ELECTRODES INCLUDING POLYMER BINDER NETWORKS WITH BAMBOO-TYPE FIBERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230231141A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US17884214

    申请日:2022-08-09

    IPC分类号: H01M4/62

    CPC分类号: H01M4/623 H01M2004/021

    摘要: The present disclosure provides an electrode for an electrochemical cell. The electrode includes a polymer binder network and a plurality of electroactive material particles. The polymer binder network includes a plurality of fibers defining the polymer binder network. Each of the plurality of fibers includes a plurality of beads and a plurality of filaments. The plurality of filaments extends from at least a portion of the plurality of beads, respectively. The plurality of electroactive material particles is in voids of the polymer binder network. In certain aspects, the present disclosure provides a single- or double-sided electrode component including a current collector and the electrode.

    LITHIUM MANGANESE OXIDE PARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230155113A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-18

    申请号:US17832376

    申请日:2022-06-03

    摘要: Lithium manganese oxide (LMO) particles having a substantially round shape and methods of preparing such LMO particles are provided herein. The method includes, in the presences of a catalyst, calcining (i) a lithium source and a manganese source and/or (ii) a lithium and manganese source to form the LMO particles. Examples of the lithium source include Li2CO3, LiOH, LiNO3, Li2O, and combinations thereof, and examples of the manganese source include MnO2, Mn3O4, and a combination thereof. The lithium and manganese source includes LixMn2O4, where 0.75≤x≤1.25. The catalyst includes one or more transition metal, such as a period 5 transition metal, a period 6 transition metal, a period 7 transition metal, and a combination thereof, an oxide of the one or more transition metal, a salt of the one or more transition metal, or a combination thereof.

    GEL ELECTROLYTE SYSTEM FOR SOLID STATE BATTERY

    公开(公告)号:US20230046608A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17710900

    申请日:2022-03-31

    摘要: An electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions is provided. The electrochemical cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode includes a first plurality of solid-state electroactive material particles and a first polymeric gel electrolyte, where the first polymeric gel electrolyte includes a first additive. The second electrode includes a second plurality of solid-state electroactive material particles and a second polymeric gel electrolyte that is different from the first polymeric gel electrolyte, where the second polymeric gel electrolyte includes a second additive. The electrolyte layers include a third polymeric gel electrolyte that is different from both the first polymeric gel electrolyte and the second polymeric gel electrolyte.

    SOLID-STATE BIPOLAR BATTERY HAVING THICK ELECTRODES

    公开(公告)号:US20220166031A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17522331

    申请日:2021-11-09

    IPC分类号: H01M4/80

    摘要: The present disclosure provides a solid-state bipolar battery that includes negative and positive electrodes having thicknesses between about 100 μm and about 3000 μm, and a solid-state electrolyte layer disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode and having a thickness between about 5 μm and about 100 μm. The first electrode includes a plurality of negative solid-state electroactive particles embedded on or disposed within a first porous material. The second electrode includes plurality of positive solid-state electroactive particles embedded on or disposed within a second porous material that is the same or different from the first porous material. The solid-state bipolar battery includes a first current collector foil disposed on the first porous material, and a second current collector foil disposed on the second porous material. The first and second current collector foils may each have a thickness less than or equal to about 10 μm.

    SOLID-STATE ELECTRODES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210020929A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-21

    申请号:US16514193

    申请日:2019-07-17

    摘要: Solid-state electrodes and methods of forming solid-state electrodes and batteries are provided. The method includes contacting an electrode precursor with a liquid. The liquid includes one or more precursors of an ionically conductive polymer. The electrode precursor includes a plurality of electroactive particles and a plurality of electrolyte particles disposed on a current collector. A plurality of interparticle pores exists between the electroactive and electrolyte particles. When the electrode precursor is contacted with the liquid, the liquid flows into the interparticle pores. The one or more precursors of the ionically conductive polymer are electropolymerized so as to cause the formation of a polymeric matrix (including the ionically conductive polymer) that surrounds and embeds the plurality of electroactive particles and the plurality of electrolyte particles so as to form the solid-state electrode.

    SELF-HEATING BATTERY
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200235444A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-23

    申请号:US16487914

    申请日:2017-03-22

    摘要: Lithium-based and sodium-based batteries and capacitors using metal foil current collectors, coated with porous layers of particles of active electrode materials for producing an electric current, may adapted to produce heat for enhancing output when the cells are required to periodically operate during low ambient temperatures. A self-heating cell may be placed in heat transfer contact with a working cell that is temporarily in a cold environment. Or one or both of the anode current collector and cathode current collectors of a heating cell may be formed with shaped extended portions, uncoated with electrode materials, through which cell current may be passed for resistance heating of the extended current collector areas. These extended current collector areas may be used to heat the working area of the cell in which they are incorporated, or to contact and heat an adjacent working cell.

    METHODS TO STABILIZE LITHIUM TITANATE OXIDE (LTO) BY SURFACE COATING

    公开(公告)号:US20200035998A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-30

    申请号:US16491460

    申请日:2017-03-13

    摘要: Methods of pretreating an electroactive material comprising lithium titanate oxide (LTO) include contacting a surface of the electroactive material with a pretreatment composition. In one variation, the pretreatment composition includes a salt of lithium fluoride salt selected from the group consisting of: lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6), lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF4), and combinations thereof, and a solvent. In another variation, the pretreatment composition includes an organophosphorus compound. In this manner, a protective surface coating forms on the surface of the electroactive material. The protective surface coating comprises fluorine, oxygen, phosphorus or boron, as well as optional elements such as carbon, hydrogen, and listed metals, and combinations thereof.

    FREE-STANDING GEL MEMBRANE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL

    公开(公告)号:US20240234811A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18131172

    申请日:2023-04-05

    IPC分类号: H01M10/0565 H01M10/0562

    摘要: An electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions includes a positive electrode that includes a positive electroactive material, a negative electrode that includes a negative electroactive material, and a free-standing separating layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The free-standing separating layer includes a gel membrane that includes a polymer host and a liquid electrolyte and an integrated structural component disposed within the gel membrane. The integrated structural component may be selected from the group consisting of: a plurality of solid-state electrolyte particles, a nonwoven material, and a combination thereof.