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公开(公告)号:US11784349B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-10
申请号:US17220058
申请日:2021-04-01
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Meinan He , Mei Cai , Shuru Chen
IPC: H01M10/00 , H01M10/0568 , H01M10/0525 , H01M10/0569 , H01M10/0567 , H01M4/38 , H01M4/485 , H01M4/505 , H01M4/525 , H01M4/02
CPC classification number: H01M10/0568 , H01M4/382 , H01M4/485 , H01M4/505 , H01M4/525 , H01M10/0525 , H01M10/0567 , H01M10/0569 , H01M2004/021 , H01M2004/027 , H01M2004/028 , H01M2300/0034
Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium metal battery including a nonaqueous aprotic organic solvent and a lithium salt dissolved or ionized in the nonaqueous aprotic organic solvent. The nonaqueous aprotic organic solvent includes a cyclic carbonate, an acyclic carbonate, and an acyclic fluorinated ether. The lithium salt includes an aliphatic fluorinated disulfonimide lithium salt.
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公开(公告)号:US11600814B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-07
申请号:US17158737
申请日:2021-01-26
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Meinan He , Biqiong Wang , Mei Cai
Abstract: An electrode precursor or slurry according to various aspects of the present disclosure includes a blended electroactive material and a binder solution. The blended electroactive material includes a first electroactive material and a second electroactive material. The first electroactive material includes nickel. The first electroactive material is selected from the group consisting of LiNixCoyMnzO2 where x is greater than 0.6, LiNixCoyAlzO2 where x is greater than 0.6, LiNixCoyMnzAlαO2 where x is greater than 0.6, or any combination thereof. The second electroactive material includes a phosphor-olivine compound at less than or equal to about 30 weight percent of the blended electroactive material. The binder solution including a polymeric binder and a solvent including N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. In various aspects, the present disclosure provides a high-nickel-content positive electrode formed from the slurry. In various aspects, the present disclosure provides an electrochemical cell including the positive electrode and a lithium metal negative electrode.
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公开(公告)号:US20220131126A1
公开(公告)日:2022-04-28
申请号:US17082618
申请日:2020-10-28
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Xingcheng Xiao , Hongliang Wang , Meinan He
Abstract: Presented are electrochemical devices with copper-free electrodes, methods for making/using such devices, and lithium alloy-based electrode tabs and current collectors for rechargeable lithium-class battery cells. A method of manufacturing copper-free electrodes includes feeding an aluminum workpiece, such as a strip of aluminum sheet metal, into a masking device. The masking device then applies a series of dielectric masks, such as strips of epoxy resin or dielectric tape, onto discrete areas of the workpiece to form a masked aluminum workpiece with masked areas interleaved with unmasked areas. The masked workpiece is then fed into an electrolytic anodizing solution, such as sulfuric acid, to form an anodized aluminum workpiece with anodized surface sections on the unmasked areas interleaved with un-anodized surface sections underneath the dielectric masks of the masked areas. The dielectric masks are removed to reveal the un-anodized surface sections, and the anodized aluminum workpiece is segmented into multiple copper-free electrodes.
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公开(公告)号:US11031586B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-08
申请号:US16221874
申请日:2018-12-17
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Shuru Chen , Hongliang Wang , Fang Dai , Meinan He , Mei Cai
IPC: H01M4/1393 , H01M4/1397 , H01M4/136 , H01M4/62 , H01M4/133 , H01M4/02
Abstract: Methods for manufacturing sulfur electrodes include providing an electrode, wherein the electrode includes a current collector having a first surface, and a sulfur-based host material applied to the first surface of the current collector, wherein the sulfur-based host material comprises one or more sulfur compounds, one or more electrically conductive carbon materials, and one or more binders. The methods further include forming a plurality of channels within the sulfur-based host material using a laser or electron beam, wherein the plurality of channels define a plurality of host material columns, each column having one or more exterior surfaces contiguous which one or more of the channels which extend outward from the first surface of the current collector. Each of the one or more exterior surfaces can define a heat affected zone comprising a higher concentration of sulfur than the host material column prior to forming the plurality of channels.
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公开(公告)号:US10797301B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-06
申请号:US16131853
申请日:2018-09-14
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Fang Dai , Shuru Chen , Meinan He , Mei Cai
IPC: H01M4/1395 , H01M4/58 , H01M4/48 , H01M10/052 , H01M4/04 , H01M10/0585 , H01M10/0525 , H01M4/38 , H01M4/66 , H01M4/02
Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an electrochemical cell, a porous or non-porous electrically conductive metal substrate may be provided. A conformal metal chalcogenide layer may be formed on a surface of the metal substrate. The metal substrate with the conformal metal chalcogenide layer may be immersed in a nonaqueous liquid electrolyte solution comprising a lithium salt dissolved in a polar aprotic organic solvent. An electrical potential may be established between the metal substrate and a counter electrode immersed in the nonaqueous liquid electrolyte solution such that lithium ions in the electrolyte solution are reduced to metallic lithium and deposited on the surface of the metal substrate over the metal chalcogenide layer to form a conformal lithium metal layer on the surface of the metal substrate over the metal chalcogenide layer.
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公开(公告)号:US12040505B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-16
申请号:US17880521
申请日:2022-08-03
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Biqiong Wang , Meinan He , Mei Cai , Andrew J. Galant , William Osad
IPC: H01M4/04 , C23C16/30 , C23C16/455 , H01M4/139 , H01M4/36 , H01M4/38 , H01M4/62 , H01M50/403 , H01M50/414 , H01M50/431 , H01M50/449 , H01M50/46
CPC classification number: H01M50/414 , C23C16/30 , C23C16/45553 , H01M4/139 , H01M4/366 , H01M4/382 , H01M4/62 , H01M50/403 , H01M50/431 , H01M50/449 , H01M50/46
Abstract: A method for manufacturing an interfacial lithium fluoride layer for an electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions is disclosed. In the method, a substrate is positioned in a reaction chamber of an atomic layer deposition reactor and a lithium fluoride (LiF) precursor is introduced into the reaction chamber such that the LiF precursor contacts and chemically reacts with functional groups on the substrate. Then, an oxidant is introduced into the reaction chamber to form a single molecular layer of lithium fluoride on the substrate. The lithium fluoride layer is formed on the substrate at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 110 degrees Celsius to less than or equal to about 250 degrees Celsius.
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公开(公告)号:US11688882B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-27
申请号:US17085744
申请日:2020-10-30
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Meinan He , Mei Cai , Biqiong Wang
IPC: H01M10/0568 , H01M10/0569 , H01M10/052 , H01M50/411 , H01M50/431 , H01M50/449 , H01M4/38 , H01M4/36 , H01M4/62 , H01M4/02
CPC classification number: H01M10/0568 , H01M4/366 , H01M4/382 , H01M4/62 , H01M10/052 , H01M10/0569 , H01M50/411 , H01M50/431 , H01M50/449 , H01M2004/027 , H01M2300/0034 , H01M2300/0037
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electrolyte systems and/or separators for electrochemical cells that cycle lithium ions and which may have lithium metal electrodes. The electrochemical cell includes a liquid electrolyte system that fills voids and pores within the electrochemical cell. The electrolyte system includes two or more lithium salts and two or more solvents. The two or more lithium salts include bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiN(FSO2)2) (LIFSI) and lithium perchlorate (LiClO4). The two or more solvents include a first solvent and a second solvent. The first solvent may be a fluorinated cyclic carbonate. The second solvent may be a linear carbonate. A volumetric ratio of the first solvent to the second solvent may be 1:4. The electrochemical cell may include a surface-modified separator that has one or more coatings or fillers.
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公开(公告)号:US11600825B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-07
申请号:US16943726
申请日:2020-07-30
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Meinan He , Biqiong Wang , Mei Cai
IPC: H01M4/66 , H01M4/62 , H01M4/139 , H01M4/36 , H01M10/052 , H01M10/0568 , H01M4/04 , H01M4/02
Abstract: A positive electrode for an electrochemical cell of a secondary lithium metal battery may include an aluminum metal substrate and a protective layer disposed on a major surface of the aluminum metal substrate. The protective layer may include a conformal aluminum fluoride coating layer. A positive electrode active material layer may overlie the protective layer on the major surface of the aluminum metal substrate. The positive electrode active material layer may include a plurality of interconnected pores, which may be infiltrated with a nonaqueous electrolyte that includes a lithium imide salt.
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公开(公告)号:US20220320584A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-06
申请号:US17220058
申请日:2021-04-01
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Meinan He , Mei Cai , Shuru Chen
IPC: H01M10/0568 , H01M4/525 , H01M10/0525 , H01M4/505 , H01M10/0567 , H01M4/38 , H01M4/485 , H01M10/0569 , H01M4/02
Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium metal battery including a nonaqueous aprotic organic solvent and a lithium salt dissolved or ionized in the nonaqueous aprotic organic solvent. The nonaqueous aprotic organic solvent includes a cyclic carbonate, an acyclic carbonate, and an acyclic fluorinated ether. The lithium salt includes an aliphatic fluorinated disulfonimide lithium salt.
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公开(公告)号:US11462723B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-04
申请号:US17082618
申请日:2020-10-28
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Xingcheng Xiao , Hongliang Wang , Meinan He
Abstract: Presented are electrochemical devices with copper-free electrodes, methods for making/using such devices, and lithium alloy-based electrode tabs and current collectors for rechargeable lithium-class battery cells. A method of manufacturing copper-free electrodes includes feeding an aluminum workpiece, such as a strip of aluminum sheet metal, into a masking device. The masking device then applies a series of dielectric masks, such as strips of epoxy resin or dielectric tape, onto discrete areas of the workpiece to form a masked aluminum workpiece with masked areas interleaved with unmasked areas. The masked workpiece is then fed into an electrolytic anodizing solution, such as sulfuric acid, to form an anodized aluminum workpiece with anodized surface sections on the unmasked areas interleaved with un-anodized surface sections underneath the dielectric masks of the masked areas. The dielectric masks are removed to reveal the un-anodized surface sections, and the anodized aluminum workpiece is segmented into multiple copper-free electrodes.
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