RECOVERY OF CRITICAL ELEMENTS FROM END-OF-LIFE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES WITH SUPPORTED MEMBRANE SOLVENT EXTRACTION

    公开(公告)号:US20210376400A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US16884189

    申请日:2020-05-27

    申请人: UT-Battelle, LLC

    摘要: Single-stage and multi-stage systems and methods for the recovery of critical elements in substantially pure form from lithium ion batteries are provided. The systems and methods include supported membrane solvent extraction using an immobilized organic phase within the pores of permeable hollow fibers. The permeable hollow fibers are contacted by a feed solution on one side, and a strip solution on another side, to provide the simultaneous extraction and stripping of elements from dissolved lithium ion cathode materials, while rejecting other elements from the feed solution. The single- and multi-stage systems and methods can selectively recover cobalt, manganese, nickel, lithium, aluminum and other elements from spent battery cathodes and are not limited by equilibrium constraints as compared to traditional solvent extraction processes.

    NASICON DUAL ION CONDUCTORS FOR ALL SOLID-STATE BATTERIES

    公开(公告)号:US20210367267A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-25

    申请号:US17325484

    申请日:2021-05-20

    申请人: UT-Battelle, LLC

    IPC分类号: H01M10/0562

    摘要: A super ion conductor composition is disclosed. The super ion conductor composition has the general formula: A1+xMx/2Zr2−x/2(PO4)3, where each A is independently Na or Li, M is Mn or Mg, and subscript x is from 0.5 to 3. A solid electrolyte comprising the super ion conductor composition, and a method of preparing the solid electrolyte, are also disclosed. The method comprises combining a zirconium compound, a manganese or magnesium compound, a sodium compound, and a phosphate compound to give a mixture; and calcining the mixture to give the super ion conductor composition, thereby preparing the solid electrolyte. Functional materials and devices comprising the super ion conductor composition are also disclosed, including a catholyte composition, an ion conducting solid electrolyte membrane, as well as all-solid-state batteries.

    SECURITY COMPONENT WITH FIBER BRAGG GRATING

    公开(公告)号:US20210312837A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17223616

    申请日:2021-04-06

    申请人: UT-Battelle, LLC

    摘要: A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) security component for single-party and multi-party monitoring is provided. The security component includes an optical fiber having a plurality of Bragg gratings. The Bragg gratings provide a spectral response that is randomized based on the manufacture of the security component. For single-party use, the spectral response provides a reproducible spectral signature when interrogated with an optical signal. For multi-party use, each party applies a known optical interrogation signal to the security component and applies an external stress known only to the respective monitoring party. The resulting shift in the spectral signature is unique to each monitoring party, making it extremely difficult to successfully counterfeit the security component's response for all such parties.

    Balanced light detector
    85.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11118964B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16998678

    申请日:2020-08-20

    申请人: UT-Battelle, LLC

    发明人: Brian P. Williams

    摘要: A system and method with AC coupling that reserves photodiode bandwidth in a biased configuration, allows optimal transimpedance amplifier performance, retains DC signal measurement capability, and does not introduce noise into the balanced detection signal.

    METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION OF AMORPHOUS MATERIAL TO CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:US20210229997A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-29

    申请号:US16774684

    申请日:2020-01-28

    申请人: UT-Battelle, LLC

    IPC分类号: C01B21/064 C01F5/32

    摘要: A method for converting amorphous boron nitride to crystalline boron nitride, the method comprising immersing the amorphous boron nitride into anhydrous molten magnesium chloride maintained within a temperature range of 720° C.-820° C. while the amorphous boron nitride is cathodically polarized at a voltage within a range of −2.2V to −2.8V for a period of time of at least 2 minutes to result in conversion of the amorphous boron nitride to the crystalline form. Also described herein is a method for converting an amorphous carbon material to a crystalline carbon material, the method comprising immersing said amorphous carbon material into anhydrous molten magnesium chloride maintained within a temperature range of 780° C.-820° C. while the amorphous carbon material is cathodically polarized at a voltage within a range of −2.2V to −2.8V for a period of time of at least 2 minutes to result in conversion of the amorphous carbon material to the crystalline form.

    Rootkit detection system
    88.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11074345B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-27

    申请号:US16427109

    申请日:2019-05-30

    申请人: UT Battelle, LLC

    IPC分类号: G06F21/56 G06F1/28 G06F21/54

    摘要: A system and method (referred to as the system) detect infectious code. The system injects a repetitive software code that causes malware in a monitored device to render a detectable direct current power consumption profile. A guide wave generator generates a guide wave signal that establishes an observational window that is applied to data that represent a direct current source power consumption of the monitored device. An extraction device extracts a portion of the data that represent the direct current source power consumption of the monitored device. A deviation engine identifies the malware on the monitored device without processing data associated with a prior identification of the malware or identifying a source of the malware or identifying a location of the malware on the monitored device.