Method of producing alkali metal or alkali-ion batteries having high volumetric and gravimetric energy densities

    公开(公告)号:US10026995B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-17

    申请号:US14998514

    申请日:2016-01-15

    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.

    Hybrid Solid State Electrolyte for Lithium Secondary Battery

    公开(公告)号:US20180166759A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-14

    申请号:US15375508

    申请日:2016-12-12

    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.

    Process for producing highly oriented humic acid films and highly conducting graphitic films derived therefrom

    公开(公告)号:US09988273B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-05

    申请号:US15240543

    申请日:2016-08-18

    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.

    PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MONOLITHIC FILM OF INTEGRATED HIGHLY ORIENTED HALOGENATED GRAPHENE SHEETS OR MOLECULES

    公开(公告)号:US20180016150A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-18

    申请号:US15705890

    申请日:2017-09-15

    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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