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公开(公告)号:US20220320515A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-06
申请号:US17709156
申请日:2022-03-30
申请人: LytEn, Inc.
发明人: Elena Rogojina , Jerzy Gazda , You Li , Jesse Baucom , Chandra B. KC , Jingning Shan , Ratnakumar Bugga
IPC分类号: H01M4/62 , H01M10/052 , H01M4/13
摘要: A lithium-sulfur battery may include a cathode, an anode structure positioned opposite to the cathode, a separator, and an electrolyte. In some instances, the anode structure may include an artificial solid-electrolyte interphase (A-SEI) that may form on and within the anode structure. A protective layer may form within and on the A-SEI, and may include exposed carbon surfaces formed by coalescence of several wrinkled graphene nanoplatelets with one another. Metal-containing substances may be decorated on and/or attached with at least some exposed carbon surfaces and regulate flow of lithium (Li+) cations within the lithium-sulfur battery and correspondingly moderate one or more of a plating rate or a de-plating rate of lithium onto the anode structure. The separator may be positioned between the anode structure and the cathode. The electrolyte may be dispersed throughout the cathode and in contact with the anode structure.
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公开(公告)号:US11489161B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-01
申请号:US17383735
申请日:2021-07-23
申请人: Lyten, Inc.
发明人: Anurag Kumar , Jeffrey Bell , Qianwen Huang , Jesse Baucom , You Li , John Thorne , Karel Vanheusden , Elena Rogojina , Jerzy Gazda
摘要: A composition of matter suitable for incorporation into a battery electrode is disclosed. In some implementations, the composition of matter may include pores that may be defined in size or shape by several carbonaceous particles. Each of the particles may have multiple regions such that adjacent regions are separated from each other by some of the pores. Deformable regions may be distributed throughout a perimeter of each of the particles, for example, to accommodate coalescence of multiple adjacent particles. The composition of matter may also include a plurality of aggregates and a plurality of agglomerates, where each aggregate includes a multitude of the particles joined together, and each agglomerate includes a multitude of the aggregates joined together.
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公开(公告)号:US20220271291A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-25
申请号:US17672960
申请日:2022-02-16
申请人: LytEn, Inc.
发明人: You Li , Jesse Baucom , Elena Rogojina , Chandra B. KC , Jingning Shan , Jerzy Gazda , Ratnakumar Bugga
IPC分类号: H01M4/62 , H01M10/0525
摘要: A lithium-sulfur battery including an anode structure, a cathode, a separator, and an electrolyte is provided. A protective layer may form within the anode structure responsive to operational discharge-charge cycling of the lithium-sulfur battery. The protective layer may include a polymeric backbone chain formed of interconnected carbon atoms collectively defining a segmental motion of the protective layer. Additional polymeric chains may be cross-linked to one another and at least some carbon atoms of the polymeric backbone chain. Each additional polymeric chain may be formed of interconnected monomer units. A plasticizer may be dispersed throughout the protective layer without covalently bonding to the polymeric backbone chain. The plasticizer may separate adjacent monomer units of at least some additional polymeric chains. Increasing separation of adjacent monomer units increases a cooperative segmental mobility of the additional polymeric chains and ionic conductivity of the protective layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20210367241A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-25
申请号:US17383803
申请日:2021-07-23
申请人: Lyten, Inc.
发明人: Anurag Kumar , Jeffrey Bell , Qianwen Huang , Jesse Baucom , You Li , John Thorne , Karel Vanheusden , Elena Rogojina , Jerzy Gazda
IPC分类号: H01M4/62 , H01M10/052 , C01B32/05
摘要: A composition of matter may include pores and non-tri-zone particles and tri-zone particles. In one implementation, each tri-zone particle may include carbon fragments intertwined with each other and separated from one another by mesopores. Each tri-zone particle may also include a deformable perimeter that may coalesce with adjacent non-tri-zone particles or tri-zone particles. In some aspects, the tri-zone particles may include aggregates formed by a multitude of the tri-zone particles joined together. In some aspects, mesopores may be interspersed throughout the aggregates. Each tri-zone particle may also include agglomerates, where each agglomerate includes a multitude of the aggregates joined together. In some aspects, macropores may be interspersed throughout the aggregates.
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公开(公告)号:US20210257666A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-19
申请号:US17236291
申请日:2021-04-21
申请人: Lyten, Inc.
发明人: Qianwen Huang , Elena Rogojina , Jerzy Gazda , Anurag Kumar , Jeffrey Bell , Jesse Baucom , You Li
IPC分类号: H01M10/0569 , H01M10/0525 , H01M4/133 , H01M4/587
摘要: Batteries including an electrolyte with a ternary solvent package are disclosed. In various implementations, a lithium-sulfur battery may include a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte include a ternary solvent package. The anode may be positioned opposite to the cathode. The cathode may include a plurality of regions. Each region may be defined by two or more core-shell structures adjacent to and in contact with each other. The electrolyte may be interspersed throughout the cathode and be in contact with the anode. The ternary solvent package may include 1,2-Dimethoxyethane (DME), 1,3-Dioxolane (DOL), tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether (TEGDME), and/or one or more additives, such as lithium nitrate (LiNO3), and 4,4′-thiobisbenzenethiol (TBT) or 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT), and approximately 0.01 mol of dissolved lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI).
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公开(公告)号:US20200172705A1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-04
申请号:US16784146
申请日:2020-02-06
申请人: Lyten, Inc.
发明人: Michael W. Stowell , Bryce H. Anzelmo , Bruce Lanning , Daniel Cook , Elena Rogojina , Karel Vanhuesden , Margaret Hines , John Baldwin , Chandra B. KC
摘要: Methods include producing tunable carbon structures and combining carbon structures with a polymer to form a composite material. Carbon structures include crinkled graphene. Methods also include functionalizing the carbon structures, either in-situ, within the plasma reactor, or in a liquid collection facility. The plasma reactor has a first control for tuning the specific surface area (SSA) of the resulting tuned carbon structures as well as a second, independent control for tuning the SSA of the tuned carbon structures. The composite materials that result from mixing the tuned carbon structures with a polymer results in composite materials that exhibit exceptional favorable mechanical and/or other properties. Mechanisms that operate between the carbon structures and the polymer yield composite materials that exhibit these exceptional mechanical properties are also examined.
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公开(公告)号:US11352481B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-07
申请号:US16784146
申请日:2020-02-06
申请人: Lyten, Inc.
发明人: Michael W. Stowell , Bryce H. Anzelmo , Bruce Lanning , Daniel Cook , Elena Rogojina , Karel Vanheusden , Margaret Hines , John Baldwin , Chandra B. KC
摘要: Methods include producing tunable carbon structures and combining carbon structures with a polymer to form a composite material. Carbon structures include crinkled graphene. Methods also include functionalizing the carbon structures, either in-situ, within the plasma reactor, or in a liquid collection facility. The plasma reactor has a first control for tuning the specific surface area (SSA) of the resulting tuned carbon structures as well as a second, independent control for tuning the SSA of the tuned carbon structures. The composite materials that result from mixing the tuned carbon structures with a polymer results in composite materials that exhibit exceptional favorable mechanical and/or other properties. Mechanisms that operate between the carbon structures and the polymer yield composite materials that exhibit these exceptional mechanical properties are also examined.
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公开(公告)号:US20210351406A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-11
申请号:US17383735
申请日:2021-07-23
申请人: Lyten, Inc.
发明人: Anurag Kumar , Jeffrey Bell , Qianwen Huang , Jesse Baucom , You Li , John Thorne , Karel Vanheusden , Elena Rogojina , Jerzy Gazda
摘要: A composition of matter suitable for incorporation into a battery electrode is disclosed. In some implementations, the composition of matter may include pores that may be defined in size or shape by several carbonaceous particles. Each of the particles may have multiple regions such that adjacent regions are separated from each other by some of the pores. Deformable regions may be distributed throughout a perimeter of each of the particles, for example, to accommodate coalescence of multiple adjacent particles. The composition of matter may also include a plurality of aggregates and a plurality of agglomerates, where each aggregate includes a multitude of the particles joined together, and each agglomerate includes a multitude of the aggregates joined together.
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公开(公告)号:US20210126287A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-29
申请号:US17016235
申请日:2020-09-09
申请人: Lyten, Inc.
发明人: Elena Rogojina , Qianwen Huang , Jerzy Gazda , Jeffrey Bell , Bruce Lanning , Michael W. Stowell , Prashanth Jampani Hanumantha , James McKinney , George Clayton Gibbs
IPC分类号: H01M10/0565 , H01M4/40 , H01M10/0525 , H01M4/58 , H01M12/08 , H01G11/26 , H01G11/32 , H01M2/16 , H01M4/136 , H01M4/04
摘要: This disclosure provides a battery comprising a cathode and an anode positioned opposite the cathode. A hybrid artificial solid-electrolyte interphase (A-SEI) layer is deposited on the anode and includes a plurality of active components. A blended material is interwoven throughout the plurality of active components and configured to inhibit growth of Lithium (Li) dendritic structures from the anode to the cathode. The blended material includes a combination of crystalline sp2-bound carbon domains of graphene sheets and a plurality of flexible wrinkle areas positioned at joinder points of two of more of the crystalline sp2-bound carbon domains of graphene sheets and a polymeric matrix configured to bind the plurality of active components and the blended material together. An electrolyte is in contact with the hybrid A-SEI and the cathode and a separator is positioned between the anode and the cathode. The blended material includes curable carboxylate salts of metals.
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公开(公告)号:US20210126286A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-29
申请号:US17016221
申请日:2020-09-09
申请人: Lyten, Inc.
发明人: Elena Rogojina , Qianwen Huang , Jerzy Gazda , Jeffrey Bell , Bruce Lanning , Michael W. Stowell , Prashanth Jampani Hanumantha , James McKinney , George Clayton Gibbs
摘要: This disclosure provides a battery including a cathode an anode positioned opposite the cathode. The anode includes a hybrid artificial solid-electrolyte interphase (A-SEI) layer encapsulating the anode. The hybrid A-SEI layer includes a first active component, a second active component disposed on the first active component, and a plurality of carbon-containing aggregates interwoven throughout the first and second active components and configured to inhibit growth of Li dendritic structures from the anode towards the cathode. A separator is positioned between the anode and the cathode. The cathode includes a porous carbon-based structure configured to expand in a presence of polysulfide (PS) shuttle within one or more portions of the battery. An electrolyte is dispersed between the anode and the cathode and in contact with both the anode and the cathode. The plurality of carbon-containing aggregates can include a polymer, which includes a cross-linked polymeric network.
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