Hetero Ring In The Organic Solvent Patents (Class 429/336)
  • Patent number: 8785057
    Abstract: The present invention provide novel compounds and electrolyte solutions which can be used in capacitors and lithium batteries and which have a liquidus range of from about ?65 to about 171 degrees C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Retriev Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: W. Novis Smith, Joel R. McCloskey, Jonathan Maeyer
  • Patent number: 8785055
    Abstract: Novel electric battery systems are disclosed utilizing selected ionic liquids as electrolytes and selected metals and metal oxides as electrodes. The ionic liquids utilize a substituted imidazolium cation, which does not have the corrosive safety and environmental concerns associated with corrosive acid and alkali electrolytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Thomas E. Sutto
  • Publication number: 20140199601
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte solution with excellent storage stability capable of forming a stable SEI on the surface of an electrode to improve cell performance such as a cycle performance, a discharge/charge capacity, and internal resistance, when the additive is used for electrical storage devices such as non-aqueous electrolyte solution secondary cells and electric double layer capacitors. The present invention also aims to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte solution containing the additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte solution and to provide an electrical storage device using the non-aqueous electrolyte solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Onozuka, Shohei Fujimoto, Koji Fujita
  • Publication number: 20140178770
    Abstract: The Coulombic efficiency of lithium deposition/stripping can be improved while also substantially preventing lithium dendrite formation and growth using particular electrolyte compositions. Embodiments of the electrolytes include organic solvents and their mixtures to form high-quality SEI layers on the lithium anode surface and to prevent further reactions between lithium and electrolyte components. Embodiments of the disclosed electrolytes further include additives to suppress dendrite growth during charge/discharge processes. The solvent and additive can significantly improve both the Coulombic efficiency and smoothness of lithium deposition. By optimizing the electrolyte formulations, practical rechargeable lithium energy storage devices with significantly improved safety and long-term cycle life are achieved. The electrolyte can also be applied to other kinds of energy storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Wu Xu, Ji-Guang Zhang, Yaohui Zhang, Xilin Chen
  • Publication number: 20140162143
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrochemical device having an electrolytic solution having high current density and high oxidation resistance, as well as high safety, where dissolution and deposition of magnesium progress repeatedly and stably. The present invention relates to the electrolytic solution for an electrochemical device comprising (1) the supporting electrolyte composed of a magnesium salt and (2) at least one or more kinds of the compound represented by the following general formula [2], as well as the electrochemical device comprising said electrolytic solution, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Watahiki, Takahiro Kiyosu, Kuniaki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20140141340
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a lithium salt and a non-aqueous organic solvent including a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 is described: The compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is included at greater than or equal to 0.001 volume % and less than 1 volume % based on a total volume of the non-aqueous organic solvent. A rechargeable lithium battery including the electrolyte is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vladimir Egorov, Woo-Cheol Shin, Pavel Alexandrovich Shatunov
  • Publication number: 20140134500
    Abstract: An anode and a battery, which have a high capacity and can improve battery characteristics such as large current discharge characteristics and low temperature discharge characteristics are provided. An anode has an anode current collector and an anode active material layer provided on the anode current collector. The density of the anode active material layer is in the range from 1.5 g/cm3 to 1.8 g/cm3. Further, the anode active material layer contains a granulated graphite material which is obtained by granulating a flat graphite particle in nodular shape and mesocarbon microbeads. Thereby, the granulated graphite material is prevented from being destroyed, and diffusion path of lithium ions is secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gentaro KANO
  • Patent number: 8722255
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolytic solution is advantageously used in preparation of a lithium secondary battery excellent in cycle characteristics. In the non-aqueous electrolytic solution for a lithium secondary battery, an electrolyte salt is dissolved in a non-aqueous solvent. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution further contains a vinylene carbonate compound in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt. %, and an alkyne compound in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Takaaki Kuwata
  • Patent number: 8715866
    Abstract: An electrolyte includes an eutectic mixture composed of (a) a hetero cyclic compound having a predetermined chemistry figure, and (b) an ionizable lithium salt. An electrochemical device having the electrolyte. The eutectic mixture included in the electrolyte exhibits inherent characteristics of an eutectic mixture such as excellent thermal stability and excellent chemical stability, thereby improving the problems such as evaporation, ignition and side reaction of an electrolyte caused by the usage of existing organic solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-Bae Lee, Jae-Seung Oh, Ji-Won Park, Shin-Jung Choi, Jae-Duk Park, Dong-Su Kim, Hyo-Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20140120428
    Abstract: The invention provides for a method of discharging a chemical source of electric energy in two stages. The chemical source of electric energy comprises a positive electrode (cathode) including sulphur or sulphur-based organic compounds, sulphur-based polymeric compounds or sulphur-based inorganic compounds as a depolarizer, a negative electrode (anode) made of metallic lithium or lithium-containing alloys, and an electrolyte comprising a solution of at least one salt in at least one aprotic solvent. The method comprises the steps of configuring the chemical source of electric energy to generate soluble polysulphides in the electrolyte during a first stage of a two stage discharge process, and selecting the quantity of sulphur in the depolariser and the volume of electrolyte in a way that after the first stage discharge of the cathode, the concentration of the soluble polysulphides in the electrolyte is at least seventy percent (70%) of a saturation concentration of the polysulphides in the electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Vladimir Kolosnitsyn, Elena Karaseva
  • Publication number: 20140113202
    Abstract: The invention is directed in a first aspect to an ionic liquid of the general formula Y+Z?, wherein Y+ is a positively-charged component of the ionic liquid and Z? is a negatively-charged component of the ionic liquid, wherein Z? is a boron-containing anion of the following formula: The invention is also directed to electrolyte compositions in which the boron-containing ionic liquid Y+Z? is incorporated into a lithium ion battery electrolyte, with or without admixture with another ionic liquid Y+X? and/or non-ionic solvent and/or non-ionic solvent additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Xiao-Guang Sun, Sheng Dai, Chen Liao
  • Publication number: 20140099558
    Abstract: A power storage device with reduced initial irreversible capacity is provided. The power storage device includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer, and an electrolyte solution. In the negative electrode active material layer, the content percentage of a carbon material with an R value of 1.1 or more is less than 2 wt %. The R value refers to a ratio of a peak intensity I1360 to a peak intensity I1580 (I1360/I1580). The peak intensity I1360 and the peak intensity I1580 are observed by Raman spectrometry at a Raman shift of 1360 cm?1 and a Raman shift of 1580 cm?1, respectively. The electrolyte solution contains a lithium ion and an ionic liquid composed of an organic cation and an anion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru ITAKURA, Kyosuke ITO, Jun ISHIKAWA, Rie YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20140050991
    Abstract: In an aspect, an electrolyte for a lithium rechargeable battery and a lithium rechargeable battery are provided. The electrolyte may include a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an aromatic amine as an additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daesik Kim
  • Patent number: 8642202
    Abstract: An organic electrolyte solution for use in a redox flow battery and the redox flow battery including the organic electrolyte solution has a high energy density because re-precipitation is prevented in the organic electrolyte solution or eduction is prevented in an electrode during reduction of a metal ion used as an electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-young Sun, Joung-won Park, Doo-yeon Lee, Seung-uk Son
  • Patent number: 8632919
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery electrolyte having improved high temperature properties and overcharge-prevention properties, particularly improved overcharge-prevention properties under high voltage/high current conditions, in conjunction with a minimized deterioration of the battery performance, by adding 3 to 5% by weight of cyclohexyl benzene (CHB) and 0.2 to 1.5% by weight of 2-fluoro biphenyl (2-FBP) as overcharge-preventing additives to an electrolyte of a lithium secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Ju Kang, Kyoung-won Kang, Hyang Mok Lee, Jung Kyu Woo
  • Publication number: 20140011099
    Abstract: An electrolyte solvent for a cathode active material composed of lithium oxo acid salt. The solvent is used for a lithium ion secondary battery using the lithium oxo acid salt as a cathode material. The electrolyte solvent includes an ammonium ion which includes two or more alkoxyalkyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SHOEI CHEMICAL INC.
    Inventors: Li Yang, Shaohua Fang
  • Publication number: 20130344399
    Abstract: Novel electric battery systems are disclosed utilizing selected ionic liquids as electrolytes and selected metals and metal oxides as electrodes. The ionic liquids utilize a substituted imidazolium cation, which does not have the corrosive safety and environmental concerns associated with corrosive acid and alkali electrolytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicants: Chief of Naval Research, Office of Counsel
    Inventor: Thomas E. Sutto
  • Patent number: 8609287
    Abstract: Compounds may have general Formula I, II, or III: where R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently H, F, Cl, Br, CN, NO2, a alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a phosphate group, a polyether group; or R1 and R2, or R3 and R4, or R2 and R3 (in the case of Formula II) may join together to form a fused ring on the benzene ring; and X and Z are independently a group of Formula A: where R5 and R6 and R7 are independently H, F, Cl, Br, CN, NO2, a alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a phosphate group, or a polyether group; R7 is H, F, Cl, Br, CN, NO2, a alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a phosphate group, or a polyether group; n is an integer from 1 to 8; and m is an integer from 1 to 13. Such compounds may be used as redox shuttles in electrolytes for use in electrochemical cells, batteries and electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Uchicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Zhengcheng Zhang, Lu Zhang, Khalil Amine
  • Publication number: 20130323571
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium-ion electrochemical cell comprising an ionic liquid electrolyte solution and a positive electrode having a carbon sheet current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Hongli Dai, Michael Erickson, Marc Juzkow
  • Publication number: 20130302702
    Abstract: The object of an exemplary embodiment of the invention is to provide a separator for an electric storage device which has small heat shrinkage in a high-temperature environment, and in which the increase of the battery temperature can be suppressed. An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a separator for an electric storage device, which comprises a cellulose derivative represented by a prescribed formula. The separator for an electric storage device can be obtained, for example, by treating a cellulose separator containing cellulose with a halogen-containing carboxylic acid or a halogen-containing alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuaki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8551661
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-aqueous electrolytes having stabilization additives and electrochemical devices containing the same. Thus the present invention provides electrolytes containing an alkali metal salt, a polar aprotic solvent, a first additive that is a substituted or unsubstituted organoamine, substituted or unsubstituted alkane, substituted or unsubstituted alkene, or substituted or unsubstituted aryl compound, and/or a second additive that is a metal (chelato)borate. When used in electrochemical devices with, e.g., lithium manganese oxide spinel electrodes, the new electrolytes provide batteries with improved calendar and cycle life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Uchicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Khalil Amine, Jaekook Kim, Donald R. Vissers
  • Patent number: 8546023
    Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, a separator, and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte includes a ternary eutectic mixture prepared by adding (c) a carbonate-based compound to a eutectic mixture containing (a) an amide group-containing compound and (b) an ionizable lithium salt, and the carbonate-based compound is included in an amount of less than 50 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the electrolyte. The use of the disclosed ternary eutectic mixture having flame resistance, chemical stability, high conductivity, and a broad electrochemical window, as the electrolyte material, improves both the thermal stability and quality of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiwon Park, Jae Seung Oh, Byoung-bae Lee, Shin Jung Choi, Jaeduk Park
  • Patent number: 8512897
    Abstract: Provided are (1) a novel phenyl sulfonate compound, (2) a nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent and containing a phenyl sulfonate compound of the following general formula (II) in an amount of from 0.01 to 10% by mass of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution, and (3) a lithium battery containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution and excellent in low-temperature cycle property. (wherein X1 to X5 each independently represents a fluorine atom or a hydrogen atom, and from one to four of these are fluorine atoms; R2 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms in which at least one hydrogen atom is substituted with a halogen atom, or an aryl group having from 6 to 9 carbon atoms).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Kazuhiro Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20130196206
    Abstract: An organic electrolyte solution including a solvent; an electrolyte including a metal-ligand coordination compound; and an additive including a hydrophobic group and a metal affinic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130196212
    Abstract: A 1.5V battery and manufacturing method thereof is disclosed. The battery includes a positive electrode composed of 80%-90 weight-% of pyrite, up to 3.5% of conductive carbon black, 3%-5% of graphite, 2%-4% of oxide or lithium oxide and 1%-4% of water-soluble adhesive; a negative electrode composed of lithium metal or a lithium-aluminum alloy; an electrolyte composed of an organic solvent selected from three or more of NMP, PC, DME, DOL, isoxazoles, THF, DMSO and SFL; and an inorganic salt solute selected from one or more of LiClO4, LiCF3SO3, LiI, LiAsF6 and LiBF4; and a separator made of polyethylene resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Wenshuo Pan, Xianwen He, Zhongfen Lao
  • Publication number: 20130183576
    Abstract: An object is to provide a higher-performance secondary battery, particularly to provide a secondary battery having a low impedance. The present exemplary embodiment is a secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are arranged to face each other, an electrolyte liquid, and a package accommodating the electrode assembly and the electrolyte liquid, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active substance containing at least one selected from a metal (a) capable of being alloyed with lithium, and a metal oxide (b) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, a negative electrode binder, and a negative electrode current collector; and the electrolyte liquid contains a sulfide compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Suguro, Daisuke Kawasaki, Midori Shimura, Kazuaki Matsumoto, Yoko Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20130164635
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid composite for use in the cathode of a lithium- sulphur electric current producing cell wherein the solid composite comprises 1 to 75 wt.-% of expanded graphite, 25 to 99 wt.-% of sulphur, 0 to 50 wt.-% of one or more further conductive agents other than expanded graphite, and 0 to 50 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Ruediger Schmidt, Alexander Panchenko, Bastian Ewald, Philip Hanefeld, Sorin Ivanovici, Helmut Moehwald, Igor P. Kovalev
  • Patent number: 8460826
    Abstract: A lithium-iron disulfide electrochemical cell design is disclosed, relying on judicious selection of the electrolyte, a thicker lithium anode and a cathode with specific characteristics selected to cooperate with the electrolyte. The resulting cell has a reduced interfacial surface area between the anode and the cathode but, surprisingly, maintains excellent high drain rate capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Companym Inc.
    Inventors: Weiwei Huang, Matthew T. Wendling
  • Patent number: 8455142
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte can suppress decomposition of a solvent, improve the cycle life of a secondary battery, suppress the rise of resistance of a secondary battery and improve the capacity maintenance ratio of a secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Energy Devices, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ishikawa, Yasutaka Kono, Koji Utsugi, Yoko Hashizume, Shinako Kaneko, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130089793
    Abstract: An ionic liquid including a phosphazene compound that has a plurality of phosphorus-nitrogen units and at least one pendant group bonded to each phosphorus atom of the plurality of phosphorus-nitrogen units. One pendant group of the at least one pendant group comprises a positively charged pendant group. Additional embodiments of ionic liquids are disclosed, as are electrolyte solutions and energy storage devices including the embodiments of the ionic liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin L. Gering, Mason K. Harrup, Harry W. Rollins
  • Publication number: 20130078529
    Abstract: A lithium ion battery includes a first electrode made of a cathodic material; a second electrode made of an anodic material; an electrolyte solution; and an additive added to the electrolyte solution, wherein the additive comprises a conjugated system and a bi-functional hydrogen bonding moiety. The additive includes a ?OH group and an N atom. The additive includes a compound having a structure shown as follows: wherein R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are each independently selected from H, halogen, —OH, —NH2, —NO2, —CN, —CHO, —Si(CH3)3,—NH-alkyl, —O-alkyl, or an alkyl, wherein the alkyl group is C1-C12 alkyl; preferably, C1-C6 alkyl; more preferably C1-C3 alkyl; and wherein the alkyl group may be optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from —OH, —NH2, —NO2, —CN, —CHO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: HEFEI GUOXUAN HIGH-TECH POWER ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: HEFEI GUOXUAN HIGH-TECH POWER ENERGY CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130078531
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes an electrode group includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode disposed through a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode comprises a current collector and a porous negative electrode layer formed on the current collector and containing a lithium compound. The porous negative electrode layer has a first peak at a pore diameter of 0.04 to 0.15 ?m and a second peak at a pore diameter of 0.8 to 6 ?m in the relation between the pore diameter and log differential intrusion obtained in the mercury press-in method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Hidesato SARUWATARI, Hideaki MORISHIMA, Hiroki INAGAKI, Norio TAKAMI
  • Patent number: 8399137
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte containing novel additive for electrochemical device and the electrochemical device thereof. The additive is a compound represented by below formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, or halogen; n and m are independently 1, 2, or 3. The additive of the present invention can protect the surface of the carbonaceous material on the anode and suppress the occurrence of exfoliation, thereby increasing the lifetime of the electrochemical device. Furthermore, the additive of the present invention also slows down the decay of capacity on the cathode during charging-discharging cycles, and hence maintains a better performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Hopax Chems. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Jane Her, Chih-Wei Huang, Po-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 8377587
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte containing novel additive for electrochemical device and the electrochemical device thereof. The additive is a compound represented by below formula (I): wherein R is defined as herein; n is 2, 3, or 4. The additive of the present invention can protect the surface of the carbonaceous material on the anode, suppresses the occurrence of exfoliation, and therefore increases the lifetime of the electrochemical device. Furthermore, the additive of the present invention also slows down the decay of capacity on the cathode during charging-discharging cycles, and hence maintains a better performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Hopax Chems, Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Huang, Li-Jane Her, Jou-Yeh Su
  • Publication number: 20130040209
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution containing a cyclic sulfone compound having a 1,3-dithietane-1,1,3,3-tetraoxide structure is provided. The cyclic sultone compound is preferably a compound represented by formula (I) [wherein in formula (I), R1 to R4 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or the like].
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Mio, Mitsuo Nakamura, Hidenobu Nogi, Takashi Hayashi, Takeshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8372549
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte solvent for batteries, which comprises fluoroethylene carbonate and linear ester solvent. Also, the present invention provides a lithium secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte comprises fluoroethylene carbonate and linear ester solvent. The inventive electrolyte solvent can improve the battery safety without deteriorating the battery performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun Yung Im, Ki Young Lee, Joon Sung Bae, Young Taek An
  • Patent number: 8367254
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte for lithium secondary batteries that allows the batteries to operate safely at a charging voltage up to 4.35V, wherein the electrolyte comprises a combination of a fluoroethylene carbonate compound and a linear ester compound as solvent. Also, the present invention provides a lithium secondary battery that can operate at a charging voltage up to 4.35V, which comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte comprises fluoroethylene carbonate compound and linear ester compound as solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun Yung Im, Ki Young Lee, Joon Sung Bae, Young Tack An
  • Patent number: 8367255
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: an electrode group in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are spirally wound with a separator interposed therebetween; and a non-aqueous electrolyte including a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, the positive electrode including a positive electrode material mixture layer containing a nickel-containing lithium composite metal oxide, wherein a product of A and B equals 150 to 350, A equals 15 to 20%, and B equals 10 to 25%, where A (%) represents a porosity of the positive electrode material mixture layer, and B (%) represents a volume percentage of ethylene carbonate in the non-aqueous solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Taniguchi, Kensuke Nakura, Takashi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20130029232
    Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and an ionic liquid electrolyte. The separator is a polar porous membrane. The ionic liquid electrolyte and the separator made of the polar porous are used in the lithium ion secondary batteries, which can improve the electrochemical performance of the lithium ion secondary batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Microvast New Materials (Huzhou) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: ZHUOQUN ZHENG, Bin Gu, Hong Wang, Liaoying Ke, Yunhua Nie
  • Patent number: 8354193
    Abstract: An electrochemical device, having an anode containing magnesium; a cathode stable to a voltage of at least 3.2 V relative to a magnesium reference; and an electrolyte obtained by admixture of a magnesium salt of a non-nucleophilic base comprising nitrogen and aluminum trichloride in an ether solvent is provided. As sulfur is stable to a voltage of at least 3.2 V relative to a magnesium reference, a magnesium-sulfur electrochemical device is specifically provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America
    Inventors: John Muldoon, Hee Soo Kim, Masaki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20130011747
    Abstract: There is provided a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in cycle characteristics in which the conductivity of an electrode using a graphite material which is less deformed and oriented by pressurization is improved. A negative electrode mixture which includes at least a negative electrode active material comprising graphite as a main component, a binder, and a conductive aid has a ratio of a peak intensity of a (002) plane to a peak intensity of a (110) plane in an X-ray diffraction spectrum of 30 or more and 70 or less, the spectrum being measured after the negative electrode mixture is pressed at 98 MPa (1000 kgf/cm2), and the conductive aid includes carbon black having a DBP absorption (cm3/100 g) of 250 or more and 500 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Sasaki, Takehiro Noguchi
  • Patent number: 8349501
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: an electrode group in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are spirally wound with a separator interposed therebetween; and a non-aqueous electrolyte including a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, the positive electrode including a positive electrode material mixture layer containing a nickel-containing lithium composite metal oxide, wherein a product of A and B equals 150 to 350, A equals 15 to 20%, and B equals 8 to 25%, where A (%) represents a porosity of the positive electrode material mixture layer, and B (%) represents a volume percentage of ethylene carbonate in the non-aqueous solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Taniguchi, Kensuke Nakura, Takashi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20130004861
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte additive for a lithium secondary battery, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a lithium secondary battery including the same, the additive including dicyanoacetylene or a cyano group-containing unsaturated compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, the cyano group-containing unsaturated compound including an unsaturated bond and two or more cyano groups linked in cis- or trans-positions of carbons of the unsaturated bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Jung-Yi YU, Woo-Cheol SHIN, Sang-Il HAN, Mi-Hyun LEE, Tae-Hyun BAE
  • Publication number: 20130004860
    Abstract: A quaternary ammonium salt of the formula (1), a composition containing the quaternary ammonium salt and an organic solvent, and an electrochemical device using the salt wherein R1 and R2 are both methyl and X? is BF4? or N(CF3SO2)2?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Tetsuo NISHIDA, Yasutaka Tashiro, Megumi Tornisaki, Masashi Yamamoto, Kazutaka Hirano, Akihiro Nabeshima, Hiroaki Tokuda, Kenji Sato, Takashi Higono
  • Publication number: 20120328960
    Abstract: A nonaqueous solvent having excellent reduction resistance, which can be applied to an electrolyte solution, is provided. Further, a nonaqueous solvent which can be used in a wide temperature range and applied to an electrolyte solution is provided. Furthermore, a high-performance power storage device is provided. A nonaqueous solvent containing at least an ionic liquid including an alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation having one or more substituents and a counter anion to the alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation, and a freezing-point depressant is provided. A power storage device including the nonaqueous solvent for an electrolyte solution is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyosuke ITO, Toru Itakura
  • Publication number: 20120321964
    Abstract: A nonaqueous solvent for an electrical storage device disclosed in the present application includes fluorine-containing cyclic saturated hydrocarbon having a structure represented by the following general formula (1) in which one or two substituents R are introduced into a cyclopentane ring; and a compound having a relative dielectric constant of 25 or higher (in general formula (1), R is represented by CnX2n+1 where n is an integer of 1 or greater, at least one of (2n+1) pieces of X's is F, and the other X's are H).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Masaki Hasegawa, Takashi Takeuchi, Natsumi Goto
  • Publication number: 20120315553
    Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary battery, including a cathode, an anode and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte present between the cathode and the anode. The non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary battery has a closed structure in which the cathode, the anode and the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte are insulated from at least carbon dioxide and water. The non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary battery has a discharge voltage of 3V or less relative to a Li/Li+ reference electrode. The non-aqueous liquid electrolyte includes two or more kinds of anions, and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte for the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fuminori Mizuno, Hirofumi Nakamoto, Kenichi Hamamoto
  • Publication number: 20120315550
    Abstract: The invention relates to a graphene-modified lithium iron phosphate positive electrode active material and a method for preparing the same, as well as a lithium-ion secondary cell based on this positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material is prepared by a method in which graphene or graphene oxide and lithium iron phosphate are dispersed in an aqueous solution, agitated and ultrasonicated to mix homogeneously and for a mixture, dried to obtain a lithium iron phosphate material compounded with graphene or graphene oxide, and annealed at high temperature to obtain finally a graphene-modified lithium iron phosphate positive electrode active material. When compared with conventional modified lithium cells coated with carbon or doped with conductive polymers, the lithium-ion secondary cell based on this positive electrode active material features high cell capacity, good cycling performance of charge and discharge, long life and high cycle stability, and has great utility value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Zhaoping Liu, Xufeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 8318354
    Abstract: An electrochemical device, having an anode containing magnesium; a cathode stable to a voltage of at least 3.2 V relative to a magnesium reference; and an electrolyte containing an electrochemically active magnesium salt obtained by mixing an organic magnesium compound with an aluminum compound in an ether solvent and separation of the electrochemically active salt from the reaction mixture is provided. The separated electrochemically active salt is stable and safe to handle in comparison to conventional Grignard based electrolyte systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America
    Inventors: John Muldoon, Hee Soo Kim
  • Patent number: RE44489
    Abstract: A battery capable of improving battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics is provided. An electrolytic solution is impregnated in a separator. The electrolytic solution contains 4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolane-2-one. Fluorine ion content in the electrolytic solution is preferably from 10 weight ppm to 3200 weight ppm. Thereby, chemical stability of the electrolytic solution is improved, and cycle characteristics are improved. The present invention is effective for the case using an anode active material containing Sn or Si as an element for an anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Yamaguchi, Tadahiko Kubota, Atsumichi Kawashima, Akinori Kita, Satoshi Mizutani, Hiroshi Inoue