Abstract:
The disclosed embodiments relate to the manufacture of a battery cell. The battery cell includes a first set of layers including a cathode with an active coating, a separator, and an anode with an active coating. The separator may include a ceramic coating and a binder coating over the ceramic coating. During manufacturing of the battery cell, the layers are stacked, and the binder coating is used to laminate the first set of layers within the first sub-cell by applying at least one of pressure and temperature to the first set of layers.
Abstract:
A battery assembly can be formed on a base layer provided on a substrate, with a thin film battery stack including an anode layer, a cathode layer, and an electrolyte layer between the anode and cathode layers. The thin film battery stack can be encapsulated, and assembled into a battery system with electrical power connections for the anode and cathode layers.
Abstract:
The disclosed embodiments provide a battery cell. The battery cell includes a cathode current collector containing graphene, a cathode active material, an electrolyte, an anode active material, and an anode current collector. The graphene may reduce the manufacturing cost and/or increase the energy density of the battery cell.
Abstract:
An electrochemical cell has a cathode having a cathode current collector and a cathode active material, an anode having an anode current collector and an anode active material comprising lithium metal, a liquid electrolyte, a separator between the cathode active material and the anode active material, and a polymer electrolyte lamination layer bonding the anode to the separator. The polymer electrolyte lamination layer is formulated using a crosslinked polymer, a lithium salt, a plasticizer, and an anode additive.
Abstract:
The disclosed embodiments relate to the design of a stacked-cell battery comprising a stack of layers, including alternating anode and cathode layers coated with active material with intervening separator layers. The stack includes a plurality of notches formed along one or more sides of the stack, including a first notch and a second notch, wherein each cathode layer includes an uncoated cathode tab extending into the first notch, and wherein each anode layer includes an uncoated anode tab extending into the second notch. Moreover, a common cathode tab is bonded to the cathode tabs within the first notch, and a common anode tab is bonded to the anode tabs within the second notch. The stacked-cell battery also includes a pouch enclosing the stack, wherein the common anode and cathode tabs extend through the pouch to provide cathode and anode terminals for the battery cell.
Abstract:
The disclosed embodiments relate to the design of a battery cell with multiple thicknesses. This battery cell includes a jelly roll enclosed in a pouch, wherein the jelly roll includes layers which are wound together, including a cathode with an active coating, a separator, and an anode with an active coating. The jelly roll also includes a first conductive tab coupled to the cathode and a second conductive tab coupled to the anode. The jelly roll is enclosed in a flexible pouch, and the first and second conductive tabs are extended through seals in the pouch to provide terminals for the battery cell. Furthermore, the battery cell has two or more thicknesses, wherein the different thicknesses are created by removing material from one or more of the layers before winding the layers together.
Abstract:
An all-solid-state battery cell has a cathode, a solid electrolyte deposited on the cathode, an anode comprising lithium deposited onto the solid electrolyte opposite the cathode, and an anode current collector bonded to the anode opposite the solid electrolyte with a bonding layer of a metal alloyed with the lithium.
Abstract:
The claimed invention relates to the design and manufacture of a battery cell including a cathode active coating (304) containing a first cathode active material and a second cathode active material with a lower first coulombic efficiency and a higher energy density than the first cathode active material. The battery cell also includes an anode active coating (308) containing a silicon-based anode active material and a carbonaceous anode active material. Finally, the battery cell includes a flexible pouch enclosing the cathode and the anode. Such blending of cathode and anode active materials may increase the energy density of the battery cell while mitigating the loss of capacity caused by the reaction of the silicon-based active material with lithium during initial charging and discharging of the battery cell.
Abstract:
The disclosed embodiments provide a battery cell. The battery cell includes a cathode current collector containing graphene, a cathode active material, an electrolyte, an anode active material, and an anode current collector. The graphene may reduce the manufacturing cost and/or increase the energy density of the battery cell.
Abstract:
An electrochemical cell (100) has a cathode having a cathode current collector (112) and a cathode active material (114), an anode having an anode current collector (102), lithium metal seed (104), and an anode cap (106) on the lithium metal seed, a liquid electrolyte (118), a separator (110) between the cathode active material and the anode active material, and a polymer electrolyte lamination layer bonding the anode to the separator. The polymer electrolyte lamination layer is formulated using a crosslinked polymer, a lithium salt, a plasticizer, and an anode additive. The anode cap and the polymer electrolyte lamination layer work together to produce densely plated lithium metal between the lithium metal seed and the anode cap with little or no external pressure.