Oxygen Is The Only Ring Hetero Atom In The Hetero Ring (e.g., Dioxolane, Gamma Butyrolactone, Etc.) Patents (Class 429/337)
  • Publication number: 20140038037
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a magnesium battery includes a magnesium salt having the formula MgBaHbXy where a=2-12, b=0-12 y=0-8 wherein when b=0 X is O-alkyl and when b=1-11 X is O-alkyl or F. The electrolyte also includes a solvent, the magnesium salt being dissolved in the solvent. Various solvents including aprotic solvents and molten salts such as ionic liquids may be utilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Rana F. Mohtadi, Masaki Matsui, Tyler J. Carter
  • Publication number: 20140023936
    Abstract: An electrolyte includes a lithium polysulfide of formula Li2Sx, where x>2; a shuttle inhibitor; and a non-aqueous solvent. Lithium-sulfur batteries may incorporate such electrolytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Ilias Belharouak, Rui Xu
  • Publication number: 20140023934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive that allows for improved safety and battery characteristics of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and in greater detail, the present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive that includes at least one compound selected from a first compound group consisting of phosphazene compounds represented by the following general formula (1): (NPR2)n??(1) wherein each R independently represents fluorine or a substituent including an organic group substituted with fluorine, at least one of the Rs represents the substituent including an organic group substituted with fluorine, and n is from 3 to 14; and includes at least one compound selected from a second compound group consisting of borate represented by the following general formula (2), bis(oxalato)borate, difluoro(oxalato)borate, tris(oxalato)phosphate, difluoro(bisoxalato)phosphate, and tetrafluoro(oxalato)phosphate: wherein Aa+ represents a cation, and a repre
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Otsuki, Hirokazu Satou, Shoichi Tsujioka, Aiichiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8632918
    Abstract: A non-aqueous rechargeable electrochemical cell includes an electrolyte composition produced through the dissolution of a thermally stable lithium salt in a lactone solvent. The resulting cell has stable performance in a wide temperature range between ?40° C. and 80° C. The resulting cell operates across this wide temperature range with a commercially acceptable capacity retention, power loss characteristics, and safety characteristics across this temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Kang Xu, Shengshui Zhang, T. Richard Jow
  • Publication number: 20140017573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive that allows for improved safety and battery characteristics of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and in greater detail, the present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive that includes a phosphazene compound represented by the following general formula (1): (NPR2)n ??(1) wherein each R independently represents fluorine or a secondary or tertiary branched alkoxy group substituted with fluorine, at least one of the Rs represents the secondary or tertiary branched alkoxy group substituted with fluorine, and n is from 3 to 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicants: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Otsuki, Hirokazu Satou, Shoichi Tsujioka, Aiichiro Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20140017571
    Abstract: Representative embodiments provide a liquid or gel separator utilized to separate and space apart first and second conductors or electrodes of an energy storage device, such as a battery or a supercapacitor. A representative liquid or gel separator comprises a plurality of particles, typically having a size (in any dimension) between about 0.5 to about 50 microns; a first, ionic liquid electrolyte; and a polymer. In another representative embodiment, the plurality of particles comprise diatoms, diatomaceous frustules, and/or diatomaceous fragments or remains. Another representative embodiment further comprises a second electrolyte different from the first electrolyte; the plurality of particles are comprised of silicate glass; the first and second electrolytes comprise zinc tetrafluoroborate salt in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidalzolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid; and the polymer comprises polyvinyl alcohol (“PVA”) or polyvinylidene fluoride (“PVFD”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: NTHDEGREE TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC.
    Inventors: Vera Nicholaevna Lockett, Mark D. Lowenthal, Neil O. Shotton, William Johnstone Ray, Theodore I. Kamins
  • Publication number: 20140011097
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relate to a di-tert-butylphenyl alkylsulfonate compound, tertbutylphenyl alkylsulfonate compound, di-tert-butylphenyl arylsulfonate compound or tertbutylphenyl arylsulfonate compound useful as an intermediate raw material of a pharmaceutical, agricultural chemical, electronic material or polymer material and the like, or as a battery material, and also provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution for a lithium secondary battery having superior cycle performance and other battery properties through the use thereof, and a lithium secondary battery. The disclosed embodiments further relate to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution for use as in a lithium secondary battery containing, in a nonaqueous electrolytic solution in which an electrolyte salt is dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Koji ABE
  • Patent number: 8623554
    Abstract: An electrode material comprising a particle containing at least one member selected from the particles containing silicon, tin, silicon compound and tin compound, and fibrous carbon. The particle includes: (1) a particle comprising at least one member of a silicon particle, tin particle, particle containing a lithium-ion-intercalatable/releasable silicon compound and particle containing a lithium-ion-intercalatable/releasable tin compound; or (2) a particle comprising a silicon and/or silicon compound-containing carbonaceous material deposited onto at least a portion of the surfaces of a carbon particle having a graphite structure. The lithium secondary battery using the electrode material as a negative electrode has high discharging capacity and is excellent in cycle characteristics and characteristics under a load of large current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Show A Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Youichi Nanba, Satoshi Iinou, Tsutomu Masuko
  • Publication number: 20130337345
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes an electrolyte; a cathode; and an anode including a negative active material of Formula LixNi?Mn?Co?M1?M2mO2-zM3z?; where M1 is Mg, Zn, Al, Ga, B, Zr, Ti, V, Cr Ag, Cu, Na, Mn, Fe, Cu, or Zr; M2 is P, S, Si, W, or Mo; M3 is F, Cl and N; 0<x; 0???1; 0???1; 0???1; 0???1; 0?m?0.5; 0?z?0.5; and 0?z??0.5, where at least one of ?, ?, and ? is greater than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Ali Abouimrane, Khalil Amine
  • Publication number: 20130323608
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte solution including an ionic liquid having the structure of formula (I): wherein R1 is C1-C6alkyl, R2 is C2-C7alkyl, A? is defined in the specification. The electrolyte solution of the present invention has high conductivity and high thermal stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: China Petrochemical Development Corporation, Taipei (Taiwan)
    Inventor: China Petrochemical Development Corporation, Taipei (Taiwan)
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8586249
    Abstract: The electrolyte for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, gamma-butyrolactone and a wettability activator. The electrolyte for a lithium ion secondary battery provides excellent life characteristics and high-temperature stability and shows improved electrolyte pourability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin-Hee Kim
  • Publication number: 20130295469
    Abstract: Method of forming lithium-containing electrolytes are provided using wet chemical synthesis. In some examples, the lithium containing electrolytes are composed of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7. The solid electrolyte may be a core shell material. In one embodiment, the core shell material includes a core of lithium sulfide (Li2S), a first shell of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7, and a second shell including one of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7 and carbon. The lithium containing electrolytes may be incorporated into wet cell batteries or solid state batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Chengdu Liang, Zengcai Liu, Wujun Fu, Zhan Lin, Nancy J. Dudney, Jane Y. Howe, Adam J. Rondinone
  • Publication number: 20130288137
    Abstract: An electrolyte includes an alkali metal salt; an aprotic solvent; and a redox shuttle additive including an aromatic compound having at least one aromatic ring fused with at least one non-aromatic ring, the aromatic ring having two or more oxygen or phosphorus-containing substituents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Wei Weng, Zhencheng Zhang, Khalil Amine
  • Patent number: 8568932
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution in which an electrolyte salt is dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, containing 0.01% to 30% by weight of a 1,2-cyclohexanediol derivative having a specific structure; and a lithium secondary battery using the nonaqueous electrolytic solution. The lithium secondary battery exhibits excellent battery characteristics such as electrical capacity, cycle property, and storage property and can maintain excellent long-term battery performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Chisen Hashimoto, Masahide Kondo
  • Publication number: 20130280618
    Abstract: The present invention includes an electrolyte in which an organic acid lithium salt (A) and a boron compound (B) are mixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shinmei, Yoshiharu Konno, Masashi Kanoh
  • Patent number: 8563179
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material has an average particle diameter of 4.5 to 15.5 ?m and a specific surface area of 0.13 to 0.80 m2/g. A positive electrode mixture layer contains at least one of a silane coupling agent and/or at least one of aluminum, titanium, or zirconium based coupling agent having an alkyl or an alkoxy groups having 1 to 18 carbon atoms at a content of 0.003% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less with respect to the mass of the positive electrode active material. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains a 1,3-dioxane derivative at a content of 0.05% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte. Thus a nonaqueous secondary battery that has good high-temperature cycle characteristics and suppresses an increase in self-discharge after repetition of charge and discharge cycles at high temperature is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kentaro Takahashi
  • 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: 8546599
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relate to a di-tert-butylphenyl alkylsulfonate compound, tert-butylphenyl alkylsulfonate compound, di-tert-butylphenyl arylsulfonate compound or tert-butylphenyl arylsulfonate compound useful as an intermediate raw material of a pharmaceutical, agricultural chemical, electronic material or polymer material and the like, or as a battery material, and also provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution for a lithium secondary battery having superior cycle performance and other battery properties through the use thereof, and a lithium secondary battery. The disclosed embodiments further relate to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution for use as in a lithium secondary battery containing, in a nonaqueous electrolytic solution in which an electrolyte salt is dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Koji Abe
  • Publication number: 20130252114
    Abstract: A electrochemical cell having an non-aqueous electrolyte is provided. The properties of the electrolyte include high conductivity, high Coulombic efficiency, and an electrochemical window that can exceed 3.5 V vs. Mg/Mg+2. The use of the electrolyte promotes the electrochemical deposition and dissolution of Mg without the use of any Grignard reagents, other organometallic materials, tetraphenyl borate, or tetrachloroaluminate derived anions. Other Mg-containing electrolyte systems that are expected to be suitable for use in secondary batteries are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: PELLION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Ellis Doe, George Hamilton Lane, Robert E. Jilek, Jaehee Hwang
  • Publication number: 20130244121
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel applications for alliform carbon, useful in conductors and energy storage devices, including electrical double layer capacitor devices and articles incorporating such conductors and devices. Said alliform carbon particles are in the range of 2 to about 20 percent by weight, relative to the weight of the entire electrode. Said novel applications include supercapacitors and associated electrode devices, batteries, bandages and wound healing, and thin-film devices, including display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicants: Universite Paul Sabatier De Toulouse France, Drexel University
    Inventors: Yury Gogotsi, Vadym Mochalin, John Kenneth McDonough, Patrice Simon, Pierre-Louis Taberna
  • Publication number: 20130230782
    Abstract: A lithium battery includes a cathode containing a lithium manganese oxide with a spinel structure; an anode; and an electrolyte. When stored at a temperature of about 50° C. or greater for about 7 days or longer in a charged state, the lithium manganese oxide with the spinel structure has a peak intensity ratio of the 660 cm?1 peak to the 590 cm?1 peak (I(660)/I(590)) in the Raman spectrum of about 0 to about 2. The electrolyte includes a mixed solvent of a high-k solvent and a low-boiling-point solvent in a volumetric ratio of from about 1:9 to about 4:6, and a lithium salt at a concentration of about 0.5M to about 2M.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-Goo Baek
  • Publication number: 20130209894
    Abstract: An organic electrolyte for magnesium batteries including an ether solvent; a magnesium compound represented by Formula 1 dissolved in the ether solvent; and a Lewis acid: wherein CY1 is an optionally substituted C6-C50 aromatic ring, X1 is, each independently, an electron withdrawing group, X2 is a halogen, n is an integer of 1 to 10, and an angle between a CY1-X1 bond and a CY1-Mg bond is 150 degrees or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
  • 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.
  • Patent number: 8475688
    Abstract: Lithium-air cells using poly(ethyleneoxide) (PEO) siloxane-based or poly(ethyleneoxide) phosphate-based electrolytes may be prepared and exhibit improved charge carrying capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Zonghai Chen, Khalil Amine
  • Publication number: 20130164602
    Abstract: An energy storage device including an active electrolyte, a first electrode and a second electrode is provided. The active electrolyte contains protons and ion pairs with a redox ability. The first electrode and the second electrode coexist in the active electrolyte and are separated from each other. The first electrode and the second electrode respectively include an active material producing a redox-reaction with the active electrolyte or an active material producing ion adsorption/desorption with the active electrolyte. The active electrolyte receives electrons from the first electrode and/or the second electrode so as to perform a redox-reaction for charge storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Li-Duan Tsai, Chung-Hsiang Chao, Jenn-Yeu Hwang, Chun-Lung Li
  • Publication number: 20130164603
    Abstract: The object is to provide a secondary battery with higher performance, and especially to provide a secondary battery having low impedance. An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a secondary battery, comprising an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are oppositely disposed, an electrolyte liquid, and a package which encloses the electrode assembly and the electrolyte liquid inside; wherein the negative electrode is formed by binding a negative electrode active substance to a negative electrode collector with a negative electrode binder; and wherein the electrolyte liquid comprises a fluorine-containing cyclic ether compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Suguro, Daisuke Kawasaki, Midori Shimura, Kazuaki Matsumoto, Yoko Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20130164637
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes an electrolyte solution including an amide compound and a lithium salt, and a dinitrile compound substituted by a hetero atom at a main chain, and a lithium secondary battery includes the non-aqueous electrolyte solution. By using the non-aqueous electrolyte solution, a lithium secondary battery having an improved swelling phenomenon and an increased charging/discharging performance may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventor: LG Chem, Ltd.
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20130164634
    Abstract: A mixture useful as an electrolyte in lithium ion batteries and use thereof are provided. Lithium ion batteries with good performance, especially good cyclability after prolonged operation are obtained. The mixture contains an aprotic organic solvent, a cyclic compound containing C1-C10-alkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, benzyl or C6-C14-aryl, water, optionally an additive and a lithium salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Simon SCHROEDLE, Jordan Keith Lampert, Martin Schulz-Dobrick, Itamar Michael Malkowsky, Arnd Garsuch, Klaus Leitner, Olaf Kutzki
  • Publication number: 20130157106
    Abstract: Provided are an anode in which lithium metal powder and carbon powder are physically mixed with each other to form a composite and the composite is applied as an anode layer, and a lithium metal secondary battery including the anode. The anode of the present invention may suppress the formation of lithium dendrites and the change in volume of cells generated in a rechargeable battery which uses a lithium metal anode and significantly improve the cycle life-span of a lithium metal secondary battery by physically mixing lithium metal particles and carbon particles having an equivalent average particle diameter with each other to be applied as an anode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young Gi Lee, Kwang Man Kim, Yil Suk Yang, Jong Kee Kwon, Jong Dae Kim
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20130143129
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] To provide: a novel non-aqueous electrolytic solution which uses a methylenebissulfonate derivative, reduces initial irreversible capacity of a battery, and further improves battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics, electric capacity and storage characteristics; a method for producing the non-aqueous electrolytic solution; and a battery which uses the electrolytic solution. [SOLUTION] The present invention relates to the following <1> to <3>. <1> A non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprising the following (1) to (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Okamoto, Motoshige Sumino, Tsutomu Watahiki, Kouki Ohkubo, Tatsuko Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8455143
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a lithium salt and an organic solvent. The organic solvent includes a carbonate compound, a linear ester compound and a linear ester decomposition inhibitor. This non-aqueous electrolyte solution restrains swelling while improving low temperature charging/discharging characteristics of the secondary battery in comparison to a conventional electrolyte since it contains the linear ester compound and the linear ester decomposition inhibitor. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution may be used in making a lithium ion secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-Chun Lee, Jong-Ho Jeon, Jeong-Ju Cho
  • Publication number: 20130136972
    Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary battery electrode contains, as an electrode active material, a layered composition including organic backbone layers containing an aromatic compound that is a dicarboxylic acid anion having two or more aromatic ring structures and having the two carboxylic acid anions of the dicarboxylic acid anion bonded to diagonally opposite positions of the aromatic compound and alkali metal element layers containing an alkali metal element coordinated to oxygen contained in the carboxylic acid anion to form a backbone. The nonaqueous secondary battery electrode is preferably used as a negative electrode. In addition, the layered composition is preferably formed in layers by ?-electron interaction of the aromatic compound and has a monoclinic crystal structure belonging to the space group P21/c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogihara
  • Publication number: 20130130128
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] To provide: a novel non-aqueous electrolytic solution which uses a methylenebissulfonate derivative, reduced initial irreversible capacity of a battery, and further improves battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics, electric capacity and storage characteristics; a method for producing the non-aqueous electrolytic solution; and a battery which uses the electrolytic solution. [SOLUTION] The present invention related to the following <1> to <3>. <1> A non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprising the following (1) to (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Okamoto, Motoshige Sumino, Tsutomu Watahiki, Kouki Ohkubo, Tatsuko Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20130115521
    Abstract: A magnesium battery electrode assembly is described, including a current collector comprising a metal, an overlayer material on the metal and an electrode layer comprising an electrode active material disposed on the current collector. The overlayer material passivates the metal, or inhibits a corrosion reaction that would occur between the metal and an electrolyte in the absence of the overlayer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: PELLION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Ellis Doe, Kristin A. Persson, David Eaglesham, Andrew Gmitter
  • Publication number: 20130108932
    Abstract: To provide a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, which has a long term flame retardancy and which is excellent in cycle properties particularly under high voltage conditions and in high rate charge/discharge properties, and a secondary battery using such a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, comprising a lithium salt and a solvent for dissolving the electrolyte salt, which comprises a specific hydrofluoroether, a specific ether compound and a specific carbonate compound, wherein the ratio (N0/NLi) of the total number of moles (N0) of etheric oxygen atoms derived from the above ether compound to the total number of moles (NLi) of lithium atoms derived from the lithium salt, contained in the solvent for dissolving the electrolyte salt, is more than 1 and at most 6; and a secondary battery using such a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
  • Publication number: 20130101904
    Abstract: To provide a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, which has long-term nonflammability and practically sufficient conductivity and which is capable of suppressing a decrease of battery capacity due to charge and discharge at a high rate, and a secondary battery using such a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, comprising a lithium salt and a solvent for dissolving the electrolyte salt, containing a specific hydrofluoroether, a specific ether other than such a hydrofluoroether, and a predetermined amount of a cyclic carbonate compound which is a compound having a ring made of carbon atoms and oxygen atoms, said ring containing a bond represented by —O—C(?O)—O—, and which contains no carbon-carbon unsaturated bond in its molecule; and a secondary battery comprising such non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, a positive electrode and a negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
  • Publication number: 20130089792
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell is described. The electrochemical cell includes an anode, a cathode, a separator between said anode and said cathode, and an electrolyte. The electrolyte includes a salt dissolved in an organic solvent. The separator in combination with the electrolyte has an area specific resistance less than 2 ohm-cm2. The electrochemical cell has an interfacial anode to cathode ratio of less than about 1.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: THE GILLETTE COMPANY
    Inventor: THE GILLETTE COMPANY
  • Publication number: 20130078530
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a nonaqueous electrolyte, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator. The nonaqueous electrolyte includes an asymmetric sulfone-based compound and a symmetric sulfone-based compound. The positive electrode includes a composite oxide represented by Li1?xMn1.5?yNi0.5?zMy+zO4 (0?x?1, 0?y+z?0.15, and M is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Ti, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Nb, Sn, Zr and Ta). The negative electrode includes a Ti-containing oxide which is capable of absorbing and releasing lithium. The separator includes a nonwoven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Takashi KISHI, Norio TAKAMI, Takuya IWASAKI
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20130071760
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a lithium ion battery electrolyte solution containing lithium hexafluorophosphate as an electrolyte and a lithium ion battery using the electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution is produced by reacting lithium chloride with phosphorus trichloride and chlorine in a non-aqueous organic solvent, reacting a reaction product generated in the solvent with hydrogen fluoride, reacting unreacted remaining hydrogen fluoride with lithium chloride, and then, separating the resulting reaction solution by filtration into a filtrate and a solid residue. The filtrate is obtained as the lithium ion battery electrolyte solution. The solid product is further reacted with phosphorous trichloride and chlorine in a non-aqueous organic solvent. The reaction product generated in the solvent is reacted with hydrogen fluoride, followed by reacting unreacted remaining hydrogen fluoride with lithium chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Meguru Oe, Keiji Sato
  • Publication number: 20130065137
    Abstract: A cathode material suitable for use in non-aqueous electrochemical cells that includes copper manganese vanadium oxide and, optionally, fluorinated carbon. A non-aqueous electrochemical cell comprising such a cathode material, and a non-aqueous electrochemical cell that additionally includes a lithium anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ernest NDZEBET, Joshua DEAN, Mario DESTEPHEN, Umamaheswari JANAKIRAMAN, Gregory MILLER, Min Qi YANG
  • Publication number: 20130052543
    Abstract: A secondary battery capable of improving cycle characteristics, conservation characteristics, and load characteristics is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. A separator provided between the cathode and the anode is impregnated with an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes one or more of a dicarbonic ester compound, a dicarboxylic compound, a disulfonic compound, a monofluoro lithium phosphate, and difluoro lithium phosphate and one or more of fluorinated lithium phosphate, fluorinated lithium borate, and imide lithium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Ihara, Yuko Hayakawa, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 8383275
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising an electrode group including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a material for absorbing-desorbing lithium ions, and a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte impregnated in the electrode group and including a nonaqueous solvent and a lithium salt dissolved in the nonaqueous solvent, and a jacket for housing the electrode group and having a thickness of 0.3 mm or less, wherein the nonaqueous solvent ?-butyrolactone in an amount larger than 50% by volume and not larger than 95% by volume based on the total amount of the nonaqueous solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Norio Takami, Hiroyuki Hasebe, Takahisa Ohsaki, Motoya Kanda
  • Patent number: 8377598
    Abstract: A battery capable of obtaining the high energy density and obtaining the superior cycle characteristics is provided. In an anode, the thickness of a single face of an anode active material layer containing a carbon material as an anode active material is from 75 ?m to 120 ?m. An electrolytic solution contains difluoroethylene carbonate as a solvent. Thereby, the energy density of the anode is improved, and the diffusion and the acceptance of lithium ions in the anode are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Wakita, Izaya Okae, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 8372300
    Abstract: An additive of the formula (1) for use in electrolytic solutions wherein A is —CH(X)— or —C?C(X)—, X being hydrogen, halogen, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonyl having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, benzoyl or alkoxycarbonylalkyl having 3 to 9 carbon atoms, Q1 and Q2 are the same or different and are each alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkoxyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonylalkyl having 3 to 9 carbon atoms or amino having as a substituent alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and A, Q1 and Q2 may form a ring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Oka, Hiroaki Shima, Shoji Hiketa, Yoshinobui Abe, Akihiro Nabeshima, Masatoshi Uetani
  • 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
  • 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