公开(公告)号：US11600864B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-07

申请号：US17556152

申请日：2021-12-20

申请人： Enovix Corporation

发明人： Robert S. Busacca ,  Ashok Lahiri ,  Murali Ramasubramanian ,  Bruno A. Valdes ,  Gardner Cameron Dales ,  Christopher J. Spindt ,  Geoffrey Matthew Ho ,  Harrold J. Rust, III ,  James D. Wilcox ,  John F. Varni ,  Kim Han Lee ,  Nirav S. Shah ,  Richard J. Contreras ,  Lynn Van Erden ,  Ken S. Matsubayashi ,  Jeremie J. Dalton ,  Jason Newton Howard ,  Robert Keith Rosen

IPC分类号： H01M10/0585 ,  H01M50/40 ,  H01M50/531

摘要： A secondary battery for cycling between a charged and a discharged state, wherein a 2D map of the median vertical position of the first opposing vertical end surface of the electrode active material in the X-Z plane, along the length LE of the electrode active material layer, traces a first vertical end surface plot, EVP1, a 2D map of the median vertical position of the first opposing vertical end surface of the counter-electrode active material layer in the X-Z plane, along the length LC of the counter-electrode active material layer, traces a first vertical end surface plot, CEVP1, wherein for at least 60% of the length Lc of the first counter-electrode active material layer (i) the absolute value of a separation distance, SZ1, between the plots EVP1 and CEVP1 measured in the vertical direction is 1000 μm≥|SZ1|≥5 μm.

公开(公告)号：US11355816B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US16917020

申请日：2020-06-30

申请人： Enovix Corporation

发明人： Murali Ramasubramanian ,  Michael Armstrong ,  Brian E. Brusca ,  Vladimir Dioumaev ,  Gunther A. Koblmiller ,  Ashok Lahiri ,  Laurie J. Lauchlan ,  Harrold J. Rust, III ,  Nirav S. Shah ,  Robert M. Spotnitz ,  James D. Wilcox

IPC分类号： H01M4/134 ,  H01M4/38 ,  H01M10/04 ,  H01M50/446 ,  H01M4/13 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M10/0585 ,  H01M50/44 ,  H01M50/46 ,  H01M4/02 ,  H01M50/403

摘要： An electrode structure for use in an energy storage device, the electrode structure comprising a population of electrodes, a population of counter-electrodes and an electrically insulating material layer separating members of the electrode population from members of the counter-electrode population, each member of the electrode population having a longitudinal axis AE that is surrounded by the electrically insulating separator layer.

公开(公告)号：US11081718B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US16241159

申请日：2019-01-07

申请人： Enovix Corporation

发明人： Robert S. Busacca ,  Ashok Lahiri ,  Murali Ramasubramanian ,  Bruno A. Valdes ,  Gardner Cameron Dales ,  Christopher J. Spindt ,  Geoffrey Matthew Ho ,  Harrold J. Rust, III ,  James D. Wilcox ,  John F. Varni ,  Kim Han Lee ,  Nirav S. Shah ,  Richard J. Contreras ,  Lynn Van Erden ,  Vladimir Dioumaev

IPC分类号： H01M10/02 ,  H01M4/02 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M10/054 ,  H01M10/058 ,  H01M10/0585 ,  H01M10/44 ,  H01M10/0525

摘要： A secondary battery is provided for cycling between a charged and a discharged state, the secondary battery including a battery enclosure, an electrode assembly, carrier ions, a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte within the battery enclosure, and a set of electrode constraints. The set of electrode constraints includes a primary constraint system having first and second primary growth constraints and at least one primary connecting member, the first and second primary growth constraints separated from each other in the longitudinal direction, wherein the primary constraint array restrains growth of the electrode assembly in the longitudinal direction such that any increase in the Feret diameter of the electrode assembly in the longitudinal direction over 20 consecutive cycles of the secondary battery is less than 20%. The set of electrode constraints further includes a secondary constraint system having first and second secondary growth constraints connected by at least one secondary connecting member, wherein the secondary constraint system at least partially restrains growth of the electrode assembly in a second direction upon cycling of the secondary battery.

公开(公告)号：US10707466B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-07

申请号：US15997252

申请日：2018-06-04

申请人： Enovix Corporation

发明人： Murali Ramasubramanian ,  Michael Armstrong ,  Brian E. Brusca ,  Vladimir Dioumaev ,  Gunther A. Koblmiller ,  Ashok Lahiri ,  Laurie J. Lauchlan ,  Harrold J. Rust, III ,  Nirav S. Shah ,  Robert M. Spotnitz ,  James D. Wilcox

IPC分类号： H01M2/16 ,  H01M4/13 ,  H01M4/134 ,  H01M4/38 ,  H01M10/04 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M10/0585 ,  H01M2/14 ,  H01M4/02

摘要： An electrode structure for use in an energy storage device, the electrode structure comprising a population of electrodes, a population of counter-electrodes and an electrically insulating material layer separating members of the electrode population from members of the counter-electrode population, each member of the electrode population having a longitudinal axis AE that is surrounded by the electrically insulating separator layer.

公开(公告)号：US10256500B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-09

申请号：US15699383

申请日：2017-09-08

申请人： Enovix Corporation

发明人： Harrold J. Rust, III ,  Ashok Lahiri ,  Murali Ramasubramanian ,  Robert M. Spotnitz

IPC分类号： H01M10/04 ,  H01M4/04 ,  H01M6/40

摘要： Various methods and apparatus relating to three-dimensional battery structures and methods of manufacturing them are disclosed and claimed. In certain embodiments, a three-dimensional battery comprises a battery enclosure, and a first structural layer within the battery enclosure, where the first structural layer has a first surface, and a first plurality of conductive protrusions extend from the first surface. A first plurality of electrodes is located within the battery enclosure, where the first plurality of electrodes includes a plurality of cathodes and a plurality of anodes, and wherein the first plurality of electrodes includes a second plurality of electrodes selected from the first plurality of electrodes, each of the second plurality of electrodes being in contact with the outer surface of one of said first plurality of conductive protrusions. Some embodiments relate to processes of manufacturing energy storage devices with or without the use of a backbone structure or layer.

公开(公告)号：US09806331B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-31

申请号：US15133385

申请日：2016-04-20

申请人： Enovix Corporation

发明人： Ashok Lahiri ,  Robert M. Spotnitz ,  Nirav S. Shah ,  Murali Ramasubramanian ,  Harrold J. Rust, III ,  James D. Wilcox ,  Michael J. Armstrong ,  Brian E. Brusca ,  Christopher G. Castledine ,  Laurie J. Lauchlan

IPC分类号： H01M4/13 ,  H01M4/134 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M4/1395 ,  H01M4/38 ,  H01G4/32 ,  H01G4/008 ,  H01G4/012 ,  H01G4/015 ,  H01M4/80 ,  H01M10/04 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/054 ,  H01M10/0564 ,  H01M4/70 ,  H01M4/02 ,  B82Y30/00

CPC分类号： H01M4/134 ,  B82Y30/00 ,  H01G4/008 ,  H01G4/012 ,  H01G4/015 ,  H01G4/32 ,  H01M4/1395 ,  H01M4/38 ,  H01M4/386 ,  H01M4/70 ,  H01M4/80 ,  H01M10/0436 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/054 ,  H01M10/0564 ,  H01M2004/021 ,  H01M2004/027 ,  H01M2220/30 ,  H01M2300/0017 ,  Y02E60/122

摘要： A structure for use in an energy storage device, the structure comprising a backbone system extending generally perpendicularly from a reference plane, and a population of microstructured anodically active material layers supported by the lateral surfaces of the backbones, each of the microstructured anodically active material layers having a void volume fraction of at least 0.1 and a thickness of at least 1 micrometer.

公开(公告)号：US09660292B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US13957088

申请日：2013-08-01

申请人： Enovix Corporation

发明人： Harrold Jones Rust, III ,  Ashok Lahiri ,  Murali Ramasubramanian ,  Robert M. Spotnitz ,  Robert A. Cole ,  Gunther Koblmiller ,  Nirav Shah ,  Brian E. Brusca ,  Christopher G. Castledine ,  Laurie J. Lauchlan ,  James D. Wilcox

IPC分类号： H01M10/05 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M4/38 ,  H01M4/133 ,  H01M4/134 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M10/058 ,  H01M4/70

CPC分类号： H01M10/0525 ,  H01M4/133 ,  H01M4/134 ,  H01M4/386 ,  H01M4/525 ,  H01M4/587 ,  H01M4/667 ,  H01M4/70 ,  H01M10/0436 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M10/058

摘要： An electrode structure for use in an energy storage device comprising a population of electrodes, a population of counter-electrodes and a microporous separator separating members of the electrode population from members of the counter-electrode population. Each member of the electrode population comprises an electrode active material layer and an electrode current conductor layer, and each member of the electrode population has a bottom, a top, a length LE, a width WE and a height HE, wherein the ratio of LE to each of WE and HE is at least 5:1, the ratio of HE to WE is between 0.4:1 and 1000:1, and the electrode current collector layer of each member of the electrode population has a length LC that is measured in the same direction as and is at least 50% of length LE.

公开(公告)号：US09608263B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-28

申请号：US14810624

申请日：2015-07-28

申请人： Enovix Corporation

发明人： Murali Ramasubramanian ,  Robert M. Spotnitz

IPC分类号： H01M4/36 ,  H01M4/04 ,  H01M4/134 ,  H01M4/38 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M4/02

CPC分类号： H01M4/366 ,  H01M4/0404 ,  H01M4/0409 ,  H01M4/0457 ,  H01M4/134 ,  H01M4/36 ,  H01M4/362 ,  H01M4/38 ,  H01M4/386 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M2004/025 ,  H01M2004/027 ,  H01M2220/20 ,  H01M2220/30 ,  Y02E60/122

摘要： The present invention relates to methods for producing anode materials for use in nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries. In the present invention, a metal-semiconductor alloy layer is formed on an anode material by contacting a portion of the anode material with a solution containing metals ions and a dissolution component. When the anode material is contacted with the solution, the dissolution component dissolves a part of the semiconductor material in the anode material and deposit the metal on the anode material. After deposition, the anode material and metal are annealed to form a uniform metal-semiconductor alloy layer. The anode material of the present invention can be in a monolithic form or a particle form. When the anode material is in a particle form, the particulate anode material can be further shaped and sintered to agglomerate the particulate anode material.

公开(公告)号：US20240356093A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18653761

申请日：2024-05-02

申请人： Enovix Corporation

发明人： Christopher G. Castledine ,  David T. Fouchard ,  Jonathan C. Doan ,  Christopher J. Spindt ,  Robert M. Spotnitz ,  James D. Wilcox ,  Ashok Lahiri ,  Murali Ramasubramanian

IPC分类号： H01M10/44 ,  H01M4/38 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/48

CPC分类号： H01M10/448 ,  H01M4/386 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/446 ,  H01M10/48

摘要： A method is provided for activating a secondary battery having a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a microporous separator between the negative and positive electrodes permeated with carrier-ion containing electrolyte, the negative electrode having anodically active silicon or an alloy thereof. The method includes transferring carrier ions from the positive electrode to the negative electrode to at least partially charge the secondary battery, and transferring carrier ions from an auxiliary electrode to the positive electrode, to provide the secondary battery with a positive electrode end of discharge voltage Vpos,eod and a negative electrode end of discharge voltage Vneg,eod when the cell is at a predefined Vcell,eod value, the value of Vpos,eod corresponding to a voltage at which the state of charge of the positive electrode is at least 95% of its coulombic capacity and Vneg,eod is at least 0.4 V (vs Li) but less than 0.9 V (vs Li).

公开(公告)号：US12087913B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-10

申请号：US17974923

申请日：2022-10-27

申请人： Enovix Corporation

发明人： Robert Keith Rosen ,  Bruno A. Valdes ,  Murali Ramasubramanian ,  Robert S. Busacca

IPC分类号： H01M50/474 ,  H01M4/04 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/0585 ,  H01M50/403 ,  H01M50/46

CPC分类号： H01M10/0585 ,  H01M4/0485 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M50/403 ,  H01M50/46 ,  H01M50/474

摘要： An electrode assembly for a secondary battery and method are provided. The electrode assembly comprises a population of unit cells and a constraint system. The electrode assembly comprises a population of electrode structures, a population of counter-electrode structures, and an electrically insulating separator material. The constraint system comprises (i) first and second primary growth constraints separated in the longitudinal direction, (ii) first and second connecting members separated in the vertical direction that connect the first and second primary growth constraints and a subset of the members of the electrode or counter-electrode population. The first and second connecting members are adhered to the subset by an electrically-insulating, thermoplastic, hot-melt adhesive having (i) a melting temperature in the range of 75° C. to 130° C., and (ii) a melt index value as measured according to ASTM D1238 in a range of at least 20 to no more than 350.