The Alkali Metal Is Lithium Patents (Class 429/231.95)
  • Patent number: 10581115
    Abstract: Electrolyte for a solid-state battery includes a body having grains of inorganic material sintered to one another, where the grains include lithium. The body is thin, has little porosity by volume, and has high ionic conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Jennifer Anella Heine, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Gary Edward Merz, Eric Lee Miller, Zhen Song, Cameron Wayne Tanner, Conor James Walsh
  • Patent number: 10566620
    Abstract: A battery comprising an acidified metal oxide (“AMO”) material, preferably in monodisperse nanoparticulate form 20 nm or less in size, having a pH<7 when suspended in a 5 wt % aqueous solution and a Hammett function H0>?12, at least on its surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HHELI, LLC
    Inventor: Paige L. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10566605
    Abstract: Provided are an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery including a current collector and an active material layer positioned on the current collector, the active material layer includes an electrode active material; binder; a composite material including an acrylonitrile-based resin and a carbon-based material positioned on the surface of the acrylonitrile-based resin; and a pore, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Ki Park, Jae-Myung Kim, Deok-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10553854
    Abstract: An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a secondary battery in which deterioration of charge-discharge cycle characteristics is suppressed, to suppress generation of defects caused by expansion and contraction of an active material in a negative electrode, or to prevent deterioration caused by deformation of a secondary battery. To prevent deterioration, a material that can be alloyed with lithium and fluidified easily is used for a negative electrode. To hold a negative electrode active material over a surface of a current collector, a covering layer that covers the negative electrode active material is provided. Furthermore, a portion where the current collector and the negative electrode active material are in contact with each other is alloyed. In other words, an alloy that is in contact with both the current collector and the negative electrode active material is provided in the negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Inoue, Ryota Tajima, Naoki Kurihara, Junpei Momo
  • Patent number: 10541401
    Abstract: A separator for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a substrate, an organic layer positioned on at least one side of the substrate and including an organic material and an inorganic layer positioned on at least one side of the substrate and including an inorganic material, wherein the organic material includes two or more kinds of organic particles having different particle sizes from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eon-Mi Lee, Jong-Hwan Park, Jung-Hyun Nam, Yeon-Joo Choi, Hoon Seok, Ae-Hui Goh
  • Patent number: 10535893
    Abstract: An insulating porous layer for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent separator resistance is provided. The porous layer contains an inorganic filler and a resin, a central particle diameter of the inorganic filler is in a range of 0.1 ?m to 11 ?m, a BET specific surface area per unit area of the inorganic filler is not greater than 100 m2/g, and the value of formula (1) is in a range of 0.10 to 0.40: [1?T/M]??(1) In formula (1), T and M respectively represent a distance by which the insulating porous layer moves in a traverse direction or a machine direction from a starting point of measurement to a point where a critical load is obtained in a scratch test under a constant load of 0.1 N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kosuke Kurakane, Ichiro Arise, Chikara Murakami
  • Patent number: 10516161
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material includes a silicon-containing alloy represented by: SixSnyMzAa (A is unavoidable impurities, M is one or more transition metal elements, x, y, z, and a represent values of percent by mass, and 0<x<100, 0<y<100, 0<z<100, and 0?a<0.5 and x+y+z+a=100). The silicon-containing alloy has a lattice image subjected to Fourier transform processing to obtain a diffraction pattern. A distance between Si regular tetrahedrons is 0.39 nm or more when the distance between Si regular tetrahedrons in an amorphous region calculated from a Fourier image obtained by subjecting a diffraction ring portion present in a width of from 0.7 to 1.0 when a distance between Si regular tetrahedrons is 1.0 in this diffraction pattern to inverse Fourier transform is 10 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kaburagi, Manabu Watanabe, Nobutaka Chiba, Humihiro Miki, Makoto Tanimura
  • Patent number: 10511024
    Abstract: An electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an electrode mixture layer. The electrode mixture layer contains a hollow active material particle and a needle-shaped filler having a through-hole that extends through the needle-shaped filler in a longitudinal direction. The needle-shaped filler is arranged on surfaces of the hollow active material particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya Umeyama, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Naoyuki Wada, Keiichi Takahashi, Koichi Toriyama
  • Patent number: 10511048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery which may prevent oxidation during the preparation of nano-sized silicon particles, a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery prepared thereby, and a negative electrode for a secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Rae Hwan Jo, Yong Ju Lee, Eun Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 10497935
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having pre-lithiated semi-solid electrodes, and particularly to semi-solid electrodes that are pre-lithiated during the mixing of the semi-solid electrode slurry such that a solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) layer is formed in the semi-solid electrode before the electrochemical cell formation. In some embodiments, a semi-solid electrode includes about 20% to about 90% by volume of an active material, about 0% to about 25% by volume of a conductive material, about 10% to about 70% by volume of a liquid electrolyte, and lithium (as lithium metal, a lithium-containing material, and/or a lithium metal equivalent) in an amount sufficient to substantially pre-lithiate the active material. The lithium metal is configured to form a solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) layer on a surface of the active material before an initial charging cycle of an electrochemical cell that includes the semi-solid electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: 24M Technologies, Inc., Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Ota, Mihai Duduta, Takaaki Fukushima, Hiuling Zoe Yu, Taison Tan, Hiromitsu Mishima
  • Patent number: 10490820
    Abstract: In a positive-electrode active material layer of a positive-electrode plate for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a dispersion index value C determined from a small-size-particle ratio A and a coefficient B of variation and expressed by an expression, C=B/A3, is 0.8 or less. The small-size-particle ratio A is a ratio of the number of small-size-particle-containing spots where a detected intensity of phosphorus is equal to or lower than a detected density of trilithium phosphate having a particle size of 1 ?m or less, to the number of phosphorus-containing spots among the analyzed spots. The coefficient B of variation is a ratio of a standard deviation of segmented-region accumulated values to an arithmetic mean of the segmented-region accumulated values each of which is the sum of detected intensities in the phosphorus-containing spots in a corresponding one of the segmented regions obtained through segmentation of the analyzed region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Yamazaki, Masanori Kitayoshi, Takashi Miura
  • Patent number: 10483529
    Abstract: Composite powder for use in an anode of a lithium ion battery, whereby the particles of the composite powder comprise silicon-based domains in a matrix, whereby the individual silicon-based domains are either free silicon-based domains that are not or not completely embedded in the matrix or are fully embedded silicon-based domains that are completely surrounded by the matrix, whereby the percentage of free silicon-based domains is lower than or equal to 4 weight % of the total amount of Si in metallic or oxidized state in the composite powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: UMICORE, SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Stijn Put, Dirk Van Genechten, Kris Driesen, Jin Hu, Yvan Strauven, Arihiro Muto, Nobuaki Ishii, Masataka Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10483588
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gel electrolyte membrane and a method for forming the same, an electrode assembly, a gel polymer lithium-ion battery and an electric vehicle. The gel electrolyte membrane is located between the cathode and the anode, and has adhesion of solid electrolyte and electrical conductivity of ion of liquid electrolyte. The gel electrolyte membrane obtained in the present disclosure has a porous mesh structure, a wide film forming temperature, a short required time, a high level of liquid electrolyte in the gel polymer, a high conductivity of 3.4 to 6.3*10?3 S·cm?1, a wide electrochemical window, a good compatibility with the cathode and the anode, and low requirements for the conditions of the synthesis. The gel polymer lithium-ion battery and electrode assembly and electric vehicle of the present disclosure has high safety, simple forming technique and low requirements for environment, thus is suitable for industrial production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Interstellar Solid-State Li-ion Batteries Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoli Peng, Yong Xiang, Chengxu Mou, Li Xia, Wanjin Pu, Jinwei He
  • Patent number: 10476100
    Abstract: An electrode material is provided to include a Li-containing oxide of the formula of Li(NixCoyMz)O2, wherein M is an element different from Li, Ni, Co, or O, wherein x, y, and z are each independently between 0 and 1 and the sum of x, y, z is 1; and an oxygen scavenger material contacting at least a portion of the Li-containing oxide. In another embodiment, the electrode material further includes a second Li-containing oxide having the formula of Li(Nix2Coy2Mz2)O2, wherein M is an element different from Li, Ni, Co, or O, wherein x2, y2, and z2 are each independently between 0 and 1 and the sum of x2, y2, z2 is 1, wherein the oxide composite is configured as a first material layer, wherein the second Li-containing oxide is configured as a second material layer disposed next to the first material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chi Paik, Robert J. Kudla, Andrew Robert Drews
  • Patent number: 10468199
    Abstract: This nonaqueous lithium power storage element contains a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte that contains lithium ions. The positive electrode has a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on one surface or both surfaces of the positive electrode current collector, and the positive electrode active material layer contains a positive electrode active material that contains a carbon material. When the pore distribution of the positive electrode active material layer is measured by mercury intrusion, the pore distribution curve for the relationship between the pore diameter and log differential pore volume has at least one peak having a peak value of 1.0-5.0 mL/g for the log differential pore volume in the pore diameter range of 0.1-50 ?m, and the total cumulative pore volume Vp in the pore diameter range of 0.1-50 ?m is 0.7-3.0 mL/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Kusuzaka, Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Tekeshi Kamijo, Atsushi Hosokibara, Tadashi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 10468723
    Abstract: An electrolyte includes an organic solvent and a cyclic ester compound that is substituted with a sulfonate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Bong Choi, Ae Ran Kim, Mi Young Son, Woo Cheol Shin, Myung Heui Woo, Seung Tae Lee, Ha rim Lee
  • Patent number: 10446884
    Abstract: An example of a three-electrode test cell includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode having an aperture defined therein, a reference electrode, and a first microporous polymer separator soaked in an electrolyte. The reference electrode is disposed within the aperture of the positive electrode and physically separated from the positive electrode. The first microporous polymer separator is disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Li Yang, Mei Cai, Martin S. Ruthkosky, Fang Dai
  • Patent number: 10439208
    Abstract: Disclosed is a negative electrode active material for secondary batteries having improved lifespan characteristics. In particular, provided is a negative electrode active material, for secondary batteries, including silicon (Si), and amorphous hard carbon or low-crystalline soft carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: In Sung Uhm, Jungwoo Yoo, Je Young Kim, Hoe Jin Hah, Ji Yoon Kwon
  • Patent number: 10431830
    Abstract: A current collector for a battery includes: a layer (1) formed from an electrically conductive material and at least one of (a) a polymer compound having an alicyclic structure, (b) a saturated hydrocarbon polymer compound having a hydroxyl group, (c) a phenoxy resin and an epoxy resin, and (d) an amine having an amine equivalent of 120 g/eq or less and an epoxy resin; a layer (2) which is formed on at least one surface of the layer (1); and a layer (3) formed from an electrically conductive material. The current collector for a battery has stability to an equilibrium potential environment in a negative electrode, a low electric resistance, a blocking property to solvent in electrolytic solution, and a blocking property to a component in an electrolyte. In addition, the current collector for a battery has a high capacity retention rate, and battery durability is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: KANEKA CORPORATION, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Oku, Yusuke Kato, Akiko Waki, Takashi Kikuchi, Takashi Ito, Masahiro Kojima, Gentaro Kano, Shiho Inoue, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Norihisa Waki, Yuji Muroya, Kazuki Miyatake, Yoshio Shimoida, Keisuke Wakabayashi, Tomohisa Matsuno, Seiji Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 10424779
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to lithium-ion batteries and methods for their manufacture. Specifically, the method includes forming a cathode on a first substrate and forming an anode on a second substrate. The anode material includes silicon. The method includes slitting the first substrate and the second substrate. After slitting the respective substrates, the method includes depositing stabilized lithium metal particles on the anode and forming a cathode electrode tab coupled to the cathode and an anode electrode tab coupled to the anode. The method also includes coupling the anode and the cathode to form a layered structure. The method further includes winding the layered structure to form a rolled structure and placing the rolled structure in a container. The method additionally includes placing an electrolyte in the container sealing the container with the rolled structure and electrolyte placed therein to form a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ramesh C Bhardwaj, Tai Sup Hwang
  • Patent number: 10424777
    Abstract: To provide a cathode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, which has high packing properties and high volume capacity density, and a method for its production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Takamatsu, Yukimitsu Wakasugi, Megumi Uchida
  • Patent number: 10411290
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc., Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Gleb Nikolayevich Yushin, Bogdan Zdyrko, Kara Evanoff
  • Patent number: 10411254
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a negative electrode active material and a secondary battery including the same, and in particular, provides a negative electrode active material particle including a core including a carbon-based active material, and a shell surrounding the core and including a polymer, wherein silicon-based active material particles are embedded in the shell, and at least a part of the silicon-based active material particles is exposed to a surface of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Choi, Yong Ju Lee, Eun Kyung Kim, Su Jin Park, Hyun Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 10403894
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to electrodes that include a plurality of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and a metal associated with the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. The vertically aligned carbon nanotubes may be in the form of a graphene-carbon nanotube hybrid material that includes a graphene film covalently linked to the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. The metal may become reversibly associated with the carbon nanotubes in situ during electrode operation and lack any dendrites or mossy aggregates. The metal may be in the form of a non-dendritic or non-mossy coating on surfaces of the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. The metal may also be infiltrated within bundles of the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. Additional embodiments pertain to energy storage devices that contain the electrodes of the present disclosure. Further embodiments pertain to methods of forming said electrodes by applying a metal to a plurality of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: James M. Tour, Abdul-Rahman O. Raji, Rodrigo V. Salvatierra
  • Patent number: 10395848
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a nonaqueous lithium power storage element comprising a positive electrode containing a lithium compound other than an active material, a negative electrode, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a lithium ion, wherein the expression 0.1 ?m?X1?10.0 ?m is satisfied, where X1 is the mean particle diameter of the lithium compound, the expressions 2.0 ?m?Y1?20.0 ?m and X1<Y1 are satisfied, where Y1 is the mean particle diameter of a positive electrode active material, and the amount of lithium compound in the positive electrode is 1 weight % to 50 weight %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Takeshi Kamijo
  • Patent number: 10396398
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte between the cathode and the anode, wherein the electrolyte includes a first electrolyte layer including a first polymer, a first lithium salt, and a first particle inorganic material having an average particle diameter (D50) of less than 500 nm; and a second electrolyte layer including a second polymer, a second lithium salt, and a second particle inorganic material having an average particle diameter (D50) of 500 nm or greater, wherein the first electrolyte layer is disposed in a direction facing the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: BokKyu Jeon, JungHyun Nam, YeonJoo Choi, Hoon Seok
  • Patent number: 10388945
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode mix layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode mix layer contains a lithium transition metal oxide containing zirconium (Zr) and also contains a phosphate compound. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains a linear carboxylate. According to this configuration, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which has excellent low-temperature output characteristics, can be provided. Thus, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is, for example, a power supply for driving a mobile data terminal such as a mobile phone, a notebook personal computer, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal and is particularly suitable for applications needing high energy density. Furthermore, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is conceivably used for high-output applications such as electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), and electric tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nishide, Atsushi Fukui
  • Patent number: 10388959
    Abstract: In the formation of cathodes for lithium-sulfur battery cells, it is often desired to form the cathodes by resin-bonding particles of a sulfur-based cathode material as a porous cathode material layer on the surface(s) of a suitable metal current collector. It is found that the use of a copolymer of polyethylene oxide and polyvinyl alcohol, dissolved in water, provides a resin-particle slurry that is readily spreadable onto the current collector surface to form a uniform layer of porous cathode material particles. And upon evaporation of the water, the copolymer-bonded, sulfur-based particle coated cathodes function very well in assembled lithium-sulfur cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Yingnan Dong, Mei Cai, Li Yang, Xiaosong Huang
  • Patent number: 10381644
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode current collector; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, which are enclosed in an exterior material. The positive electrode active material layer includes a lithium transition metal oxide having a layered crystal structure, and the negative electrode active material layer includes a lithium titanium oxide having a spinel-type crystal structure, and having a thickness of 20.0 ?m or more and 33.4 ?m or less. A ratio (R) between the thickness of the positive electrode active material layer and the thickness of the negative electrode active material layer is 0.59?(R)?1.50 or 0.59?(R)?1.14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaharu Itaya
  • Patent number: 10374221
    Abstract: A battery electrode composition is provided comprising composite particles, with each composite particle comprising active material and a scaffolding matrix. The active material is provided to store and release ions during battery operation. For certain active materials of interest, the storing and releasing of the ions causes a substantial change in volume of the active material. The scaffolding matrix is provided as a porous, electrically-conductive scaffolding matrix within which the active material is disposed. In this way, 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: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gleb Nikolayevich Yushin, Bogdan Zdyrko, Addison Newcomb Shelton, Eugene Michael Berdichevsky, Igor Luzinov, Alexander Thomas Jacobs, Eerik Torm Hantsoo, George Pius Gomes
  • Patent number: 10367232
    Abstract: Embodiments of localized superconcentrated electrolytes (LSEs) for stable operation of electrochemical devices, such as rechargeable batteries, supercapacitors, and sensors, are disclosed. Electrochemical devices, such as rechargeable batteries, supercapacitors, and sensors, including the LSEs are also disclosed. The LSEs include an active salt, a solvent in which the active salt is soluble, and a diluent in which the active salt is insoluble or poorly soluble. In certain embodiments, such as when the solvent and diluent are immiscible, the LSE further includes a bridge solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Ji-Guang Zhang, Jianming Zheng, Shuru Chen
  • Patent number: 10367198
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for an electric device includes an alloy containing Si in a range of greater than or equal to 27% by mass and less than 100% by mass, Sn in a range of greater than 0% by mass and less than or equal to 73% by mass, V in a range of greater than 0% by mass and less than or equal to 73% by mass, and inevitable impurities as a residue. The negative electrode active material can be obtained with, for example, a multi DC magnetron sputtering apparatus by use of Si, Sn, and V as targets. An electric device using the negative electrode active material can achieve long cycle life and ensure a high capacity and cycle durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Watanabe, Masao Yoshida, Osamu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10340519
    Abstract: To provide a means capable of improving the cycle durability of an electric device such as a lithium ion secondary battery. A negative electrode active material containing a silicon-containing alloy having ternary alloy composition represented by Si—Sn-M (M is one or two or more transition metal elements) or quaternary alloy composition represented by Si—Sn-M-Al (M is one or two or more transition metal elements) and having a structure wherein an a-Si phase containing amorphous or low crystalline silicon containing tin in a silicon crystal structure in form of a solid solution is dispersed in a silicide phase containing a silicide of a transition metal as a main component is used in an electric device. The negative electrode active material improves the cycle durability of an electric device such as a lithium ion secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Chiba, Tomohiro Kaburagi, Youichi Yoshioka, Manabu Watanabe, Masaya Arai
  • Patent number: 10340511
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes a current collector and an active material-containing layer. The active material-containing layer is provided on the current collector. The active material-containing layer includes active material particles and insulator particles. The active material-containing layer has a first surface facing the current collector and a second face as a surface of the active material-containing layer. The second face includes a surface of a part of the insulator particles. A volume ratio of the insulator particles decreases from the second face toward the first surface in the active material-containing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takuya Iwasaki, Norio Takami
  • Patent number: 10333141
    Abstract: A process for producing a silicon:silicon oxide:lithium composite (SSLC) material useful as a negative electrode active material for non-aqueous battery cells includes: producing a partially lithiated SSLC material by way of mechanical mixing; subsequently producing a further prelithiated SSLC material by way of spontaneous lithiation procedure; and subsequently producing a delithiated SSLC material by way of reacting lithium silicide within the dispersed prelithiated SSLC material with organic solvent(s) to extract lithium from the prelithiated SSLC material, until reactivity of lithium silicide within the prelithiated SSLC material with the organic solvent(s) ceases. The delithiated SSLC material is a porous plastically deformable matrix having nano silicon embedded therein. The delithiated SSLC material can have a lithium silicide content of less than 0.5% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: EOCELL LTD.
    Inventors: Yuriy Matus, Michael Pak
  • Patent number: 10333137
    Abstract: A battery electrode composition is provided comprising composite particles, with each composite particle comprising active material and a scaffolding matrix. The active material is provided to store and release ions during battery operation. For certain active materials of interest, the storing and releasing of the ions causes a substantial change in volume of the active material. The scaffolding matrix is provided as a porous, electrically-conductive scaffolding matrix within which the active material is disposed. In this way, 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: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Inventors: Gleb Nikolayevich Yushin, Bogdan Zdyrko, Addison Newcomb Shelton, Eugene Michael Berdichevsky, Igor Luzinov, Alexander Thomas Jacobs, Eerik Torm Hantsoo, George Pius Gomes
  • Patent number: 10326161
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode and an anode that are opposed to each other with a separator in between; and an electrolytic solution. The cathode includes a cathode active material layer on a cathode current collector. The anode includes an anode active material layer on an anode current collector. A heat-resistant layer is provided at least in a region in which the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer are opposed to each other between the cathode and the anode. The heat-resistant layer includes a material having a higher melting point or higher decomposition temperature than a melting point or decomposition temperature of the separator. The electrolytic solution includes an unsaturated cyclic ester carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ihara, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 10312518
    Abstract: An anode and a secondary battery capable of improving the charge and discharge efficiency are provided. The anode includes an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer provided on the anode current collector. The anode active material layer has a plurality of anode active material particles containing at least one of a simple substance of silicon, a compound of silicon, a simple substance of tin and a compound of tin, and has a coat containing an oxo acid salt in at least part of the surface of the anode active material particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Hideki Nakai, Masayuki Ihara, Tadahiko Kubota, Shigeru Fujita
  • Patent number: 10297879
    Abstract: A lithium ion battery includes an electrolyte maintained in a separator, the separator having two sides; a negative electrode of lithium titanate (Li4Ti5O12) disposed on one side of the separator; a negative current collector associated with the negative electrode; a positive electrode disposed on an opposite side of the separator; and a positive current collector associated with the positive electrode. The lithium ion battery further includes gas traps to trap gases in the battery, wherein the gas traps include titanium diboride (TiB2) nanotubes. A method includes providing the titanium diboride nanotubes, carbon nanotubes, carbon fibers, and/or graphene as gas traps in a lithium ion battery having a negative electrode of lithium titanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Zhongyi Liu, Ingrid A. Rousseau
  • Patent number: 10290860
    Abstract: Provided are a composite for an anode active material and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a composite for an anode active material including a (semi) metal oxide and an amorphous carbon layer on a surface of the (semi) metal oxide, wherein the amorphous carbon layer comprises a conductive agent, and a method of preparing the composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon Ah Kang, Yong Ju Lee, Rae Hwan Jo, Je Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10276859
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a composition of matter comprising a silicon (Si) nanoparticle coated with a conductive polymer. Another embodiment discloses a method for preparing a composition of matter comprising a plurality of silicon (Si) nanoparticles coated with a conductive polymer comprising providing Si nanoparticles, providing a conductive polymer, preparing a Si nanoparticle, conductive polymer, and solvent slurry, spraying the slurry into a liquid medium that is a non-solvent of the conductive polymer, and precipitating the silicon (Si) nanoparticles coated with the conductive polymer. Another embodiment discloses an anode comprising a current collector, and a composition of matter comprising a silicon (Si) nanoparticle coated with a conductive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Gao Liu
  • Patent number: 10270095
    Abstract: A lithium battery including a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte disposed between the cathode and the anode is disclosed. In the lithium battery, the cathode includes a nickel-based lithium transition metal oxide having primary particles having an average particle diameter of 2 ?m or more, and the anode includes graphite and a silicon-based compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Rewl Lee, Ick-Kyu Choi, Young-Ki Kim, Young-Hun Lee, Na-Ri Park, Yong-Chul Park, Hong-Kyu Choi
  • Patent number: 10270102
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode that may minimize an electrical resistance increase caused by a binder polymer or a conductive material used in the electrode and provide a high capacity, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electrochemical device comprising the electrode, and an electrode mix slurry is prepared using a high shearing mixing process for each step such that fine grained conductive material and a binder polymer are uniformly dispersed in an electrode mix, and a high capacity electrode active material is used in the electrode mix, to manufacture a high capacity electrochemical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Kyun Lee, Byoung-Bae Lee, Ki-Young Kwon, Bok-Kyu Choi, Sei-Woon Oh
  • Patent number: 10263250
    Abstract: Stabilized lithium powder according to an embodiment of this disclosure includes lithium particles. Each lithium particle includes an inorganic compound on a surface thereof, the inorganic compound contains lithium hydroxide, and the lithium hydroxide is contained by 2.0 wt% or less relative to the entire stabilized lithium powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Tsuchiya, Tomohiko Hasegawa, Kazuya Kai, Atsushi Sano
  • Patent number: 10256469
    Abstract: A high-capacity nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having good load characteristics is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode contains the active material composed of a lithium transition metal oxide and a positive electrode additive composed of an oxide that contains Li and at least two elements other than Li and oxygen and has an antifluorite structure. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery obtained is charged until the potential of the positive electrode is 4.0 V or higher and 4.65 V or lower (vs. Li/Li+).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kawamura, Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Sho Tsuruta, Atsushi Fukui
  • Patent number: 10243208
    Abstract: Disclosed are a precursor of an electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, in which a metal material ionizable through electrolytic decomposition is uniformly coated on a surface of a primary precursor formed of a transition metal hydrate, and a method of preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Jin Lee, Joo Hong Jin, Woo Yeon Kong, Sun Sik Shin, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 10236499
    Abstract: Provided are polycrystalline lithium manganese oxide particles represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a method of preparing the same: Li(1+x)Mn(2?x?y?f)AlyMfO(4?z)??<Chemical Formula 1> where M is any one selected from the group consisting of boron (B), cobalt (Co), vanadium (V), lanthanum (La), titanium (Ti), nickel (Ni), zirconium (Zr), yttrium (Y), and gallium (Ga), or two or more elements thereof, 0?x?0.2, 0<y?0.2, 0<f?0.2, and 0?z?0.2. According to an embodiment of the present invention, limitations, such as the Jahn-Teller distortion and the dissolution of Mn2+, may be addressed by structurally stabilizing the polycrystalline lithium manganese oxide particles. Thus, life characteristics and charge and discharge capacity characteristics of a secondary battery may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ick Soon Kwak, Seung Beom Cho, Hwa Seok Chae
  • Patent number: 10236533
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a stacked/folded type electrode assembly configured to have a structure in which two or more unit cells, each of which includes a separator disposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, each having an electrode mixture including an electrode active material applied to a current collector, are wound using a sheet type separation film, wherein the positive electrode is configured to have a structure in which a positive electrode mixture is coated on an aluminum foil as the current collector and the negative electrode is configured to have a structure in which a negative electrode mixture is coated on a metal foil, other than the aluminum foil, as the current collector, the unit cells include one or more full-cells and/or bi-cells, one of the unit cells located at each outermost side of the electrode assembly is configured such that one outermost electrode of the unit cell is a single-sided electrode, the single-sided electrode being configured such that the electrode mixtur
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Na Jeong, Moon Young Jung, Dong-Myung Kim, Ki Tae Kim, Sungwon Lee
  • Patent number: 10230130
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thin film lithium-ion battery having at least a laminate structure therein. The laminate structure includes a bottom current collector layer, an anode consisting of a superlattice layer and a silicon based layer, an electrolyte and separator, a cathode and a top current collector layer sequentially stacked together. The electrolyte and separator of the laminate structure contains lithium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventor: Chia-Gee Wang
  • Patent number: 10230099
    Abstract: In a battery production process, a positive electrode active material having a reaction-suppressing layer that does not easily peel off formed on the surface thereof, and a positive electrode and an all-solid-state battery that use said material are provided. The present invention involves positive electrode active material particles for an all-solid-state battery containing sulfide-based solid electrolyte. The positive electrode active material particles are an aggregate containing two or more particles. The surface of the aggregate is coated with a reaction-suppressing layer for suppressing reactions with the sulfide-based solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takayuki Uchiyama