LAYERED ANODE MATERIALS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220384776A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17336073

    申请日:2021-06-01

    IPC分类号: H01M4/134

    摘要: The present disclosure provides an electroactive material for an electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions. The electroactive material includes a plurality of electroactive particles having an average diameter greater than or equal to about 100 nm to less than or equal to about 50 μm. Each electroactive particle includes a layered anode material defined by a two-dimensional allotrope. The two-dimensional allotrope includes a plurality of atomic layers that include a negative electroactive material selected from the group consisting of: silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), boron (B), and combinations thereof. In certain variations, the layered anode material may be prelithiated. For example, lithium ions may be dispersed between the atomic layers of the two-dimensional allotrope to pre-lithiate the layered anode material.

    METHODS OF LITHIATING ELECTROACTIVE MATERIALS

    公开(公告)号:US20240213438A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18087421

    申请日:2022-12-22

    IPC分类号: H01M4/04

    CPC分类号: H01M4/0459

    摘要: A method for forming an electroactive material includes sourcing a current or voltage to an electrochemical reactor that includes a cation source, an electrolyte mixture, and an electroactive material precursor in contact with one another, where the current or voltage serves to ionize and form cations at the cation source that react with the electroactive material precursor in the electrolyte mixture to form the electroactive material. The method may include one or more filtering steps, one or more rinsing steps, or a combination of one or more filtering steps and one or more rinsing steps to collect the electroactive material from the electrolyte.

    ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES PREPARED USING DIFFUSION COUPLING

    公开(公告)号:US20240047693A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-08

    申请号:US17879419

    申请日:2022-08-02

    IPC分类号: H01M4/66 H01M4/04

    摘要: An electrode assembly that includes a current collector, a lithium foil, and a solid solution interface that chemically binds the current collector and the lithium foil is provided. The solid solution interface includes a portion of the current collector that is impregnated with lithium atoms diffused from the lithium foil. In some variations, a method for forming the electrode assembly includes heating a precursor electrode assembly that includes a current collector and a lithium metal film to a temperature that is less than a melting point of lithium, so that lithium atoms diffuse into the current collector during the heating. In other variations, a method for forming the electrode assembly includes disposing a molten lithium onto a heated current collector to form a precursor electrode assembly, and cooling the assembly to form a lithium metal layer that is chemically bonded to the current collector.

    COMPOSITE ELECTRODES INCLUDING EMBEDDED POROUS CURRENT COLLECTORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240258526A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18103129

    申请日:2023-01-30

    IPC分类号: H01M4/62 H01M4/04 H01M4/66

    摘要: A composite electrode for an electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions may include a metal current collector having a three-dimensional porous structure defining an interconnected network of open pores and an electrode material disposed within the open pores of the current collector. An oxygen-containing reactive layer may be formed on surfaces of the current collector and an electrode precursor mixture may be deposited thereon and dried to form a solid electrode material having a continuous structure within the open pores of the current collector. The electroactive material particles and/or the electrically conductive agent may interact with the oxygen-containing reactive layer on the metal current collector to form an oxygen-containing adhesive layer along an interface between the current collector and the solid electrode material. The electroactive material particles and the electrically conductive agent may be chemically bonded to the current collector via hydrogen bonds within the oxygen-containing adhesive layer.