公开(公告)号：US11038162B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US15994016

申请日：2018-05-31

Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC ,  ALD NanoSolutions, Inc.

Inventor： Chunmei Ban ,  Seoung-Bum Son ,  Markus Daniel Groner

IPC: H01M4/36 ,  H01M4/62 ,  B01J13/02 ,  H01M4/04 ,  H01M4/1393 ,  H01M4/134 ,  H01M4/1395 ,  H01M4/133 ,  H01M4/38 ,  H01M4/587 ,  B22F1/00 ,  H01M4/583

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode material that includes a solid core particle having an outer surface and including at least one of a Group II element, a Group III element, a Group IV element, a Group V element, and/or a Group VI element, and a layer including a polymer, where the solid core particle has a characteristic length between greater than zero nanometers and 1000 nm, the layer substantially covers all of the outer surface, the layer has a thickness between greater than zero nanometers 100 nm, and the layer is capable of elastically stretching as a result of expansion and contraction by the solid core.

公开(公告)号：US12199252B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US18529818

申请日：2023-12-05

Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

Inventor： Kandler Alan Smith ,  Shriram Santhanagopalan ,  Nathaniel Alexander Sunderlin ,  Andrew Michael Colclasure ,  Chunmei Ban ,  Xuemin Li ,  Judy C. Netter ,  Donal Patrick Finegan ,  Kaitlin Elizabeth Fink ,  Jaclyn Elizabeth Coyle

IPC: H01M10/54 ,  H01M4/04 ,  H01M4/139 ,  H01M4/86 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/0587

Abstract: Among other things, the present disclosure relates to re-purposing used lithium-ion batteries. The present disclosure includes treating an electrode using a solvent prior to electrochemically relithiating the electrode. In some embodiments, the relithiation may be done using a roll-to-roll device, wherein the electrode may be secured on a first pin and a second pin, then it may be unwound and submerged in an electrolyte solution. Lithium ions may be inserted into the electrode using a voltage. The layer of lithium may provide lithium ions to the electrode.

公开(公告)号：US20200243834A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-30

申请号：US16682064

申请日：2019-11-13

Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC ,  The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate

Inventor： Chunmei Ban ,  Simon Elnicki Hafner ,  Se-Hee Lee

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

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a system that includes a first deposition system that includes a first cylinder having a first outer surface configured to hold a first substrate, a first spray nozzle configured to receive at least a first fluid, and a first fiber nozzle configured to receive at least a second fluid, where the first spray nozzle is configured to operate at a first voltage, the first fiber nozzle is configured to operate at a second voltage, the first cylinder is configured to be electrically connected to ground, the first spray nozzle is configured to apply onto the substrate a first plurality of at least one of particles or droplets from the first fluid, the first fiber nozzle is configured to apply onto the substrate a first fiber from the second fluid, and the first plurality of particles or droplets and the first fiber combine to form a first composite layer on the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US09543054B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-10

申请号：US13672486

申请日：2012-11-08

Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

Inventor： Chunmei Ban ,  Zhuangchun Wu ,  Anne C. Dillon

IPC: H01B1/04 ,  H01M4/485 ,  H01B1/00 ,  H01M4/48 ,  H01B1/08 ,  H01M4/52 ,  B01J19/08 ,  H01M4/04 ,  H01M4/62 ,  H01M4/131 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M4/02 ,  B82Y30/00

CPC classification number: H01B1/04 ,  B01J19/08 ,  B82Y30/00 ,  H01B1/00 ,  H01B1/08 ,  H01M4/02 ,  H01M4/0404 ,  H01M4/0471 ,  H01M4/131 ,  H01M4/48 ,  H01M4/485 ,  H01M4/52 ,  H01M4/625 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  Y02E60/122 ,  Y02T10/7011

Abstract: An electrode (110) is provided that may be used in an electrochemical device (100) such as an energy storage/discharge device, e.g., a lithium-ion battery, or an electrochromic device, e.g., a smart window. Hydrothermal techniques and vacuum filtration methods were applied to fabricate the electrode (110). The electrode (110) includes an active portion (140) that is made up of electrochemically active nanoparticles, with one embodiment utilizing 3d-transition metal oxides to provide the electrochemical capacity of the electrode (110). The active material (140) may include other electrochemical materials, such as silicon, tin, lithium manganese oxide, and lithium iron phosphate. The electrode (110) also includes a matrix or net (170) of electrically conductive nanomaterial that acts to connect and/or bind the active nanoparticles (140) such that no binder material is required in the electrode (110), which allows more active materials (140) to be included to improve energy density and other desirable characteristics of the electrode. The matrix material (170) may take the form of carbon nanotubes, such as single-wall, double-wall, and/or multi-wall nanotubes, and be provided as about 2 to 30 percent weight of the electrode (110) with the rest being the active material (140).

Abstract translation: 提供了可用于电化学装置（100）中的电极（110），例如能量存储/放电装置，例如锂离子电池或电致变色装置，例如智能窗。 应用水热技术和真空过滤方法来制造电极（110）。 电极（110）包括由电化学活性纳米颗粒构成的活性部分（140），一个实施方案使用三维过渡金属氧化物来提供电极（110）的电化学容量。 活性材料（140）可以包括其它电化学材料，例如硅，锡，锰酸锂和磷酸铁锂。 电极（110）还包括用于连接和/或结合活性纳米颗粒（140）的导电纳米材料的基体或网（170），使得在电极（110）中不需要粘合剂材料，这允许更有活性 要包括的材料（140）以改善电极的能量密度和其它期望的特性。 基质材料（170）可以采取碳纳米管的形式，例如单壁，双壁和/或多壁纳米管，并且以约2至30重量％的电极（110）提供， 其余为活性物质（140）。

公开(公告)号：US12087948B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-10

申请号：US16983672

申请日：2020-08-03

Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC ,  COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES

Inventor： Marshall Brooks Tellekamp, Jr. ,  Adele Clare Tamboli ,  Chunmei Ban ,  Celeste Louise Melamed ,  Anna Osella

IPC: H01M4/58 ,  H01M4/136

CPC classification number: H01M4/58 ,  H01M4/136

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for making Zn1−xSn1+xN2.

公开(公告)号：US11508951B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US16682064

申请日：2019-11-13

Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC ,  The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate

Inventor： Chunmei Ban ,  Simon Elnicki Hafner ,  Se-Hee Lee

IPC: H01M10/0562 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M4/04 ,  H01M4/131 ,  H01M4/1391

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a system that includes a first deposition system that includes a first cylinder having a first outer surface configured to hold a first substrate, a first spray nozzle configured to receive at least a first fluid, and a first fiber nozzle configured to receive at least a second fluid, where the first spray nozzle is configured to operate at a first voltage, the first fiber nozzle is configured to operate at a second voltage, the first cylinder is configured to be electrically connected to ground, the first spray nozzle is configured to apply onto the substrate a first plurality of at least one of particles or droplets from the first fluid, the first fiber nozzle is configured to apply onto the substrate a first fiber from the second fluid, and the first plurality of particles or droplets and the first fiber combine to form a first composite layer on the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20180351168A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US15994016

申请日：2018-05-31

Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC ,  ALD NanoSolutions, Inc.

Inventor： Chunmei Ban ,  Seoung-Bum Son ,  Markus Daniel Groner

IPC: H01M4/36 ,  H01M4/62 ,  H01M4/38 ,  H01M4/587 ,  B01J13/02

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode material that includes a solid core particle having an outer surface and including at least one of a Group II element, a Group III element, a Group IV element, a Group V element, and/or a Group VI element, and a layer including a polymer, where the solid core particle has a characteristic length between greater than zero nanometers and 1000 nm, the layer substantially covers all of the outer surface, the layer has a thickness between greater than zero nanometers 100 nm, and the layer is capable of elastically stretching as a result of expansion and contraction by the solid core.

公开(公告)号：US09843080B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-12

申请号：US14685428

申请日：2015-04-13

Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

Inventor： Yufeng Zhao ,  Chunmei Ban ,  Daniel Ruddy ,  Philip A. Parilla ,  Seoung-Bum Son

IPC: H01M12/08 ,  H01M4/136 ,  H01M4/58 ,  H01M4/62 ,  H01M4/38 ,  H01M4/485 ,  H01M10/054 ,  H01M10/0568 ,  H01M10/0569 ,  H01M4/66

CPC classification number: H01M12/08 ,  H01M4/136 ,  H01M4/38 ,  H01M4/382 ,  H01M4/485 ,  H01M4/58 ,  H01M4/623 ,  H01M4/625 ,  H01M4/661 ,  H01M10/054 ,  H01M10/0568 ,  H01M10/0569 ,  H01M2300/0025 ,  H01M2300/0028 ,  Y02E60/128

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is an electrical device, where the device includes a current collector and a porous active layer electrically connected to the current collector to form an electrode. The porous active layer includes MgBx particles, where x≧1, mixed with a conductive additive and a binder additive to form empty interstitial spaces between the MgBx particles, the conductive additive, and the binder additive. The MgBx particles include a plurality of boron sheets of boron atoms covalently bound together, with a plurality of magnesium atoms reversibly intercalated between the boron sheets and ionically bound to the boron atoms.

公开(公告)号：US20170250434A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-31

申请号：US15445105

申请日：2017-02-28

Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

Inventor： Thomas Gennett ,  Chunmei Ban ,  Wade A. Braunecker ,  Arrelaine A. Dameron ,  Chaiwat Engtrakul

IPC: H01M8/18 ,  H01M4/505 ,  H01M4/525 ,  H01M4/36 ,  H01M4/58

CPC classification number: H01M8/188 ,  H01M4/364 ,  H01M4/505 ,  H01M4/525 ,  H01M4/5825 ,  Y02E60/528

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mixture that includes a mediator having a first redox potential, a non-liquid active material having a second redox potential that is less than the first redox potential, and a cation. In addition, the non-liquid active material has a first condition that includes a first oxidation state, where the cation is intercalated within the non-liquid active material, and the non-liquid active material has a second condition that includes a second oxidation state that is higher than the first oxidation state, where the non-liquid active material is substantially free of the cation. In addition, the mediator has a first condition that includes a third oxidation state and a second condition that includes a fourth oxidation state that is higher than the third oxidation state. In addition, the non-liquid active material is capable of being reversibly cycled between its first condition and its second condition, and the mediator is capable of being reversibly cycled between its first condition and its second condition.

公开(公告)号：US11870044B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17514004

申请日：2021-10-29

Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

Inventor： Kandler Alan Smith ,  Shriram Santhanagopalan ,  Nathaniel Alexander Sunderlin ,  Andrew Michael Colclasure ,  Chunmei Ban ,  Xuemin Li ,  Judy C. Netter ,  Donal Patrick Finegan ,  Kaitlin Elizabeth Fink ,  Jaclyn Elizabeth Coyle

IPC: H01M10/54 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M4/04 ,  H01M4/139 ,  H01M10/0587 ,  H01M4/86

CPC classification number: H01M10/54 ,  H01M4/049 ,  H01M4/139 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/0587 ,  H01M2004/8689

Abstract: Among other things, the present disclosure relates to re-purposing used lithium-ion batteries. The present disclosure includes treating an electrode using a solvent prior to electrochemically relithiating the electrode. In some embodiments, the relithiation may be done using a roll-to-roll device, wherein the electrode may be secured on a first pin and a second pin, then it may be unwound and submerged in an electrolyte solution. Lithium ions may be inserted into the electrode using a voltage. The layer of lithium may provide lithium ions to the electrode.