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公开(公告)号:US10026995B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-17
申请号:US14998514
申请日:2016-01-15
Applicant: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
Inventor: Aruna Zhamu , Bor Z. Jang
IPC: H01M10/00 , H01M10/0585 , H01M10/054 , H01M10/0525 , H01M4/80
Abstract: A process for producing an alkali metal battery, comprising: (a) preparing multiple conductive porous layers (having at least 80% by volume of pores), multiple wet anode layers of an anode active material mixed with a liquid electrolyte, and multiple wet cathode layers of a cathode active material mixed with a liquid electrolyte; (b) stacking and consolidating a desired number of the porous layers and a desired number of wet anode layers to form an anode electrode; (c) placing a porous separator layer in contact with the anode electrode; (d) preparing a cathode electrode in a similar manner than anode; and (e) assembling all the components in a housing to produce the battery; wherein the anode active material has a material mass loading no less than 20 mg/cm2 in the anode and/or the cathode active material has a material mass loading no less than 30 mg/cm2 in the cathode electrode.
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公开(公告)号:US10005099B2
公开(公告)日:2018-06-26
申请号:US14756006
申请日:2015-07-20
Applicant: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
Inventor: Yi-jun Lin , Shaio-yen Lee , Aruna Zhamu , Bor Z. Jang
IPC: B05D1/28 , B05D1/40 , B05D3/00 , B05D3/12 , C01B32/20 , C01B32/23 , C01B32/184 , B82Y30/00 , B82Y40/00
CPC classification number: B05D1/28 , B05D1/40 , B05D3/007 , B05D3/12 , B82Y30/00 , B82Y40/00 , C01B32/184 , C01B32/20 , C01B32/23
Abstract: A process for producing a highly oriented graphene oxide (GO) film, comprising: (a) preparing either a GO dispersion having GO sheets dispersed in a fluid medium or a GO gel having GO molecules dissolved in a fluid medium; (b) dispensing the GO dispersion or gel onto a surface of an application roller rotating in a first direction to form an applicator layer of GO and transferring the applicator layer to a surface of a supporting film driven in a second direction opposite to the first direction to form a wet layer of GO on the supporting film; and (c) removing said fluid medium from the wet layer of GO to form a dried layer of GO having an inter-planar spacing d002 of 0.4 nm to 1.2 nm and an oxygen content no less than 5% by weight. This dried GO layer may be heat-treated to produce a graphitic film.
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公开(公告)号:US20180174766A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-21
申请号:US15888461
申请日:2018-02-05
Applicant: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
Inventor: Aruna Zhamu , Bor Z. Jang
IPC: H01G11/50 , H01G11/46 , H01G11/26 , H01G11/28 , H01G11/86 , H01G11/02 , H01G11/38 , H01G11/36 , H01G11/84 , H01G11/58
CPC classification number: H01G11/50 , H01G11/02 , H01G11/26 , H01G11/28 , H01G11/36 , H01G11/38 , H01G11/46 , H01G11/58 , H01G11/84 , H01G11/86 , Y02E60/13
Abstract: A process for producing a supercapacitor cell, comprising: (a) Continuously feeding a conductive porous layer to a cathode material impregnation zone, wherein the conductive porous layer contains interconnected electron-conducting pathways and at least 70% by volume of pores; (b) Impregnating a wet cathode active material mixture (containing a cathode active material and an optional conductive additive mixed with a liquid electrolyte) into pores of this porous layer to form a cathode electrode; (c) Preparing an anode electrode in a similar manner; and (d) Stacking an anode electrode, a porous separator, and a cathode electrode to form the supercapacitor, wherein the anode electrode and/or the cathode electrode has a thickness no less than 100 μm; and/or wherein the anode or cathode active material constitutes an electrode active material loading no less than 7 mg/cm2 in the anode or the cathode.
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公开(公告)号:US20180166759A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-14
申请号:US15375508
申请日:2016-12-12
Applicant: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
Inventor: Aruna Zhamu , Bor Z. Jang
IPC: H01M12/06 , H01M10/0525 , H01M10/0565 , H01M10/058 , H01M12/02
CPC classification number: H01M12/06 , H01M10/0525 , H01M10/0565 , H01M10/058 , H01M12/02 , H01M2300/0082
Abstract: Provided is a solid state electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery, comprising a lithium ion-conducting polymer matrix or binder and a lithium ion-conducting inorganic species dispersed in or chemically bonded by the polymer matrix or binder, wherein the lithium ion-conducting inorganic species is selected from a mixture of a sodium-conducting species or sodium salt and a lithium-conducting species or lithium salt selected from Li2CO3, Li2O, Li2C2O4, LiOH, LiX, ROCO2Li, HCOLi, ROLi, (ROCO2Li)2, (CH2OCO2Li)2, Li2S, LixSOy, or a combination thereof, wherein X=F, Cl, I, or Br, R=a hydrocarbon group, x=0-1, y=1-4; and wherein the polymer matrix or binder is in an amount from 1% to 99% by volume of the electrolyte composition. Also provided are a process for producing this solid state electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery containing such a solid state electrolyte.
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公开(公告)号:US09988273B2
公开(公告)日:2018-06-05
申请号:US15240543
申请日:2016-08-18
Applicant: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
Inventor: Aruna Zhamu , Bor Z Jang
IPC: C01B32/182 , C01B31/04 , C09K5/14 , H01B1/04 , C07D413/14
CPC classification number: C01B32/20 , C01B31/04 , C07D413/14 , C09K5/14 , H01B1/04
Abstract: A process for producing a highly oriented humic acid (HA) film, comprising: (a) preparing a dispersion of HA or chemically functionalized HA (CHA) sheets dispersed in a liquid medium, wherein HA sheets contain an oxygen content higher than 5% by weight or CHA sheets contain non-carbon element content higher than 5% by weight; (b) dispensing and depositing HA or CHA dispersion onto a surface of a supporting substrate to form a wet layer, under an orientation-inducing stress; (c) removing liquid medium from the wet layer to form a dried HA or CHA layer having hexagonal carbon planes and an inter-planar spacing d002 of 0.4 nm to 1.3 nm as determined by X-ray diffraction; and (d) thermally reducing the dried HA or CHA layer at a first heat treatment temperature higher than 80° C. for a sufficient period of time to produce the film containing reduced HA or CHA.
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公开(公告)号:US09899120B2
公开(公告)日:2018-02-20
申请号:US13694161
申请日:2012-11-02
Applicant: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
Inventor: Aruna Zhamu , Mingchao Wang , Wei Xiong , Bor Z. Jang
CPC classification number: H01B1/04 , B82Y30/00 , B82Y40/00 , C01B32/192 , C01B32/198 , C01B32/20 , C01B32/23 , C01P2006/10 , C01P2006/40 , C01P2006/90 , Y10S977/734 , Y10S977/742 , Y10S977/89 , Y10T428/24975 , Y10T428/30
Abstract: A graphene oxide-coated graphitic foil, composed of a graphitic substrate or core layer having two opposed primary surfaces and at least a graphene oxide coating layer deposited on at least one of the two primary surfaces, wherein the graphitic substrate layer has a thickness preferably from 0.34 nm to 1 mm, and the graphene oxide coating layer has a thickness preferably from 0.5 nm to 1 mm and an oxygen content of 0.01%-40% by weight based on the total graphene oxide weight. The graphitic substrate layer may be preferably selected from flexible graphite foil, graphene film, graphene paper, graphite particle paper, carbon-carbon composite film, carbon nano-fiber paper, or carbon nano-tube paper. This graphene oxide-coated laminate exhibits a combination of exceptional thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, surface smoothness, surface hardness, and scratch resistance unmatched by any thin-film material of comparable thickness range.
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公开(公告)号:US20180036712A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-08
申请号:US15228345
申请日:2016-08-04
Applicant: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
Inventor: Aruna Zhamu , Bor Z. Jang
CPC classification number: B01J20/24 , B01D17/0202 , B01J20/28004 , B01J20/28011 , B01J20/28061 , B01J20/28064 , B01J20/28066 , B01J20/28083 , C02F1/283 , C02F1/285 , C02F2303/16 , C09K3/32 , C09K5/14
Abstract: Provided is an integral 3D humic acid-carbon hybrid foam composed of multiple pores and pore walls, wherein pore walls contain single-layer or few-layer humic acid sheets chemically bonded by a carbon material at their edges and have a carbon material-to-humic acid weight ratio from 1/200 to 1/2, wherein the few-layer humic acid sheets have 2-10 layers of stacked substantially hexagonal carbon planes having an inter-plane spacing d002 from 0.3354 nm to 0.40 nm as measured by X-ray diffraction and the single-layer or few-layer humic acid sheets contain 0.01% to 25% by weight of non-carbon elements wherein said humic acid is selected from oxidized humic acid, reduced humic acid, fluorinated humic acid, chlorinated humic acid, brominated humic acid, iodized humic acid, hydrogenated humic acid, nitrogenated humic acid, doped humic acid, chemically functionalized humic acid, or a combination thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US20180019070A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-18
申请号:US15211209
申请日:2016-07-15
Applicant: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
Inventor: Song-Hai Chai , Aruna Zhamu , Bor Z. Jang
IPC: H01G11/42 , H01G11/48 , H01G11/46 , H01G11/36 , H01G11/24 , C01G45/02 , C01B19/04 , C08H7/00 , C01G39/06 , C08G61/12 , C07G1/00 , H01G11/52 , C11B1/10
CPC classification number: H01G11/42 , C01B19/04 , C01B32/19 , C01B32/23 , C01G39/06 , C01G45/02 , C01P2004/03 , C07G1/00 , C08G61/126 , C08G2261/3223 , C08G2261/77 , C08H6/00 , C11B1/10 , H01G11/24 , H01G11/36 , H01G11/46 , H01G11/48 , H01G11/52
Abstract: A supercapacitor electrode comprising a mixture of graphene sheets and humic acid, wherein humic acid occupies 0.1% to 99% by weight of the mixture and the graphene sheets are selected from a pristine graphene material having essentially zero % of non-carbon elements, or a non-pristine graphene material having 0.001% to 5% by weight of non-carbon elements wherein said non-pristine graphene is selected from graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, graphene fluoride, graphene chloride, graphene bromide, graphene iodide, hydrogenated graphene, nitrogenated graphene, chemically functionalized graphene, or a combination thereof; and wherein said mixture has a specific surface area greater than 500 m2/g.
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公开(公告)号:US20180016150A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-18
申请号:US15705890
申请日:2017-09-15
Applicant: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
Inventor: Aruna Zhamu , Bor Z. Jang
IPC: C23C16/06
CPC classification number: C01B32/194 , C23C16/06
Abstract: A process for producing an integrated layer (10 nm to 500 μm) of highly oriented halogenated graphene sheets, comprising: (a) preparing a graphene oxide (GO) dispersion having GO sheets dispersed in a fluid medium; (b) dispensing and depositing a layer of GO dispersion onto a surface of a supporting substrate under a shear stress condition that induces orientation of GO sheets to form a wet layer of GO on the supporting substrate; (c) introducing a halogenating agent into the wet layer of graphene oxide and effecting a chemical reaction between the halogenating agent and GO sheets to form a wet layer of halogenated graphene, C6ZxOy, wherein Z is a halogen element selected from F, Cl, Br, I, or a combination thereof, x=0.01 to 6.0, y=0 to 5.0, and x+y≦6.0; and (d) removing the fluid medium.
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公开(公告)号:US20170373322A1
公开(公告)日:2017-12-28
申请号:US15680955
申请日:2017-08-18
Applicant: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
Inventor: Aruna Zhamu , Bor Z. Jang
IPC: H01M4/62 , H01M10/052 , H01M12/08 , H01M4/04 , H01M4/36 , H01M10/054 , H01M10/0569 , H01M10/0568
CPC classification number: H01M4/628 , H01M4/0426 , H01M4/366 , H01M10/052 , H01M10/054 , H01M10/0568 , H01M10/0569 , H01M12/08 , H01M2220/20 , Y02E60/122 , Y02E60/128 , Y02T10/7011
Abstract: A rechargeable alkali metal battery comprising: (a) an anode comprising an alkali metal layer and a dendrite penetration-resistant layer comprising an amorphous carbon or polymeric carbon matrix, an optional carbon or graphite reinforcement phase dispersed in this matrix, and a lithium- or sodium-containing species that are chemically bonded to the matrix and/or the optional carbon or graphite reinforcement to form an integral layer that prevents dendrite penetration, wherein the lithium- or sodium-containing species is selected from Li2CO3, Li2O, Li2C2O4, LiOH, LiX, ROCO2Li, HCOLi, ROLi, (ROCO2Li)2, (CH2OCO2Li)2, Li2S, LixSOy, Na2CO3, Na2O, Na2C2O4, NaOH, NaX, ROCO2Na, HCONa, RONa, (ROCO2Na)2, (CH2OCO2Na)2, Na2S, NaxSOy, or a combination thereof, wherein X═F, Cl, I, or Br, R=a hydrocarbon group, x=0-1, y=1-4; (b) a cathode; and (c) a separator and electrolyte component; wherein the dendrite penetration-resistant layer is disposed between the alkali metal layer and the separator.
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