101 |
MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURED LITHIUM METAL ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME |
US15507641 |
2015-10-21 |
US20170309899A1 |
2017-10-26 |
Byoung Kuk SON; Min Chul JANG; Eun Kyung PARK; Doo Kyung YANG; Jung Hun CHOI |
The present invention relates to a multi-layer structured lithium metal electrode and a method for manufacturing the same and, specifically, to a multi-layer structured lithium metal electrode comprising: a buffer layer of lithium nitride (Li3N) formed on a lithium metal plate; and a protective layer of LiBON formed on the buffer layer, and to a method for manufacturing a multi-layer structured lithium metal electrode by continuously forming a lithium nitride buffer layer and a LiBON protective layer on a lithium metal plate through continuous reactive sputtering multi-layer structured lithium metal electrode multi-layer structured lithium metal electrode lithium metal plate multi-layer structured lithium metal electrode lithium metal plate. The multi-layer structured lithium metal electrode of the present invention can protect the reactivity of the lithium metal from moisture or an environment within a battery, and prevent the formation of dendrites, by forming the protective layer. |
102 |
PRECURSOR OF TRANSITION METAL OXIDE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, LITHIUM COMPOSITE TRANSITION METAL OXIDE, AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE AND SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME |
US15516803 |
2015-11-02 |
US20170301916A1 |
2017-10-19 |
Ho-Suk Shin; Byung-Chun Park; Sang-Min Park; Joo-Hong Jin |
Provided herein is a precursor of a transition metal oxide, including a core unit and a shell unit, wherein the core unit includes a compound of chemical formula 1 below, and the shell unit includes a compound of chemical formula 2 below. NiaMnbCo1−(a+b+c)Mc[OH(1−x)2−y]A(y/n) [Chemical formula 1] Nia′Mnb′Co1−(a′+b′+c′)M′c′[OH(1−x′)2−y′]A(y′/n) [Chemical formula 2] |
103 |
ALKALI METAL SALT OF FLUOROSULFONYL IMIDE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR |
US15409708 |
2017-01-19 |
US20170133715A1 |
2017-05-11 |
Yuichi SATO; Shimpei SATO; Yasunori OKUMURA |
The present invention provides an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide having favorable heat resistance and a reduced content of specific impurities and a water content, and provides a method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, which is capable of easily removing a solvent from a reaction solution. An alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I) and has a mass loss rate of 2% or less when the alkali metal salt of fuluorosulufonyl imide is kept at 100° C. for 8 hours under an air current. A method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention comprises a step of concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fulorosulfonyl imide by bubbling a gas into a reaction solution containing the alkali metal salt of fulorosulfonyl imide, and/or concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fulorosulfonyl imide by thin layer distillation. |
104 |
Alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, and production method therefor |
US14560315 |
2014-12-04 |
US09586833B2 |
2017-03-07 |
Yuichi Sato; Shimpei Sato; Yasunori Okumura |
The present invention provides an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide having favorable heat resistance and a reduced content of specific impurities and a water content, and provides a method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, which is capable of easily removing a solvent from a reaction solution. An alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I) and has a mass loss rate of 2% or less when the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide is kept at 100° C. for 8 hours under an air current. A method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention comprises a step of concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by bubbling a gas into a reaction solution containing the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, and/or concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by thin layer distillation. |
105 |
SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL AND ALL SOLID LITHIUM BATTERY |
US15202627 |
2016-07-06 |
US20170040636A1 |
2017-02-09 |
Erika OKI; Naoki OSADA |
A main object of the present invention is to provide a solid electrolyte material with high Li ion conductivity and heat stability. To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a solid electrolyte material comprising a composition of Li3PS4-xOx (1≦x≦3), a crystal phase A having a peak at a position of 2θ=17.80°±0.50°, 25.80°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray, and a crystal phase B having a peak at a position of 2θ=22.30°±0.50°, 23.14°±0.50°, 24.80°±0.50°, 33.88°±0.50°, 36.48°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray. |
106 |
METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICLES |
US15205070 |
2016-07-08 |
US20170008808A1 |
2017-01-12 |
Takuo Yanagi |
A method for efficiently producing fine particles in a complex state from a plurality of raw material components is provided. The method includes spraying a good solvent solution made from a good solvent and the plurality of raw material components dissolved in the good solvent into a poor solvent having a temperature of at least 165° C. higher than the boiling point of the good solvent and evaporating off the good solvent and precipitating a plurality of fine particles. |
107 |
Method And Apparatus For Separation Of Offgas In The Combustion Of Particular Metals |
US15119523 |
2015-02-11 |
US20170008765A1 |
2017-01-12 |
Manfred Baldauf; Walter Preidel; Guenter Schmid; Dan Taroata |
A method is provided for separating offgas from solid and/or liquid reaction products in the combustion of a metal M selected from alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, Al and Zn, and mixtures thereof, with a combustion gas. In a reaction step, the combustion gas is combusted with the metal M, forming offgas and further solid and/or liquid reaction products, and, in a separation step, the offgas is separated from the solid and/or liquid reaction products. In the separation step, a carrier gas is additionally added and the carrier gas is removed as a mixture with the offgas. |
108 |
Galvanic elements containing oxygen-containing conversion electrodes |
US13510209 |
2010-11-18 |
US09490482B2 |
2016-11-08 |
Ulrich Wietelmann |
A galvanic element containing a substantially transition metal-free oxygen-containing conversion electrode, a transition metal-containing cathode, and an aprotic lithium electrolyte. The substantially transition metal-free oxygen-containing conversion electrode materials contain lithium hydroxide and/or lithium peroxide and/or lithium oxide, and in the charged state additionally contain lithium hydride, and are contained in a galvanic element, for example a lithium battery, as the anode. Methods for producing substantially transition metal-free oxygen-containing conversion electrode materials and galvanic elements made of substantially transition metal-free oxygen-containing conversion electrode materials are also provided. |
109 |
LITHIUM COMPOSITE OXIDE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR |
US14909034 |
2014-07-31 |
US20160190573A1 |
2016-06-30 |
Yang-Kook SUN; Sung-June YOUN |
The present invention relates to a lithium composite oxide and a manufacturing method therefor and, more specifically, to: a lithium composite oxide in which the concentration of manganese forming the lithium composite oxide exhibits a concentration gradient in the entirety of the particles from the center to the surface, and comprising secondary particles formed from the condensing of stick-shaped primary particles; and a manufacturing method thereof. |
110 |
HIGH CAPACITY HYDROGEN STORAGE NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS |
US14532045 |
2014-11-04 |
US20160159645A1 |
2016-06-09 |
Ragaiy Zidan; Matthew S. Wellons |
A novel hydrogen absorption material is provided comprising a mixture of a lithium hydride with a fullerene. The subsequent reaction product provides for a hydrogen storage material which reversibly stores and releases hydrogen at temperatures of about 270° C. |
111 |
STABILIZED LITHIUM METAL FORMATIONS COATED WITH A SHELL CONTAINING NITROGEN, AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SAME |
US14785237 |
2014-04-17 |
US20160121396A1 |
2016-05-05 |
Ulrich WIETELMANN; Christoph HARTNIG; Ute EMMEL; Vera NICKEL |
The invention relates to particulate lithium metal formations having a substantially spherical geometry and a core composed of metallic lithium, which are enclosed with an outer passivating but ionically conductive layer containing nitrogen. The invention further relates to a method for producing lithium metal formations by reacting lithium metal with one or more passivating agent(s) containing nitrogen, selected from the groups N2, NxHy with x=1 or 2 and y=3 or 4, or a compound containing only the elements C, H, and N, and optionally Li, at temperatures in the range between 60 and 300° C., preferably between 100 and 280° C., and particularly preferably above the melting temperature of lithium of 180.5° C., in an inert organic solvent under dispersion conditions or in an atmosphere that contains a gaseous coating agent containing nitrogen. |
112 |
PRODUCTION OF HIGH-PURITY LITHIUM DIFLUOROPHOSPHATE |
US14430642 |
2013-09-27 |
US20150263384A1 |
2015-09-17 |
Matthias Boll; Wolfgang Ebenbeck |
The present invention relates to a process for preparing high-purity, especially low-sodium, lithium difluorophosphate, especially in the form of solutions thereof in organic solvents, proceeding from lithium fluoride and phosphorus pentafluoride. |
113 |
Method for separation of monovalent metals from multivalent metals |
US13469826 |
2012-05-11 |
US09126843B2 |
2015-09-08 |
Areski Rezkallah |
The present invention is directed to a new more environmentally friendly method for the separation of metals from concentrated solution or more specifically to separate monovalent metals from a solutions that comprise high levels of multivalent metals by using a sulfonic functionalized resin. |
114 |
High capacity hydrogen storage nanocomposite materials |
US12932242 |
2011-02-22 |
US08945500B1 |
2015-02-03 |
Ragaiy Zidan; Matthew S. Wellons |
A novel hydrogen absorption material is provided comprising a mixture of a lithium hydride with a fullerene. The subsequent reaction product provides for a hydrogen storage material which reversibly stores and releases hydrogen at temperatures of about 270° C. |
115 |
STABILIZED LITHIUM COMPOSITE PARTICLES |
US13673019 |
2012-11-09 |
US20140134438A1 |
2014-05-15 |
Kishor Purushottam Gadkaree; Xiaorong Liu |
Stabilized lithium particles include a lithium-containing core and a coating of a complex lithium salt that surrounds and encapsulates the core. The coating, which is a barrier to oxygen and water, enables the particles to be handled in the open air and incorporated directly into electrochemical devices. The coating material is compatible, for example, with electrolytic materials that are used in electrochemical cells. The average coated particle size is less than 500 microns. |
116 |
PROCESS FOR PREPARING LITHIUM SULFIDE |
US14119980 |
2012-05-29 |
US20140084224A1 |
2014-03-27 |
Peter Rittmeyer; Ulrich Wietelmann; Uwe Lischka; Dieter Hauk; Bernhard Füger; Armin Stoll; Dirk Dawidowski |
The invention relates to a novel process for preparing lithium sulfide and to the use thereof, wherein a reaction of lithium-containing strong bases with hydrogen sulfide is undertaken in an aprotic organic solvent within the temperature range from −20 to 120° C. under inert conditions. The lithium sulfide obtained by the process is used as a positive material in a galvanic element or for the synthesis of Li ion-conductive solids, especially for the synthesis of glasses, glass ceramics or crystalline products. |
117 |
METHOD FOR SEPARATION OF MONOVALENT METALS FROM MULTIVALENT METALS |
US13469826 |
2012-05-11 |
US20120288426A1 |
2012-11-15 |
Areski Rezkallah |
The present invention is directed to a new more environmentally friendly method for the separation of metals from concentrated solution or more specifically to separate monovalent metals from a solutions that comprise high levels of multivalent metals by using a sulfonic functionalized resin. |
118 |
Spray Pyrolysis Synthesis of Mesoporous Positive Electrode Materials for High Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries |
US13462563 |
2012-05-02 |
US20120282522A1 |
2012-11-08 |
Richard L. Axelbaum; Xiaofeng Zhang |
A lithium metal oxide positive electrode material useful in making lithium-ion batteries that is produced using spray pyrolysis. The material comprises a plurality of metal oxide secondary particles that comprise metal oxide primary particles, wherein the primary particles have a size that is in the range of about 1 nm to about 10 μm, and the secondary particles have a size that is in the range of about 10 nm to about 100 μm and are uniformly mesoporous. |
119 |
LITHIUM-POROUS METAL OXIDE COMPOSITIONS AND LITHIUM REAGENT-POROUS METAL COMPOSITIONS |
US13469299 |
2012-05-11 |
US20120235084A1 |
2012-09-20 |
Michael LEFENFELD; James L. DYE; Partha NANDI; James JACKSON |
The invention relates to lithium metal/porous metal oxide compositions. These lithium metal compositions are prepared by mixing liquid lithium metal with a porous metal oxide in an inert atmosphere under exothermic conditions sufficient to absorb the liquid lithium metal into the porous metal oxide pores. The lithium metal/porous metal oxide compositions of the invention are preferably loaded with lithium metal up to about 40% by weight, with about 20% to 40% by weight being the most preferred loading. The invention also relates to lithium reagent-porous metal oxide compositions having RLi absorbed into a porous oxide. In formula RLi, R is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, an alkaryl group, or an NR1R2 group; R1 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, an alkaryl group; and R2 is hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, and an alkaryl group. The preparation and use of these compositions are also described. |
120 |
GALVANIC ELEMENTS CONTAINING OXYGEN-CONTAINING CONVERSION ELECTRODES |
US13510209 |
2010-11-18 |
US20120225356A1 |
2012-09-06 |
Ulrich Wietelmann |
A galvanic element containing a substantially transition metal-free oxygen-containing conversion electrode, a transition metal-containing cathode, and an aprotic lithium electrolyte. The substantially transition metal-free oxygen-containing conversion. electrode materials contain lithium hydroxide and/or lithium peroxide and/or lithium oxide, and in the charged state additionally contain lithium hydride, and are contained in a galvanic element, for example a lithium battery, as the anode. Methods for producing substantially transition metal-free oxygen-containing conversion electrode materials and galvanic elements made of substantially transition metal-free oxygen-containing conversion electrode materials are also provided. |