Abstract:
An example electrolyte includes a solvent mixture, a lithium salt, a non-polymerizing solid electrolyte interface (SEI) precursor additive, and a solvent additive. The solvent mixture includes dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) present in a volume to volume ratio ranging from 20 to 1 to 1 to 20. The non-polymerizing SEI precursor additive is present in an amount ranging from greater than 0 wt % to about 10 wt % of a total wt % of the electrolyte, and the solvent additive is present in an amount ranging from greater than 0 wt % to about 10 wt % of the total wt % of the electrolyte.
Abstract:
An example of an electrolyte solution includes a solvent, a lithium salt, a fluorinated ether, and an additive. The additive is selected from the group consisting of RSxR′, wherein x ranges from 3 to 18, and R—(SnSem)—R, wherein 2
Abstract:
An electrochemical cell including an electrode including a sulfuric conversion electroactive material, and a solid state electrolyte comprising an oxysulfide; a liquid electrolyte; a separator; and a negative electrode.
Abstract:
A lithium-ion battery includes a plurality of cells. Each cell comprises an anode, a cathode and a separator that is disposed between the anode and cathode. The anode includes an anode active layer that contacts a current collector. The cathode includes a cathode active layer that contacts the current collector. The current collector from each cell contacts a tab that lies outside the cell. An electrically insulating coating is disposed on a portion of the tab or is disposed on an outer edge of each anode or cathode. The anode and cathode are of different lengths.
Abstract:
Organosulfur cathodes having low porosity and reduced surface area for lithium-sulfur batteries generally include sulfurized poly(1,2-butadiene), wherein the sulfurized poly (1, 2-butadiene) is a reaction product of a poly (1, 2-butadiene) monomer and a cyclic octaatomic sulfur; conductive carbon; and a binder. Optionally, the reaction product that further includes co-monomers including an alkene functionality. The co-monomers can include one or more sulfide groups selected from the group consisting of sulfide, disulfide, and polysulfide.
Abstract:
An electrode for an electrochemical cell is provided herein as well an electrochemical cell including the electrode. The electrode includes an electroactive material; an electrically conductive material; and a binder comprising a lithiated maleic anhydride copolymer.
Abstract:
A system for measuring a thickness of a coating arranged on an anode substrate includes an optical measurement system configured to transmit a light signal having a known first polarization toward the anode substrate through the coating such that the light signal is reflected from the surface of the anode substrate, a detection module positioned to receive the reflected light signal and configured to determine a second polarization of the reflected light signal that is different from the first polarization and measure a polarization difference between the first polarization and the second polarization, and a measurement module configured to receive the measured polarization difference, calculate the thickness of the coating based on the measured polarization difference, and generate an output based on the calculated thickness.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to sulfur-containing electrodes and methods for forming the same. For example, the method may include disposing an electroactive material on or near a current collector to form an electroactive material layer having a first porosity and applying pressure and heat to the electroactive material layer so that the electroactive material layer has a second porosity. The first porosity is greater than the second porosity. The electroactive material may include a plurality of electroactive material particles and one or more salt additives. The method may further include contacting the electroactive material layer and an electrolyte such that the electrolyte dissolves the plurality of one or more salt particles so that the electroactive material layer has a third porosity. The third porosity may be greater than the second porosity and less than the first porosity.
Abstract:
A battery electric vehicle includes a high voltage rechargeable energy storage system (RESS). The RESS includes several battery modules reconfigurable among parallel and series arrangements. During reconfiguration transitions, a low voltage battery services low voltage loads of the battery electric vehicle. The low voltage battery is preconditioned in advance of reconfigurations.
Abstract:
Composite cathode-separator laminations (CSL) include a current collector with sulfur-based host material applied thereto, a coated separator comprising an electrolyte membrane separator with a carbonaceous coating, and a porous, polymer-based interfacial layer (PBIL) forming a binding interface between the carbonaceous coating and the host material. The host material includes less than about 6% polymeric binder, and less than about 40% electrically conductive carbon, with the balance comprising one or more sulfur compounds. The PBIL can have a thickness of less than about 5 μm and a porosity of about 5% to about 40%. The host material can comprise less than about 40% conductive carbon (e.g., graphene) and have a porosity of less than about 40%. The carbonaceous coating (e.g., graphene) can have a thickness of about 1 μm to about 5 μm. The CSL can be disposed with an anode within an electrolyte to form a lithium-sulfur battery cell.