公开(公告)号：US20170125789A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US15339577

申请日：2016-10-31

Applicant: IMEC VZW ,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R&D

Inventor： Nouha Labyedh ,  Marina Yurievna Timmermans ,  Philippe Vereecken

IPC: H01M4/04 ,  C25D17/10 ,  C25D9/04 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M4/505

CPC classification number: H01M4/045 ,  C25D9/04 ,  C25D17/10 ,  H01M4/0452 ,  H01M4/0471 ,  H01M4/131 ,  H01M4/1391 ,  H01M4/505 ,  H01M4/661 ,  H01M4/664 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/0585 ,  H01M2004/021 ,  H01M2220/30

Abstract: A method is provided for forming a porous, electrochemically active lithium manganese oxide layer on a substrate, the method comprising: depositing a porous manganese oxide layer on the substrate; providing a Li containing layer on the porous manganese oxide layer; and afterwards performing an annealing step at a temperature in the range between 200° C. and 400° C., thereby inducing a solid-state reaction between the porous manganese oxide layer and the Li containing layer. The method may further comprise, before depositing the porous manganese oxide layer: depositing a seed layer on the substrate. A method of the present disclosure may be used for forming electrode layers of lithium-ion batteries.

公开(公告)号：US20230411677A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18246786

申请日：2021-08-31

Applicant: IMEC VZW ,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Inventor： Philippe Vereecken ,  Sebastiaan Herregods ,  Genis Vanheusden ,  Fanny Barde

IPC: H01M10/056 ,  H01M10/058

CPC classification number: H01M10/056 ,  H01M2300/0085 ,  H01M10/058

Abstract: A method for forming a solid electrolyte coating on a substrate (1), the method comprising: a. providing a first and a second electrode (3), b. coating a sol-gel precursor solution (4) of the solid electrolyte coating on the substrate (1) and electrically contacting the sol-gel precursor solution (4) with the first and the second electrode, the sol-gel precursor solution (4) being capable of forming a gel in presence of a voltage, and c. generating the voltage across the sol-gel precursor solution (4) via the first and the second electrodes, thereby transforming the sol-gel precursor solution (4) into a gel.

公开(公告)号：US11081685B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US16490490

申请日：2019-02-12

Applicant: IMEC VZW ,  PANASONIC CORPORATION

Inventor： Philippe Vereecken ,  Knut Bjarne Gandrud ,  Maarten Mees ,  Akihiko Sagara ,  Mitsuhiro Murata

IPC: H01M4/13 ,  H01M4/36 ,  H01M4/62 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M4/02

Abstract: A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes: a porous dielectric (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually; an electrolyte (13) including a metal salt and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic compound and a bipolar compound, the electrolyte (13) at least partially filling an interior of each of the plurality of pores (12); and a surface adsorption layer (15) adsorbed on inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12) to induce polarization. The surface adsorption layer (15) may include water adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The surface adsorption layer (15) may include a polyether adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12).

公开(公告)号：US20160204427A1

公开(公告)日：2016-07-14

申请号：US14992873

申请日：2016-01-11

Applicant: IMEC VZW ,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R&D

Inventor： Philippe Vereecken ,  Cedric Huyghebaert ,  Xubin Chen

IPC: H01M4/36 ,  H01M10/0585

CPC classification number: H01M4/366 ,  H01M4/0471 ,  H01M4/139 ,  H01M10/0562 ,  H01M10/0585 ,  H01M2004/021 ,  H01M2300/0068

Abstract: Composite electrodes are disclosed that comprise an active electrode material and a solid electrolyte, wherein the solid electrolyte is a composite electrolyte. The composite electrolyte comprises an electrically insulating material having a plurality of pores and a solid electrolyte material covering inner surfaces of the plurality of pores. The active electrode material may comprise a plurality of active electrode material particles in electrical contact with each other, and the composite electrolyte may be located in spaces between the plurality of active electrode material particles. The present disclosure is further related to solid-state batteries comprising a stack of an anode, a solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode, wherein at least one of the anode and the cathode is a composite electrode according to the present disclosure. The present disclosure further provides methods for fabricating such composite electrodes and solid-state batteries.

Abstract translation: 公开了包含活性电极材料和固体电解质的复合电极，其中固体电解质是复合电解质。 复合电解质包括具有多个孔的电绝缘材料和覆盖多个孔的内表面的固体电解质材料。 活性电极材料可以包括彼此电接触的多个活性电极材料颗粒，并且复合电解质可以位于多个有源电极材料颗粒之间的空间中。 本公开还涉及包括阳极，固体电解质层和阴极的堆叠的固态电池，其中阳极和阴极中的至少一个是根据本公开的复合电极。 本公开还提供了制造这种复合电极和固态电池的方法。

公开(公告)号：US20240234746A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18559034

申请日：2022-05-23

Applicant: IMEC VZW ,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Inventor： Nina Plankensteiner ,  Sukhvinder Singh ,  Philippe Vereecken ,  Maarten Mees ,  Siegfried Wodarz

IPC: H01M4/88 ,  H01M4/86 ,  H01M8/18

CPC classification number: H01M4/8807 ,  H01M4/8605 ,  H01M4/8673 ,  H01M4/8832 ,  H01M8/188

Abstract: A porous electrode comprising:



an electrically conductive porous network of interconnected wires, and
an electrically conductive support structure,
wherein the network is in direct physical and electrical contact with the support structure, wherein the network has a volumetric surface area of from 2 m2/cm3 to 90 m2/cm3, and a porosity of from 50% to 90%,
wherein a surface of the support structure, facing away from the network, has openings representing from 2 to 90% of its surface area, and wherein the openings are fluidly connected to the pores of the network.

公开(公告)号：US20210202927A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US17137097

申请日：2020-12-29

Applicant: IMEC VZW ,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R & D

Inventor： Andrea Itziar Pitillas Martinez ,  Brecht Put ,  Philippe Vereecken

IPC: H01M4/04 ,  H01M4/36 ,  H01M4/583 ,  H01M4/505 ,  H01M10/36 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M4/60 ,  H01M10/0568

Abstract: A method for coating a conductive polymer onto a cathode-active material for an ion insertion-type electrode comprises: providing an at least partially oxidized cathode-active material having an intrinsic electrode potential, and contacting a precursor of the conductive polymer with the at least partially oxidized cathode-active material. The precursor has a polymerization reduction potential that is lower than the intrinsic electrode potential of the at least partially oxidized cathode-active material, thereby electrochemically polymerizing the precursor onto the cathode-active material.

公开(公告)号：US20190157657A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-23

申请号：US16238455

申请日：2019-01-02

Applicant: IMEC vzw ,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ,  Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurweten onderzoek TNO

Inventor： Sebastien Moitzheim ,  Philippe Vereecken ,  Paul Poodt ,  Joan Elisabeth Balder

IPC: H01M4/131 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M4/04 ,  H01M4/485 ,  H01M4/1391

Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to electrode layers of ion insertion type batteries and to electrode layer materials, wherein the electrode layer materials have a good electronic conductivity and a good ion conductivity, and wherein the electrode layers offer a good rate performance and a high storage capacity. The disclosed technology further relates to ion insertion type battery cells and batteries including such electrode layers, e.g., as an anode. The disclosed technology further relates to methods of forming such electrode layers and to methods for fabricating ion insertion type battery cells and batteries. The electrode layers according to the disclosed technology comprise titanium oxide comprising chlorine and may be deposited by atomic layer deposition at temperatures lower than 150° C.

公开(公告)号：US10115961B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-30

申请号：US15448001

申请日：2017-03-02

Applicant: IMEC VZW ,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R&D ,  Panasonic Corporation

Inventor： Philippe Vereecken ,  Stanislaw Zankowski ,  Nathalie Hendrickx ,  Maarten Mees ,  Mitsuhiro Murata ,  Haruhiko Habuta

IPC: H01M4/04 ,  H01M4/36 ,  H01M4/52 ,  H01M4/48 ,  H01M10/36 ,  H01M10/26 ,  H01M10/30 ,  H01M10/38

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for the fabrication of a thin-film solid-state battery with Ni(OH)2 electrode, battery cell, and battery. One example embodiment is a method for fabricating a thin-film solid-state battery cell on a substrate comprising a first current collector layer. The method includes depositing above the first current collector layer a first electrode layer. The first electrode layer is a nanoporous composite layer that includes a plurality of pores having pore walls. The first electrode layer includes a mixture of a dielectric material and an active electrode material. The method also includes depositing above the first electrode layer a porous dielectric layer. The method further includes depositing directly on the porous dielectric layer a second electrode layer. Depositing the second electrode layer includes depositing a porous Ni(OH)2 layer using an electrochemical deposition process.

公开(公告)号：US09834847B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-05

申请号：US14814362

申请日：2015-07-30

Applicant: IMEC VZW ,  King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

Inventor： Cedric Huyghebaert ,  Alaa Abd-Elnaiem ,  Philippe Vereecken

IPC: C25D1/20 ,  C25D1/00 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  B82Y40/00 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/41 ,  C25D11/04 ,  H01B1/02 ,  H01B5/00 ,  H01M4/66 ,  H01M4/70 ,  H01M4/131 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M4/02 ,  C25D3/12 ,  C25D11/24 ,  C25D11/00

CPC classification number: C25D1/006 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  B82Y40/00 ,  C25D1/20 ,  C25D3/12 ,  C25D11/005 ,  C25D11/045 ,  C25D11/24 ,  H01B1/023 ,  H01B5/002 ,  H01L29/0676 ,  H01L29/1029 ,  H01L29/413 ,  H01L29/66439 ,  H01L29/66469 ,  H01M4/131 ,  H01M4/661 ,  H01M4/70 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M2004/028

Abstract: A cluster of non-collapsed nanowires, a template to produce the same, methods to obtain the template and to obtain the cluster by using the template, and devices having the cluster. The cluster and the template both have an interconnected region and an interconnection-free region.

公开(公告)号：US20170271649A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-21

申请号：US15448001

申请日：2017-03-02

Applicant: IMEC VZW ,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R&D ,  Panasonic Corporation

Inventor： Philippe Vereecken ,  Stanislaw Zankowski ,  Nathalie Hendrickx ,  Maarten Mees ,  Mitsuhiro Murata ,  Haruhiko Habuta

IPC: H01M4/04 ,  H01M10/36 ,  H01M4/52 ,  H01M4/48 ,  H01M4/36

CPC classification number: H01M4/0445 ,  H01M4/0452 ,  H01M4/364 ,  H01M4/48 ,  H01M4/52 ,  H01M10/26 ,  H01M10/30 ,  H01M10/36 ,  H01M10/38 ,  H01M2300/0002

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for the fabrication of a thin-film solid-state battery with Ni(OH)2 electrode, battery cell, and battery. One example embodiment is a method for fabricating a thin-film solid-state battery cell on a substrate comprising a first current collector layer. The method includes depositing above the first current collector layer a first electrode layer. The first electrode layer is a nanoporous composite layer that includes a plurality of pores having pore walls. The first electrode layer includes a mixture of a dielectric material and an active electrode material. The method also includes depositing above the first electrode layer a porous dielectric layer. The method further includes depositing directly on the porous dielectric layer a second electrode layer. Depositing the second electrode layer includes depositing a porous Ni(OH)2 layer using an electrochemical deposition process.