The Alkali Metal Is Lithium Patents (Class 429/322)
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Patent number: 12111109Abstract: Setter plates are fabricated from Li-stuffed garnet materials having the same, or substantially similar, compositions as a garnet Li-stuffed solid electrolyte. The Li-stuffed garnet setter plates, set forth herein, reduce the evaporation of Li during a sintering treatment step and/or reduce the loss of Li caused by diffusion out of the sintering electrolyte. Li-stuffed garnet setter plates, set forth herein, maintain compositional control over the solid electrolyte during sintering when, upon heating, lithium is prone to diffuse out of the solid electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: QuantumScape Battery, Inc.Inventors: Sriram Iyer, Tim Holme, Niall Donnelly
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Patent number: 12087937Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a positive electrode plate in which a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material is formed on a positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode plate in which a negative electrode mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material is formed on a negative electrode current collector; a separator; a non-aqueous electrolyte; a sealing member; and an outer casing. The negative electrode active material contains graphite and a silicon material. The silicon material contains silicon oxide represented by SiOx (0.5?x<1.6) and a silicon-lithium silicate composite in which a silicon phase is dispersed in a lithium silicate phase represented by Li2zSiO(2+z) (0<z<2). The amount of the silicon-lithium silicate composite is 33% by mass or more and 93% by mass or less relative to the silicon material.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sanae Hashitani, Mitsunori Miyanari, Masashi Takigawa
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Patent number: 12074279Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solid electrolyte material having high lithium ion conductivity. The solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure includes Li, M and X. M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Zn and Cd. X is at least two elements selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br and I.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Koki Ueno, Masashi Sakaida, Akihiro Sakai, Akinobu Miyazaki
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Patent number: 12074282Abstract: A composite ceramic including: a lithium garnet major phase; and a grain growth inhibitor minor phase, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making composite ceramic, pellets and tapes thereof, a solid electrolyte, and an electrochemical device including the solid electrolyte, as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignees: CORNING INCORPORATED, Shanghai Institute of Ceramic Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Michael Edward Badding, Yinghong Chen, Xiao Huang, Cai Liu, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu, Nathan Michael Zink
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Patent number: 12046712Abstract: Provided herein solid-state battery architectures that include an oxide electrolyte in contact with the anode of an electrochemical cell and a sulfide electrolyte in contact with the cathode of an electrochemical cell.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: QUANTUMSCAPE BATTERY, INC.Inventors: Cheng-Chieh W. Chao, Christopher T. Dekmezian, Shuang Li
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Patent number: 12043551Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ion conductor including LiCB9H10 and LiCB11H12 is provided. The method includes mixing LiCB9H10 and LiCB11H12 in a molar ratio of LiCB9H10/LiCB11H12=1.1 to 20. An ion conductor including lithium (Li), carbon (C), boron (B) and hydrogen (H) is also provided. The ion conductor has X-ray diffraction peaks at at least 2?=14.9±0.3 deg, 16.4±0.3 deg and 17.1±0.5 deg in X ray diffraction measurement at 25° C., and has an intensity ratio (B/A) of 1.0 to 20 as calculated from A=(X-ray diffraction intensity at 16.4±0.3 deg)?(X-ray diffraction intensity at 20 deg) and B=(X-ray diffraction intensity at 17.1±0.5 deg)?(X-ray diffraction intensity at 20 deg).Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignees: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., TOHOKU TECHNO ARCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Genki Nogami, Keita Noguchi, Sangryun Kim, Shin-ichi Orimo
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Patent number: 12040450Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, a first additive, and a second additive, wherein the first additive is lithium 4,5-dicyano-2-(trifluoromethyl)imidazolide, and the second additive is tetravinylsilane.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Seung Kim, Chul Haeng Lee, Yu Ha An, Jeong Woo Oh
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Patent number: 11978850Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte that can suppress the generation of hydrogen sulfide gas while maintaining the lithium ion conductivity; and an electrode composite material, a slurry and a battery, in each of which the sulfide solid electrolyte is used, are provided. The sulfide solid electrolyte contains lithium (Li), phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S) elements; at least one halogen (X) element; and at least one metal (M) element having a first ionization energy of more than 520.2 KJ/mol and less than 1007.3 KJ/mol, wherein, in an X-ray diffraction pattern measured with CuK?1 radiation, peaks are present at positions of 2?=25.19°±1.00° and 29.62°±1.00°.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Nakayama, Takahiro Ito, Tsukasa Takahashi
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Patent number: 11973186Abstract: A solid ion conductive material can include a complex metal halide. The complex metal halide can include at least one alkali metal element. In an embodiment, the solid ion conductive material including the complex metal halide can be a single crystal. In another embodiment, the ion conductive material including the complex metal halide can be a crystalline material having a particular crystallographic orientation. A solid electrolyte can include the ion conductive material including the complex metal halide.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.Inventors: Vladimir Ouspenski, Gaurav Assat, John M. Frank
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Patent number: 11965261Abstract: Devices and methods for purifying lithium from lithium salts, including those with low concentration of lithium salts, are provided. A molten composition comprising a lithium salt is electrolyzed with an anode in contact with the molten composition and a cathode separated from the molten composition by a solid electrolyte capable of conducting lithium ions.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: MetaGenesis, Ltd.Inventors: Yi Cui, Yang Jin, Hui Wu, Kai Liu, Jialiang Lang
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Patent number: 11955602Abstract: A solid electrolyte for an all-solid secondary battery, the solid electrolyte including: Li, S, P, an M1 element, and an M2 element, wherein the M1 element is at least one element selected from Na, K, Rb, Sc, Fr, and the M2 element is at least one element selected from F, Cl, Br, I, molar amounts of lithium and the M1 element satisfy 0<M1/(Li+M1)?0.07, and the solid electrolyte has peaks at positions of 15.42°±0.50° 2?, 17.87° degrees±0.50° degrees 2?, 25.48° degrees±0.50° degrees 2?, 30.01° degrees±0.50° 2?, and 31.38°±0.50° 2? when analyzed by X-ray diffraction using CuK? radiation.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoyuki Tsujimura, Naoki Suzuki, Yuichi Aihara
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Patent number: 11955599Abstract: The present disclosure provides a negative electrode material that can improve the charge-discharge efficiency of a battery. A negative electrode material includes a reduced form of a first solid electrolyte material and a conductive auxiliary. The first solid electrolyte material is denoted by Formula (1): Li60M?X?. Herein, in Formula (1), each of ?, ?, and ? is a value greater than 0, M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of metal elements except Li and semimetals, and X represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Oshima, Izuru Sasaki, Seiji Nishiyama, Akira Kawase
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Patent number: 11955630Abstract: A positive electrode active material according to the present disclosure includes: a lithium composite oxide which includes Mn and at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, and N, and S. The lithium composite oxide has a crystalline structure which belongs to the space group Fd-3m, and a relationship 1.40?intensity ratio IMn1/IMn2?1.90 is satisfied. The intensity ratio IMn1/IMn2 is a ratio of an intensity IMn1 to an intensity IMn2. The intensity IMn1 and the intensity IMn2 are intensities of a first proximity peak and a second proximity peak, respectively, of the Mn in a radial distribution function of the Mn included in the lithium composite oxide.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori Omae, Ryuichi Natsui, Issei Ikeuchi, Kensuke Nakura
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Patent number: 11949067Abstract: Provided are an oxide including a compound represented by Formula 1, a method of pre paring the same, a solid electrolyte including the oxide, and an electrochemical device including the oxide: LiaTa2?yAyP1?xMxO8?zXz??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, M is an element having an oxidation number of +3, A is an element having an oxidation number of +4, +5, or +6, or a combination thereof, when A is an element having an oxidation number of +4, a is 1+y+2x?z, when A is an element having an oxidation number of +5, a is 1+2x?z, when A is an element having an oxidation number of +6, a is 1?y+2x?z, X is a halogen atom or a pseudohalogen, and 0?y<0.6, 0?x<1, and 0?z<1, with the proviso that x, y and z are not 0 at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryounghee Kim, Gabin Yoon, Jusik Kim
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Patent number: 11923510Abstract: A solid-state battery that exhibits improved battery performance includes: a positive-electrode collector; a negative-electrode collector; a positive electrode layer formed on the positive-electrode collector and containing a positive-electrode active material and a solid electrolyte; a negative electrode layer formed on the negative-electrode collector and containing a negative-electrode active material and a solid electrolyte; and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer and containing a solid electrolyte. At least one of the solid electrolyte and the solid electrolyte partly represents a porous solid electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuzo Tsuchida, Kazufumi Miyatake, Akihiro Horikawa
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Patent number: 11916186Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, a sulfide-based solid electrolyte prepared by the method, and an all-solid-state lithium secondary battery including the sulfide-based solid electrolyte. The method of the present invention includes a) mixing Li2S with P2S5 to prepare a mixed powder, b) placing the mixed powder, an ether, and stirring balls in a container, sealing the container, followed by stirring to prepare a suspension, and c) stirring the suspension under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions to prepare sulfide-based solid particles.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SOLIVIS INC.Inventors: Dong Wook Shin, Min Yong Eom, Seung Hyun Oh, Chan Hwi Park, Sun Ho Choi
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Patent number: 11909028Abstract: A cathode for a metal-air battery, the cathode including a mixed conductor; and first pores having a size of about 1 micrometer (?m) or greater, wherein an amount of the first pores is about 30 volume percent (volume %) or greater, with respect to a total volume of pores in the cathode, and a total porosity of the cathode is about 50% or greater, based on a total volume of the cathode.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyunpyo Lee, Mokwon Kim, Taeyoung Kim, Wonsung Choi
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Patent number: 11901506Abstract: The instant disclosure sets forth multiphase lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes having secondary phase inclusions, wherein these secondary phase inclusions are material(s) which is/are not a cubic phase lithium-stuffed garnet but which is/are entrapped or enclosed within a lithium-stuffed garnet. When the secondary phase inclusions described herein are included in a lithium-stuffed garnet at 30-0.1 volume %, the inclusions stabilize the multiphase matrix and allow for improved sintering of the lithium-stuffed garnet. The electrolytes described herein, which include lithium-stuffed garnet with secondary phase inclusions, have an improved sinterability and density compared to phase pure cubic lithium-stuffed garnet having the formula Li7La3Zr2O12.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: QuantumScape Battery, Inc.Inventors: Larry Beck, Cheng-Chieh Chao, Lei Cheng, Niall Donnelly, William H. Gardner, Tim Holme, Will Hudson, Sriram Iyer, Oleh Karpenko, Yang Li, Gengfu Xu
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Patent number: 11894514Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid-state battery that is based on a phthalocyanine solid-state electrolyte/anode connection that is chemically obtained. Such chemical connection process yields a solid electrolyte interphase that connects the solid-state battery's phthalocyanine solid-state electrolyte and anode. Unlike other processes for forming solid-state electrolyte/anode connections, the present chemical process does not require that solid-state electrolyte be ductile and flow under high pressure.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventors: Lawrence G. Scanlon, William A Feld, Jacob W Lawson, Leah R Lucente
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Patent number: 11888109Abstract: 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 or more embodiments, an anode electrode structure is provided and includes 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 can include lithium-ion conducting ceramic, a lithium-ion conducting glass, or ion conducting liquid crystal.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventor: Subramanya P. Herle
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Patent number: 11837695Abstract: An oxide including a compound represented by Formula 1: (LixM1y)(M2)3-?(M3)2-?O12-zXz??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, 6?x?8, 0?y<2, ?0.2???0.2, ?0.2???0.2, and 0?z?2; M1 is a monovalent cation, a divalent cation, a trivalent cation, or a combination thereof; M2 is a monovalent cation, a divalent cation, a trivalent cation, or a combination thereof; M3 is a monovalent cation, a divalent cation, a trivalent cation, a tetravalent cation, a pentavalent cation, a hexavalent cation, or a combination thereof; wherein at least one of M1, M2, or M3 includes at least four elements; and X is a monovalent anion, a divalent anion, a trivalent anion, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyeokjo Gwon, Sungkyun Jung, Ryounghee Kim, Sewon Kim, Jusik Kim
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Patent number: 11817569Abstract: Methods for making solid-state laminate electrode assemblies include methods of forming a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) by ion implanting nitrogen and/or phosphorous into the glass surface by ion implantation.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: PolyPlus Battery CompanyInventors: Steven J. Visco, Vitaliy Nimon, Yevgeniy S. Nimon, Bruce D. Katz, Richard L. Swisher
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Patent number: 11799080Abstract: A positive electrode active material having high capacity and excellent cycle performance is provided. The positive electrode active material has a small difference in a crystal structure between the charged state and the discharged state. For example, the crystal structure and volume of the positive electrode active material, which has a layered rock-salt crystal structure in the discharged state and a pseudo-spinel crystal structure in the charged state at a high voltage of approximately 4.6 V, are less likely to be changed by charge and discharge as compared with those of a known positive electrode active material.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mayumi Mikami, Aya Uchida, Yumiko Yoneda, Yohei Momma, Masahiro Takahashi, Teruaki Ochiai
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Patent number: 11799128Abstract: The present invention is able to provide an LGPS-based solid electrolyte characterized by: satisfying a composition of LiuSnvP2SyXz (6?u?14, 0.8?v?2.1, 9?y?16, 0<z?1.6; X represents Cl, Br, or I); and having, in X-ray diffraction (CuK?: ?=1.5405 ?), peaks at least at positions of 2?=19.80°±0.50°, 20.10°±0.50°, 26.60°±0.50°, and 29.10°±0.50°.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.Inventor: Tomohiro Ito
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Patent number: 11757127Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lithium solid electrolyte, the method including: providing a composition including a lithium precursor, a lanthanum precursor, and a zirconium precursor; disposing the composition on a substrate having a temperature of 270° C. to 500° C. to form a film; and heat-treating the film at 300° C. to less than 750° C. for 1 hour to 100 hours to manufacture the lithium solid electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yuntong Zhu, Won Seok Chang, Jennifer Rupp, Lincoln Miara
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Patent number: 11728511Abstract: A solid-state electrolyte for a lithium battery that includes a hard-inorganic electrolyte and at least two soft electrolytes (SEs), where the melting point of the solid-state electrolyte is less than the melting point of a highest melting SE included in the solid-state electrolyte. The SEs include ammonium or phosphonium salts of closo-borates and can include lithium closo-borates salts. The hard-inorganic electrolyte is a lithium thiophosphate (LPS), where the plurality of SEs is melt-diffused throughout the homogeneous combined hard-inorganic electrolyte and a plurality of SEs at a temperature below the highest melting point SE, generally below 100° C. The relative density of the solid-state electrolyte is greater than 90 percent.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Timothy S. Arthur, Nikhilendra Singh, Rana Mohtadi, Oscar Tutusaus
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Patent number: 11688879Abstract: A sulfide-based solid electrolyte particle having a crystal phase of a cubic argyrodite-type crystal structure composed of Li, P, S and a halogen (Ha. The proposed sulfide-based solid electrolyte particle has a feature such that the ratio (ZHa2/ZHa1) of an element ratio ZHa2 of the halogen (Ha) at the position of 5 nm in depth from the particle surface to an element ratio ZHa1 of the halogen (Ha) at the position of 100 nm in depth from the particle surface is 0.5 or lower, as measured by XPS; and the ratio (ZO2/ZA2) of an element ratio ZO2 of oxygen to the total ZA2 of element ratios of phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), oxygen (O) and the halogen (Ha) at the position of 5 nm in depth from the particle surface is 0.5 or higher, as measured by XPS.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsukasa Takahashi, Takashi Chikumoto, Takahiro Ito
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Patent number: 11682790Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte includes: an ionic conductor including a PS43? unit, a P2S64? unit, and a P2S74? unit; and a lithium compound containing a halogen element, wherein a molar ratio of the P2S64? unit to the PS43? unit is about 1:1 to about 5:1, and a molar amount of the P2S74? unit with respect to the total molar amount of the PS43? unit, the P2S64? unit, and the P2S74? unit is greater than 0 to about 60%.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., POSCO JK SOLID SOLUTION CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyorang Kang, Minsuk Lee, Taeheung Kim, Duckki Yoon, Hyungsik Lim
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Patent number: 11664530Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a solid electrolyte having peaks at 2?=20.2°±0.5° and 23.6°±0.5° in X-ray diffractometry using a CuK? ray and containing a lithium element, a phosphorus element, a sulfur element, and a halogen element, the method including using raw materials containing yellow phosphorus and a compound containing a lithium element, a sulfur element, and a halogen element.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayoshi Kambara, Minoru Senga, Hiroyuki Tamura
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Patent number: 11652236Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte may include lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, and the sulfide solid electrolyte may have a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? rays, and a crystallite diameter in a range of from 5 to 20 nm.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kota Terai, Atsushi Sato, Futoshi Utsuno
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Patent number: 11631889Abstract: A sulfide glass solid electrolyte sheet can be protected from reaction with moisture by a thin metal layer coating converted to a thin electrochemically functional and protective compound layer. The converted protective compound layer is electrochemically functional in that it allows for through transport of lithium ions.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: PolyPlus Battery CompanyInventors: Steven J. Visco, Vitaliy Nimon, Yevgeniy S. Nimon, Bruce D. Katz
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Patent number: 11545694Abstract: A Li or Li-ion or Na or Na-ion battery cell is provided that comprises anode and cathode electrodes, a separator, and a solid electrolyte. The separator electrically separates the anode and the cathode. The solid electrolyte ionically couples the anode and the cathode. The solid electrolyte also comprises a melt-infiltration solid electrolyte composition that is disposed at least partially in at least one of the electrodes or in the separator.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.Inventors: Gleb Yushin, Adam Kajdos, Eugene Berdichevsky, Bogdan Zdyrko
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Patent number: 11539077Abstract: Electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising compounds containing one, two, or more triple-bonded moieties are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electrolyte composition. Compounds containing one, two, or more triple-bonded moieties may serve as additives to the electrolyte composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Enevate CorporationInventors: Liwen Ji, Benjamin Yong Park, Heidi Anderson, Sung Won Choi
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Patent number: 11453948Abstract: Articles and methods related to passivation layers on alkali metals are generally described.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Betar Gallant, Mingfu He, Rui Guo
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Patent number: 11437612Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to produce a cathode mixture capable of increasing the charge-discharge capacity of a sulfur battery. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a cathode mixture used for a sulfur battery and a method for producing the same, wherein the cathode mixture is produced by a mechanical milling treatment of a raw material mixture including Li2S and MxSy wherein M is selected from P, Si, Ge, B, Al, or Sn, and x and y are integers that confer an electroneutrality with respect to S according to a kind of M; a cathode active material including a sulfur simple substance; and a conductive aid including a carbon material.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masafumi Nose
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Patent number: 11430984Abstract: Electrodes including a passivation layer formed prior to receiving an initial charge are provided. The electrodes comprise an electrode-composition including an active electrode species, in which the electrode-composition comprises a first surface. The electrodes also comprise a passivation layer positioned onto at least a portion of the first surface. The passivation layer comprises: (i) a matrix material comprising (a) a cured propoxylated polymer, (b) an uncured hydrophobic glycol ether, or a combination of (a) and (b); and (ii) at least a first electrolyte. The electrodes may be included into an electrochemical cell.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Adam W. Freeman, Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, Spencer A. Langevin
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Patent number: 11424512Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery includes an anode layer; a cathode layer; a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the anode layer and the cathode layer, and including a first solid electrolyte; and a first bonding layer disposed between the cathode layer and the solid electrolyte layer, and comprising a second solid electrolyte, wherein the anode layer includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer disposed on the anode current collector, and the anode active material layer includes a binder and an anode active material, wherein the cathode layer includes a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer disposed on the cathode current collector, and wherein the second solid electrolyte has a Young's modulus which is less than a Young's modulus of the first solid electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Junhwan Ku, Hyorang Kang
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Patent number: 11411245Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Michael Edward Badding, Zhen Song, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Jennifer Anella Heine, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Gary Edward Merz, Eric Lee Miller, Cameron Wayne Tanner, Conor James Walsh
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Patent number: 11387486Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte comprising lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte has a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? rays, an area ratio of a peak derived from PS43? glass to the total area of peaks derived from glass observed in solid 31P-NMR measurement is 90% or more and 100% or less, and an area ratio of peaks derived from glass to the total area of all peaks at 60 to 120 ppm observed in solid 31P-NMR measurement is 1% or more and 45% or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Futoshi Utsuno, Toshiaki Tsuno, Kota Terai, Atsushi Sato
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Patent number: 11367898Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an electrolyte and a lithium ion battery including the same. The electrolyte comprises a trinitrile compound of general formula (I), wherein R11, R12, and R13 are each independently selected from alkylene groups having 0 to 8 carbon atoms, and R11, R12, and R13 are not 0 simultaneously; and fluorosulfonyl silane acetate. The present application improves the cycle performance, rate performance and floating charge performance of lithium ion batteries by using the trinitrile compound and fluorosulfonyl silane acetate in combination.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Ningde Amperex Technology LimitedInventors: Xiangkun Bo, Jieyan Sun, Chao Tang
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Patent number: 11362365Abstract: A metal or metal-ion battery composition is provided that comprises anode and cathode electrodes along with an electrolyte ionically coupling the anode and the cathode. At least one of the electrodes includes active material particles provided to store and release ions during battery operation. Each of the active material particles includes internal pores configured to accommodate volume changes in the active material during the storing and releasing of the ions. The electrolyte comprises a solid electrolyte ionically interconnecting the active material particles.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: SILA NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Gleb Yushin, Bogdan Zdyrko
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Patent number: 11349151Abstract: The present invention discloses a preparation method of an all-solid-state lithium battery based on borohydride/sulfide two-layer fast ion conductors, comprising the steps of: Step 1: cold-pressing a borohydride fast ion conductor and a sulfide fast ion conductor into a two-layer electrolyte; Step 2: mixing a cathode active material, a sulfide fast ion conductor, and a conductive agent according to a ratio to prepare a cathode of the all-solid-state lithium battery, and cold-pressing the cathode onto a side, corresponding to the sulfide fast ion conductor, of the two-layer electrolyte obtained in Step 1; and taking a lithium metal plate as an anode of the all-solid-state lithium battery, and cold-pressing the anode onto a side, corresponding to the borohydride fast ion conductor, of the two-layer electrolyte obtained in Step 1; and Step 3: packaging a material obtained in Step 2 to obtain the all-solid-state lithium battery based on borohydride/sulfide two-layer fast ion conductors.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Shiyou Zheng, Yuepeng Pang, Xinxin Shi, Xitong Wang, Yufang Wang, Zhengfang Nie
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Patent number: 11342582Abstract: A lithium-ion-conducting composite material is provided that includes at least one polymer and lithium-ion-conducting particles. The interfacial resistance for the lithium-ion conductivity between the polymer and the particles is reduced as a result of a surface modification of the particles and therefore the lithium-ion conductivity is greater than for a comparable composite material wherein the interfacial resistance between the polymer and the particles is not reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: SCHOTT AGInventors: Joerg Schuhmacher, Jochen Drewke, Hans-Joachim Schmitt, Philipp Treis, Miriam Kunze, Andreas Roters, Meike Schneider
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Patent number: 11335948Abstract: A method for producing a solid electrolyte according to the present disclosure includes forming a mixture by mixing raw material solutions containing elements shown in the following compositional formula (1) or (2) with a ketone-based solvent, forming a calcined body by subjecting the mixture to a first heating treatment, and performing main firing by subjecting the calcined body to a second heating treatment. (Li7?3xGax)(La3?yNdy)Zr2O12??(1) (Li7?3x+yGax)(La3?yCay)Zr2O12??(2) Provided that 0.1?x?1.0 and 0<y?0.2.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11309540Abstract: An anode for a lithium metal battery includes a host structure configured to be between an anode current collector and a separator, the host structure having void spaces configured to host metallic lithium during charging, wherein the host structure has a void space of ?60% and ?80%. Another anode for a lithium metal battery includes a current collector, a separator, and a host structure between the current collector and the separator, the host structure having void spaces configured to host metallic lithium during charging, wherein the host structure is formed of fibers.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Karl M. Brown, Alan A. Ritchie
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Patent number: 11276881Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide sulfide solid electrolytes having good processability at the time of manufacturing a battery and high ionic conductivity. The present invention relates to a sulfide solid electrolyte containing lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, having a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? rays, and the half-value width of at least one peak obtained by separating the peaks observed in a range of 60 to 120 ppm in solid-state 31P-NMR measurements is 500 to 800 Hz.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kota Terai, Atsushi Sato, Futoshi Utsuno
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Solid electrolyte, method of preparing the same, and lithium battery including the solid electrolyte
Patent number: 11276879Abstract: A solid electrolyte including: a lithium ion inorganic conductive layer; and an amorphous phase on a surface of the lithium ion inorganic conductive layer, wherein the amorphous phase is an irradiation product of the lithium ion inorganic conductive layer. Also, the method of preparing the same, and a lithium battery including the solid electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Jusik Kim, Michael Edward Badding, Hyunseok Kim, Zhen Song, Taehwan Yu -
Patent number: 11264647Abstract: A battery is provided, which includes an anode and a cathode. The anode includes a first current collector and anode active material. The anode active material is lithium metal or lithium alloy. The cathode includes a second current collector and cathode active material. The battery also includes an electrolyte film disposed between the cathode and the anode, and a porous film disposed between the electrolyte film and the anode. The battery includes an anolyte in the porous film between the electrolyte film and the anode, and a catholyte between the electrolyte film and the cathode. The catholyte is different from the anolyte, and the anolyte and the catholyte are separated by the electrolyte film and are not in contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Wei-Hsin Wu, Chih-Ching Chang, Han-Jung Li, Jen-Jeh Lee, Chia-Chen Fang
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Patent number: 11251501Abstract: Articles, compositions, and methods involving ionically conductive compounds are provided. In some embodiments, the ionically conductive compounds are useful for electrochemical cells. The disclosed ionically conductive compounds may be incorporated into an electrochemical cell (e.g., a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, an intercalated-cathode based electrochemical cell) as, for example, a protective layer for an electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and/or any other appropriate component within the electrochemical cell. In certain embodiments, electrode structures and/or methods for making electrode structures including a layer comprising an ionically conductive compound described herein are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignees: Sion Power Corporation, BASF SEInventors: Holger Schneider, Hui Du, Klaus Leitner, Johan ter Maat, Pascal Hartmann, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Tracy Earl Kelley, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley
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Patent number: 11239495Abstract: Nanofilm-encapsulated sulfide glass solid electrolyte structures and methods for making the encapsulated glass structures involve a lithium ion conducting sulfide glass sheet encapsulated on its opposing major surfaces by a continuous and conformal nanofilm made by atomic layer deposition (ALD). During manufacture, the reactive surfaces of the sulfide glass sheet are protected from deleterious reaction with ambient moisture, and the nanofilm can be configured to provide additional performance advantages, including enhanced mechanical strength and improved chemical resistance.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: PolyPlus Battery CompanyInventors: Steven J. Visco, Vitaliy Nimon, Yevgeniy S. Nimon, Bruce D. Katz