Abstract:
An electrode for the use of an advanced lithium battery is fabricated using three dimensionally structured metal foam coated with an active material. The metal foam is porous metal foam that can be used as an anode current collector of a lithium-ion battery and is coated with an anode active material, such as tin, through a sonication-assisted electro less plating method. Additionally, the coated metal foam is heat-treated at an appropriate temperature in order to improve the integrity of the coating layer and hence, the cyclic performance of the lithium-ion battery.
Abstract:
An electrically conductive substrate is provided upon which one or more layers of active materials, i.e. materials that act in a reversible manner with the charge carriers of an electrolyte, are formed. Prior to formation of these layers, the substrate is patterned so as to contain cavities. The active materials are then formed in one or more layers so that the total cumulative height of the layers is less than the entire depth of each of the cavities. The remaining "unfilled" depth of the cavities provides suitable room for volumetric expansion and contraction of the active materials, resulting in little or no net volume change in the anode at any point during the cycling of the batteries.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the design and manufacture of single cell units for planar, thin-film, ceramic electrochemical devices such as solid oxide fuel cells, electrochemical oxygen generators, gas separation membranes, and membrane modules and stacks and the fabrication of multi-cell stacks and modules of the single cell units. The design is based upon a single cell wherein manufacturing all layers of the device into an integral unit produces a monolithic structure. The design produces a gas-tight single cell that is easily assembled into multi-cell stacks and modules without external seals or sealing mechanisms. The design may use standard ceramic and metallurgical production techniques. The design of the present invention enhances device performance since the single cell units are inherently sealed for gas tightness and have reduced interfacial electrical resistances. All these features of the novel monolithically integrated unit cell design result in lower manufacturing costs for ceramic eletrochemical devices.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an electrochemically activable layer or film for use in electrochemical components. Said layer or film comprises a textile fabric and a substance which is located at least in the intermediate spaces in said textile fabric, consisting of at least one matrix containing or consisting of an organic polymer, precursors thereof or prepolymers thereof and an electrochemically activable inorganic material which is insoluble in the matrix, in the form of a solid substance. The invention also relates to layered composites and to rechargeable electrochemical cells which are constructed with layers or films of this type, and to a number of methods for producing said layers or films.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a lithium-sulfur polymer battery having a negative electrode and a positive electrode separated by an electrolyte medium formed by a membrane containing a solution of a lithium salt in aprotic organic solvents with the addition of lithium sulfide and/or lithium polysulfides until saturation, this solution being trapped in a polymeric matrix.
Abstract:
An electrically conductive substrate is provided upon which one or more layers of active materials, i.e. materials that act in a reversible manner with the charge carriers of an electrolyte, are formed. Prior to formation of these layers, the substrate is patterned so as to contain cavities. The active materials are then formed in one or more layers so that the total cumulative height of the layers is less than the entire depth of each of the cavities. The remaining "unfilled" depth of the cavities provides suitable room for volumetric expansion and contraction of the active materials, resulting in little or no net volume change in the anode at any point during the cycling of the batteries.
Abstract:
A secondary lithium battery is formed by the combination of the following main constituents altogether forming a lithium/sulphur dioxide system Li(Al) / SO2 + LiAlCl4 / TiS2: 1) an anode of Li(Al) alloy, 2) a cathode of TiS2, and 3) a liquid electrolyte consisting of 6SO2-LiAlCl4.
Abstract translation:通过以下主要成分组合形成二次锂电池,它们共同形成Li(Al)/ Li 2 O 4 / TiS 2:1)的Li / Al 2 O 3 / ,和3)由6SO2-LiAlCl4组成的液体电解质。
Abstract:
Positive electrode films for a Li-secondary battery are provided. The films include composite particles including a mixed electronic ionic conductor (MEIC), a metal fluoride (MF), and optionally an electrically conductive additive comprising carbon. The films include a catholyte and a binder that are both in contact with the composite particle surfaces but not contained therein. The composite particles are characterized by a porosity of less than about 15 % v/v at 25 C. Methods of forming positive electrode films for a Li-secondary battery are also provided. Methods of forming positive electrode films including annealed composite particles for a Lisecondary battery are also provided. The methods include preparing a composite including a mixed electronic ionic conductor (MEIC) including a member selected from metal oxides, metal sulfides, metal halides, metal oxyhalides, and combinations thereof, a nanodimensioned metal fluoride (MF), optionally a binder, and optionally an electrically conductive additive comprising carbon.