公开(公告)号：US11958742B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US18070812

申请日：2022-11-29

Applicant: Solid Power Operating, Inc.

Inventor： Ilya Lisenker ,  Sean Culver

IPC: C01B17/22

CPC classification number: C01B17/22 ,  C01P2006/90

Abstract: A process for producing a low-cost water-reactive metal sulfide material includes dissolving a substantially anhydrous alkali metal salt and a substantially anhydrous sulfide compound in a substantially anhydrous polar solvent, providing differential solubility for a substantially high solubility alkali metal sulfide and a substantially low solubility by-product, and forming a mixture of the high solubility alkali metal sulfide and the low solubility by-product; separating the low solubility by-product from the mixture to isolate the supernatant including the alkali metal sulfide, and separating the polar solvent from the alkali metal sulfide to produce the alkali metal sulfide. The present invention provides a scalable process for production of a high purity alkali metal sulfide that is essentially free of undesired by-products.

公开(公告)号：US20230150828A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17988665

申请日：2022-11-16

Applicant: Solid Power Operating, Inc.

Inventor： Brian E. FRANCISCO ,  Samuel Oberwetter ,  Sean P. Culver ,  Ilya Lisenker

IPC: C01D15/00

CPC classification number: C01D15/00 ,  C01P2002/72 ,  C01P2006/80

Abstract: A process for producing a low-cost water-reactive sulfide material includes reacting a substantially anhydrous first alkali metal salt, a substantially anhydrous first sulfide compound, and a substantially anhydrous first alkali metal hydrosulfide compound in a substantially anhydrous polar solvent, providing differential solubility for a substantially high solubility second sulfide and a substantially low solubility second alkali metal salt, and forming a mixture of the high solubility second sulfide, a second alkali metal hydrosulfide, and the low solubility second alkali metal salt; removing the low solubility second alkali metal salt to isolate the supernatant including the second sulfide, and separating the polar solvent from the second sulfide and the second alkali metal hydrosulfide followed by heating to produce the second sulfide. The present disclosure provides a scalable process for production of a high purity alkali metal sulfide that is essentially free of undesired contaminants.