d002 of about 0.35 nm or more, and titanium-based oxide particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang-Su Shin, Jae-Myung Kim, So-Ra Lee, Ui-Song Do, Beom-Kwon Kim
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Publication number: 20120270104Abstract: A lithium transition metal oxide powder for use in a rechargeable battery is disclosed, where the surface of the primary particles of said powder is coated with a first inner and a second outer layer, the second outer layer comprising a fluorine-containing polymer, and the first inner layer consisting of a reaction product of the fluorine-containing polymer and the primary particle surface. An example of this reaction product is LiF, where the lithium originates from the primary particles surface. Also as an example, the fluorine-containing polymer is either one of PVDF, PVDF-HFP or PTFE. Examples of the lithium transition metal oxide are either one of —LiCOdMeO2, wherein M is either one or both of Mg and Ti, with e<0.02 and d+e=1; —Li+aM?1?aO2±bM1kSm with ?0.03?a?0.06, b<0.02, M? being a transition metal compound, consisting of at least 95% of either one or more elements of the group Ni, Mn, Co, Mg and Ti; M1 consisting of either one or more elements of the group Ca, Sr, Y, La, Ce and Zr, with 0?k?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Jens Paulsen, Randy De Palma, HeonPyo Hong, KyuBo Kim
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Patent number: 8293408Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode including, as an active material, a titanium-containing oxide having a crystal structure belonging to the P4332 space group, which titanium-containing oxide can be carried on one or both surfaces of a current collector; and a non-aqueous electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroki Inagaki, Keigo Hoshina, Norio Takami
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Patent number: 8293409Abstract: The method for making an active material according to the invention comprises a step of contacting an aqueous solution containing a metal-fluoro complex with a carbon material. The active material comprises a carbon material and a metal oxide particle group supported directly on the surface of the carbon material.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: TDK CorporationInventor: Hisashi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8287772Abstract: A method of making nanostructured alloy particles includes milling a millbase in a pebble mill containing milling media. The millbase comprises: (i) silicon, and (ii) at least one of carbon or a transition metal, and wherein the nanostructured alloy particles are substantially free of crystalline domains greater than 50 nanometers in size. A method of making a negative electrode composition for a lithium ion battery including the nanostructured alloy particles is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Dinh B. Le, Mark N. Obrovac, Robert Y. Kube, James R. Landucci
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Publication number: 20120258362Abstract: An electrode active material, a method of preparing the electrode active material, an electrode including the electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrode; the electrode active material comprising a core active material; and a coating layer formed on a surface of the core active material, wherein the coating layer comprises a composition including a compound represented by Formula 1 below and a carbonaceous material, or a first coating layer including a carbonaceous material and a second coating layer including the compound represented by Formula 1 below: LixMy(PO4)z, ??Formula 1 where M is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, a group 13 element, a group 14 element, a transition metal, a rare earth element, and combinations thereof; 1?x?3, 0?y?3, and 1?z?3.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.Inventors: Sang-kook MAH, Gue-sung KIM
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Publication number: 20120251886Abstract: A battery electrode composition is provided that comprises a composite material comprising one or more nanocomposites. The nanocomposites may each comprise a planar substrate backbone having a curved geometrical structure, and an active material forming a continuous or substantially continuous film at least partially encasing the substrate backbone. To form an electrode from the electrode composition, a plurality of electrically-interconnected nanocomposites of this type may be aggregated into one or more three-dimensional agglomerations, such as substantially spherical or ellipsoidal granules.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATIONInventors: Gleb Nikolayevich Yushin, Kara Linn Evanoff, Oleksandr Magazynskyy
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Publication number: 20120251887Abstract: A novel Magnéli phase nanomaterial with carbon coating is disclosed. The present Magnéli phase material, which can form a nanowire, a nanobelt, a nanoparticle, a nanocrystal, or a nanosheet, includes at least a Magnéli phase core having a substoichiometric composition of titanium oxide having a formula TinO2n-1, where n is between 4 and 10, and at least a carbon-based outer shell surrounding the Magnéli phase core. The shape-features of the carbon-coated Magnéli phase material of the present invention ensure that at least one dimension of it is nanoscale, and therefore has a high surface area. By having the high surface area, the Faradaic reaction can be processed more efficiently, and consequently attain higher capacity, higher power-density, and cycling stability. The present disclosure further encompasses a method of synthesizing these nanoscale Magnéli phase materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLCInventor: Wei-Qiang Han
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Patent number: 8277964Abstract: An energy storage system includes a vanadium redox battery that interfaces with a control system to optimize performance and efficiency. The control system calculates optimal pump speeds, electrolyte temperature ranges, and charge and discharge rates. The control system instructs the vanadium redox battery to operate in accordance with the prescribed parameters. The control system further calculates optimal temperature ranges and charge and discharge rates for the vanadium redox battery.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2005Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: JD Holding Inc.Inventor: Timothy David John Hennessy
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Patent number: 8277979Abstract: An anode composite material includes an anode active material particle having a surface and a continuous aluminum phosphate layer. The continuous aluminum phosphate layer is coated on the surface of the anode active material particle. The present disclosure also relates to a lithium ion battery that includes the cathode composite material.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xian-Kun Huang, Xiang-Ming He, Chang-Yin Jiang, Dan Wang, Jian Gao, Jian-Jun Li
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Publication number: 20120244442Abstract: According to one embodiment, a battery active material includes a complex oxide containing Nb and Ti and an element M. In the active material, the molar ratio (M/Ti) of the element M to Ti satisfies the following formula (I): 0<M/Ti?0.5 (I). In the complex oxide containing Nb and Ti, the molar ratio (Nb/Ti) of Nb to Ti satisfies the following formula (II): 0?Nb/Ti?5 (II). The element M is at least one selected from the group consisting of B, Na, Mg, Al, Si, S, P, K, Ca, Mo, W, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, and Fe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventors: Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami, Hiroki Inagaki, Yorikazu Yoshida
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Publication number: 20120244440Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery, which includes: a negative electrode including a silicon-based negative active material; a positive electrode (including a positive active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium, and a conductive material including a fiber shaped material and a non-fiber shaped material), wherein a weight per unit area of the positive electrode (which is a loading level (LL) of the positive electrode) is about 20 mg/cm2 to 100 mg/cm2; and a non-aqueous electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventors: Nathan Lee, Ung-Kuk Heo, Seung-Ho Na
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Patent number: 8268482Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an internal resistance of 10 m? or less as an alternating-current impedance value of 1 kHz, comprises a metal outer container, a nonaqueous electrolyte contained in the container, a positive electrode contained in the container, a negative electrode contained in the container, a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, a negative electrode lead having one end connected to the negative electrode, and a negative electrode terminal attached to the outer container so as to be connected electrically to the other end of the negative electrode lead, at least the surface of the negative electrode terminal which is connected to the negative electrode lead being formed of aluminum alloy with an aluminum purity of less than 99 wt. % containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cr, Mn, Cu, Si, Fe and Ni.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Norio Takami, Hiroki Inagaki, Yoshinao Tatebayashi
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Patent number: 8268486Abstract: A positive electrode includes a current collector and a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material including a core including a compound LiaCO1-bMbO2 and a surface-treatment layer. In the core compound, 0.95?a?1.1, 0.002?b?0.02, and M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra, Sc, Y, Ti, Zr, Hf, Rf, V, Nb, Ta, Db, Cr, Mo, W, Sg, Tc, Re, Bh, Fe, Ru, Os, Hs, Rh, Ir, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, B, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, P, As, Sb, Bi, S, Se, Te, Po. The surface-treatment layer includes a compound including element of P, and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra, Sc, Y, Ti, Zr, Hf, Rf, V, Nb, Ta, Db, Cr, Mo, W, Sg, Tc, Re, Bh, Fe, Ru, Os, Hs, Rh, Ir, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, B, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, S, Se, Te, Po.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2007Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Duck-Chul Hwang, Yong-Chul Park, Jeom-Soo Kim, Jae-Yul Ryu, Jong-Hwa Lee, Euy-Young Jung, So-Hyun Hur
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Publication number: 20120231339Abstract: Disclosed are a negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including lithium silicide having a I41-a crystalline phase structure, a method of manufacturing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung Soo Park, Yong-Sun Won, Jae-Hak Lee
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Publication number: 20120231344Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that can be charged at high voltage and suppress capacity deterioration after charged storage in a high temperature environment. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery 10 includes a positive electrode sheet 11, a negative electrode sheet 12, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a separator 13, and the positive electrode active material has a potential of 4.35 to 4.60 V based on lithium. The positive electrode sheet 11 has a surface provided with an inorganic particle layer. The separator 13 has an average pore size of 0.15 ?m or more and 0.3 ?m or less. It is preferable that the inorganic particle layer provided to the surface of the positive electrode sheet 11 contain titanium oxide or aluminum oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2010Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Okushi, Yukihiro Oki, Masato Iwanaga
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Patent number: 8263261Abstract: Disclosed are an active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery usable as a power source for backup, which has a large battery capacity and which may prevent the increase in the internal resistance after a storage test; and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the active material. The active material is used as a positive electrode active material or a negative electrode active material of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and this is prepared by adding at least one additive element selected from a group consisting of Al, B, Nb, Ti and W to molybdenum dioxide; and the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises the active material.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanobu Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8263264Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material having a Lithium ion insertion potential of 0.4 V (vs. Li/Li+) or more. The separator is provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator has a porosity of 50% or more and a pore diameter distribution in which a median diameter is larger than a mode diameter. The porosity and the pore diameter distribution are measured by mercury porosimetry. A surface roughness of the negative electrode is larger than the mode diameter.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2010Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yumi Fujita, Hiroki Inagaki, Hidesato Saruwatari, Norio Takami
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Publication number: 20120225354Abstract: Disclosed are a positive active material for a lithium secondary battery, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. In particular, the positive active material has a carbon sheet having a structure including 1 to 200 polycyclic nano sheets comprising a plurality of hexagonal rings each having six carbon atoms condensed and substantially aligned in a plane containing the hexagonal rings, the polycyclic nano sheets layered in a vertical direction to the plane containing the hexagonal rings; and an olivine-based compound particle disposed on the surface of the carbon sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Han-Eol Park, Sun-Hwa Kwon, Ji-Hyun Kim, Ki-Hyun Kim, Yong-Chan You, Yoon-Chang Kim
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Patent number: 8257871Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The electrolyte includes: a cyclic ester; an organic solvent including a nitrile-containing solvent represented by Formula 1 at a content ranging from 1 to 5% by volume; and a lithium salt, R—C?N??(1) wherein R is selected from the group consisting of a C1 to C10 aliphatic hydrocarbon, a C1 to C10 halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbon, a C6 to C10 aromatic hydrocarbon, and a C6 to C10 halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon. The electrolyte can improve swelling characteristics and discharge capacity characteristics at a low temperature, and realize equal or better performance in characteristics such as capacity, life span and the like, as compared to a conventional carbonate-containing electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2007Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Na-Rae Park, Jin-Bum Kim, Jin-Sung Kim, Yong-Shik Kim
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Patent number: 8257866Abstract: Provided are examples of electrochemically active electrode materials, electrodes using such materials, and methods of manufacturing such electrodes. Electrochemically active electrode materials may include a high surface area template containing a metal silicide and a layer of high capacity active material deposited over the template. The template may serve as a mechanical support for the active material and/or an electrical conductor between the active material and, for example, a substrate. Due to the high surface area of the template, even a thin layer of the active material can provide sufficient active material loading and corresponding battery capacity. As such, a thickness of the layer may be maintained below the fracture threshold of the active material used and preserve its structural integrity during battery cycling.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Amprius, Inc.Inventors: Ghyrn E. Loveness, William S. DelHagen, Rainer Fasching, Song Han, Zuqin Liu
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Patent number: 8257847Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery whose potential can be rapidly increased immediately after the start of overcharge, thereby terminating charging before a safety valve is actuated. This object can be solved by a lithium secondary battery comprising: a cathode having a phosphate compound of olivine structure as a cathode active material, an anode, a separator sandwiched between the cathode and the anode, an electrolyte comprising a supporting salt dissolved therein, and a safety valve having a valve-opening pressure within the range of 25 kgf/cm2 to 30 kgf/cm2, wherein assuming that the initial amount of Li contained in the cathode is 100, the initial amount of Li contained in the electrolyte is within the range of 5 to 20.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2007Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroki Awano
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Patent number: 8257867Abstract: Nanocomposite materials comprising a metal oxide bonded to at least one graphene material. The nanocomposite materials exhibit a specific capacity of at least twice that of the metal oxide material without the graphene at a charge/discharge rate greater than about 10C.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Jun Liu, Ilhan A. Aksay, Daiwon Choi, Donghai Wang, Zhenguo Yang
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Publication number: 20120219861Abstract: It is an object to provide a cathode active material and a cathode which can attain a lithium ion secondary battery with high capacity and high security, and further to provide the lithium ion secondary battery with high capacity and high security. According to the present invention, the cathode active material is represented by the following composition formula: Li1.1+xNiaM1bM2cO2 wherein M1 represents Co, or Co and Mn; M2 represents Mo, W or Nb; ?0.07?x?0.1; 0.6?a?0.9; 0.05?b?0.38; and 0.02?c?0.06.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Hiroaki Konishi, Masanori Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20120219862Abstract: The present invention provides a Li3V2(PO4)3-based positive active material for a lithium secondary battery, which has high discharge capacity and excellent storage performance, particularly high-temperature storage performance; and a lithium secondary battery made using the positive active material. The positive active material for a lithium secondary battery has general formula Li3V2(PO4)3-x(BO3)x (0<x?2?2). It is preferable that x be 2?7?x?2?3. Also provided are a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery containing the positive active material; and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.Inventors: Yukiko Fujino, Yoshinobu Yasunaga, Toru Tabuchi, Tokuo Inamasu, Toshiyuki Nukuda
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Publication number: 20120219858Abstract: The object of the present invention is to inhibit occurrence of structural collapse caused by volumetric change of primary particles of negative electrode active material and to improve adhesion between negative electrode active material and electrically conductive agent and between negative electrode mix layer and collector, whereby improvement of life is attained in negative electrode for non-aqueous secondary battery and non-aqueous secondary battery. In the negative electrode for non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention, the negative electrode active material comprises silicon and/or tin, and at least one element selected from elements which do not react with lithium and has pores in both of the inner core portion and the outer peripheral portion of primary particles and a material which cures by a heat treatment is used as a binder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Takashi NAKABAYASHI, Shin TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20120219860Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein relate to hetero-nano structure materials for use in energy-storage devices, and more particularly to the fabrication of hetero-nanostructure materials and the use of the hetero-nano structure materials as battery electrodes. In an embodiment, a Si/TiSi2 electrode 1000 of the present disclosure includes a plurality of Si/TiSi2 nanonets 1001 formed on a surface of a supporting substrate 1100, wherein each of the Si/TiSi2 nanonets 1001 includes a plurality of connected and spaced-apart nanobeams linked together at an about 90-degree angle, wherein the nanobeams are composed of a conductive silicide core having a silicon particulate coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Dunwei Wang, Sa Zhou
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Publication number: 20120214072Abstract: The present invention concerns electrode materials capable of redox reactions by electron and alkali-ion exchange with an electrolyte. The applications are in the field of primary (batteries) or secondary electrochemical generators, supercapacitors and light modulating systems of the electrochromic type.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicants: ACEP Inc., Universite De Montreal, CNRSInventors: Nathalie Ravet, Simon Besner, Martin Simoneau, Alain Vallee, Michel Armand, Jean-Francois Magnan
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Patent number: 8247113Abstract: Materials of the titanate type of perovskite or derived structure and their uses for the production of electrodes, more particularly in the cell elements of an SOFC cell or the cell elements of a high-temperature steam electrolysis cell.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2009Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie AtomiqueInventors: Gilles Gauthier, Thibaud Delahaye
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Publication number: 20120208092Abstract: An amorphous anode active material, a preparation method of an electrode using the same, a secondary battery containing the same, and a hybrid capacitor are provided. The amorphous anode active material includes at least one of a metal oxide or a metal phosphate, and the metal oxide or the metal phosphate is amorphous. The metal oxide has the form of MOx (0<X?3). M is at least one of molybdenum (Mo), vanadium (V), scandium (Sc), titanium (Ti), chromium (Cr), yttrium (Y), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb) and tungsten (W). The metal phosphate has the form of AxBy(PO4) (0?x?2, 0<y?2). A is at least one of lithium (Li), sodium (Na) and potassium (K), and B is at least one of molybdenum (Mo), vanadium (V), scandium (Sc), titanium (Ti), chromium (Cr), yttrium (Y), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb) and tungsten (W).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: SNU R&DB FOUNDATIONInventors: Jun-Hwan Ku, Kyung-Jin Park, Ji-Sun Kim, Ji-Heon Ryu, Seung-Mo Oh
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Patent number: 8241792Abstract: A crystal structure is provided to improve a characteristic of an electrode material, such as vanadium oxide. In the crystal structure, an amorphous state and a layered crystal state coexist at a predetermined ratio in a layered crystalline material such as vanadium oxide. In the layered crystalline material having such a layered crystal structure, layered crystal particles having a layer length L1 of 30 nm or shorter are formed. Ions are easily intercalated to and deintercalated from between the layers. When such a material is used for the positive electrode active material, a nonaqueous lithium secondary battery of which the discharge capacity and the cycle characteristic are good is manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2007Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoko Kaneko, Masahiko Taniguchi, Asao Iwata, Ryuji Shiozaki, Nobuo Ando
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Patent number: 8241773Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing an electrochemical device, comprising the steps of: charging an electrochemical device using an electrode active material having a gas generation plateau potential in a charging period to an extent exceeding the plateau potential; and degassing the electrochemical device. An electrochemical device, which comprises an electrode active material having a gas generation plateau potential in a charging period, and is charged to an extent exceeding the plateau potential and then degassed, is also disclosed. Some electrode active materials provide high capacity but cannot be applied to a high-capacity battery due to the gas generation. This is because a battery using such electrode active materials should be charged to an extent exceeding the gas generation plateau potential in order to realize a high capacity. To solve the problems caused by the gas generation, the battery is charged to an extent exceeding the plateau potential, and then degassed.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Sung Kyun Chang, Eui Yong Bang, Min Chul Jang, Sang Hoon Choy, Ki Young Lee
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Publication number: 20120202112Abstract: Li-ion batteries are provided that include a cathode, an anode comprising active particles, an electrolyte ionically coupling the anode and the cathode, a separator electrically separating the anode and the cathode, and at least one hydrofluoric acid neutralizing agent incorporated into the anode or the separator. Li-ion batteries are also provided that include a cathode, an anode comprising active particles, an electrolyte ionically coupling the anode and the cathode, and a separator electrically separating the anode and the cathode, where the electrolyte may be formed from a mixture of an imide salt and at least one salt selected from the group consisting of LiPF6, LiBF4, and LiClO4. Li-ion battery anodes are also provided that include an active material core and a protective coating at least partially encasing the active material core, where the protective coating comprises a material that is resistant to hydrofluoric acid permeation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Inventors: Gleb Nikolayevich Yushin, Bogdan Zydrko, Kara Evanoff
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Patent number: 8236449Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery is provided including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes active material particles. The active material particles include secondary particles of a lithium composite oxide, and some of the secondary particles have a crack. At least a surface layer portion of the active material particles includes element Me of at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn, Al, Mg, Ca, Zr, B, W, Nb, Ta, In, Mo, and Sn. Element Me is distributed more in the surface layer portion compared with an inner portion of the active material particles.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2006Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Kensuke Nakura
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Patent number: 8236446Abstract: The present invention is directed to lithium-ion batteries in general and more particularly to lithium-ion batteries based on aligned graphene ribbon anodes, V2O5 graphene ribbon composite cathodes, and ionic liquid electrolytes. The lithium-ion batteries have excellent performance metrics of cell voltages, energy densities, and power densities.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: ADA Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Wen Lu
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Publication number: 20120196185Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active substance for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which comprises particles comprising a polyanionic compound and carbon, and a lipophilic treatment agent with which the respective particles are coated, wherein the positive electrode active substance has an average particle diameter of 1 to 50 ?m. The positive electrode active substance preferably has an oil absorption of not more than 20 mL/100 g. The positive electrode active substance according to the present invention exhibits a good compatibility with a resin and is excellent in packing property and dispersibility in the resin, and therefore can provide an electrode sheet in which the positive electrode active substance is filled with a high packing density.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2010Publication date: August 2, 2012Inventors: Yoshiteru Kono, Kenji Ogisu, Toshiyuki Hakata, Yuji Mishima, Katsuji Iwami, Masayuki Yokota, Minoru Yamasaki, Akihisa Kajiyama, Hideaki Sadamura
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Patent number: 8227100Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative active material for a lithium ion battery and a lithium ion battery including the negative active material. The negative active material for a lithium ion battery includes a hexagonal lithium vanadium composite oxide including lithium, vanadium, and magnesium. The lithium and the vanadium are included in a mole ratio within a range of 1.15?Li/V?1.35, and the magnesium and the vanadium are included in a mole ratio within a range of 0.01?Mg/V?0.06. The present invention provides a negative active material for a lithium ion battery having a stable crystal structure, excellent high rate of charge and discharge, and good charge and discharge cycle characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Inagaki, Akira Takamuku, Geun-Bao Kim
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Patent number: 8227114Abstract: The method of preparing a negative active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery includes mixing a vanadium compound and a lithium compound and then subjecting the mixture to first firing to obtain Li1.0(VxMy)1.0O2 having a layered halite type structure (where 0.5?x?1.0, 0?y?0.5, x+y=1, and M is selected from the group consisting of group 2 to 15 elements of the periodic table and combinations thereof); and adding a lithium compound to the Li1.0(VxMy)1.0O2 and then subjecting the resultant to second firing. The negative active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery prepared according to the preparing method has high crystallinity, and excellent charge and discharge characteristics at a high rate.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Tokita, Hideaki Maeda, Naoya Kobayashi, Sung-Soo Kim
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Publication number: 20120183836Abstract: According to one embodiment, a negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The active material includes a titanium oxide compound having a crystal structure of a monoclinic titanium dioxide and having a crystallite, the crystallite having a crystallite size of 5 to 25 nm when it is calculated by using the half width of the peak of a (110) plane obtained by a powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) method using a Cu-K? ray.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI, Hiroki INAGAKI, Keigo HOSHINA, Yuki OTANI
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Patent number: 8221917Abstract: A positive active material composition for a rechargeable battery, a positive electrode including the same, and a rechargeable battery including the same, the positive active material composition including a positive active material and a surface-modified metal oxide.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dai-Hoe Lee, Takaya Saito, Hyun-Ki Jung, Min-Hee Kim
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Patent number: 8221915Abstract: Disclosed herein are lithium or lithium-ion batteries that employ an aluminum or aluminum alloy current collector protected by conductive coating in combination with electrolyte containing aluminum corrosion inhibitor and a fluorinated lithium imide or methide electrolyte which exhibit surprisingly long cycle life at high temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Leyden Energy, Inc.Inventors: Konstantin Tikhonov, Tobias Johnson, Jesse Chau, Ka Ki Yip, Marc Juzkow
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Publication number: 20120177993Abstract: The present invention relates to nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries and durable anode materials and anodes for use in nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries. The present invention also relates to methods for producing these anode materials. In the present invention, a metal-semiconductor alloy layer is formed on an anode material by contacting a portion of the anode material with a displacement solution. The displacement solution contains ions of the metal to be deposited and a dissolution component for dissolving a part of the semiconductor in the anode material. When the anode material is contacted with the displacement solution, the dissolution component dissolves a part of the semiconductor in the anode material thereby providing electrons to reduce the metal ions and deposit the metal on the anode material. After deposition, the anode material and metal are annealed to form a uniform metal-semiconductor alloy layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: ENOVIX CORPORATIONInventors: Murali RAMASUBRAMANIAN, Robert SPOTNITZ
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Publication number: 20120177974Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery according to the present invention is a non-aqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein aluminum silicate or a derivative thereof is contained in a location that can come into contact with the non-aqueous electrolyte in the battery. In the non-aqueous electrolyte battery, it is preferable that at least one of the separator, the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the non-aqueous electrolyte contains aluminum silicate or a derivative thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Hideaki Katayama, Yuki Takei