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公开(公告)号:US20220223379A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-14
申请号:US17647422
申请日:2022-01-07
Applicant: 6K Inc.
Inventor: Richard K. Holman , Gregory M. Wrobel
IPC: H01J37/32
Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems and methods for recycling used solid feedstocks containing lithium powders for use in lithium-ion batteries. The used solid feedstocks may be Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMC) materials. In some embodiments, the used solid feedstock can undergo a microwave plasma process to produce a newly usable, lithium supplemented solid precursor with augmented chemistries and physical properties.
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公开(公告)号:US20210367264A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-25
申请号:US17303772
申请日:2021-06-07
Applicant: 6K Inc.
Inventor: Kamal Hadidi , Gregory M. Wrobel
IPC: H01M10/0525 , C01G53/00 , H01M4/505 , C01G45/12 , C01G25/00 , C01B25/45 , C01G49/00 , H01M4/525 , C01G23/00 , C01D15/10 , C07C53/10 , H01J37/32 , H01M10/0569
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methodologies, systems and apparatus for generating lithium ion battery materials. Starting materials are combined to form a homogeneous precursor solution including lithium, and a droplet maker is used to generate droplets of the precursor solution having controlled size. These droplets are introduced into a microwave generated plasma, where micron or sub-micron scale lithium-containing particles are formed. These lithium-containing particles are collected and formed into a slurry to form lithium ion battery materials.
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公开(公告)号:US20220118517A1
公开(公告)日:2022-04-21
申请号:US17468403
申请日:2021-09-07
Applicant: 6K Inc.
Inventor: Kamal Hadidi , Gregory M. Wrobel , Makhlouf Redjdal
Abstract: Methodologies, systems, and devices are provided for producing metal spheroidal powder products. Dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles are prepared using a process including introducing a metal hydride feed material into a plasma torch. The metal hydride feed material is melted within a plasma in order to dehydrogenate and spheroidize the materials, forming dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles. The dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles are then exposed to an inert gas and cooled in order to solidify the particles into dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles. The particles are cooled within a chamber having an inert gas.
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公开(公告)号:US20210296731A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-23
申请号:US17303587
申请日:2021-06-02
Applicant: 6K Inc.
Inventor: Gregory M. Wrobel , Richard K. Holman , Angshuman Pal , Kamal Hadidi
IPC: H01M50/431 , H01M4/62 , H01M10/0525 , C01G25/00
Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of doped and undoped spherical or spheroidal lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (LLZO) powder products, and methods of production using microwave plasma processing, which can be incorporated into solid state lithium ion batteries. Advantageously, embodiments of the disclosed LLZO powder display a high quality, high purity stoichiometry, small particle size, narrow size distribution, spherical morphology, and customizable crystalline structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20240367139A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-07
申请号:US18653434
申请日:2024-05-02
Applicant: 6K Inc.
Inventor: Gregory M. Wrobel , Adrian Pullen , Richard K. Holman , Darrin Liau , Kim Tran
Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices for rapid synthesis of materials. In some embodiments, a system may comprise a material processing apparatus for processing a material, the material processing apparatus comprising a material passage structure in communication with a material feeding inlet, the material passage structure located within a reaction chamber, and the material feeding inlet configured to receive a material and transfer the material to the material passage structure; and a heat source in communication with the reaction chamber, the heat source comprising one or more of: plasma, flame, combustion sources, resistive heaters, heated liquid baths, electromagnetic radiation, and/or induction heaters, wherein the material passage structure is located within, surrounding, or adjacent to the heat source, such that the material passage structure is heated by the heat source and the material is converted to a product within the material passage structure.
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公开(公告)号:US11839919B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-12
申请号:US17468403
申请日:2021-09-07
Applicant: 6K Inc.
Inventor: Kamal Hadidi , Gregory M. Wrobel , Makhlouf Redjdal
IPC: B22F9/14 , B22F9/30 , H05H1/42 , H05H1/30 , B22F1/065 , B22F1/00 , B22F9/08 , C22C14/00 , H01J37/32
CPC classification number: B22F9/30 , B22F1/00 , B22F1/065 , B22F9/08 , B22F9/14 , C22C14/00 , H01J37/321 , H01J37/32192 , H05H1/30 , H05H1/42 , B22F2201/10 , B22F2201/20 , B22F2202/13 , B22F2301/205 , B22F2304/10 , B22F2998/10 , B22F2999/00 , B22F2999/00 , B22F9/24 , B22F2202/13 , B22F2999/00 , B22F1/00 , B22F2304/10
Abstract: Methodologies, systems, and devices are provided for producing metal spheroidal powder products. Dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles are prepared using a process including introducing a metal hydride feed material into a plasma torch. The metal hydride feed material is melted within a plasma in order to dehydrogenate and spheroidize the materials, forming dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles. The dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles are then exposed to an inert gas and cooled in order to solidify the particles into dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles. The particles are cooled within a chamber having an inert gas.
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公开(公告)号:US20230032362A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-02
申请号:US17813283
申请日:2022-07-18
Applicant: 6K Inc.
Inventor: Richard K. Holman , Gregory M. Wrobel
Abstract: Disclosed herein are materials and processes for production of lithium oxide materials, such as lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (LLZO), having a small particle size and high density for use in lithium-ion batteries. Some embodiments are directed to forming and then heating a multiphase material comprising lithium carbonate and La2Zr2O7 in the presence of hydrogen gas at a temperature below the melting point of the lithium carbonate, such that at least a portion of the lithium carbonate decomposes to form lithium oxide. In some embodiments, the lithium oxide is heated to a temperature sufficient to crystallize the lithium oxide to form the solid electrolyte material comprising lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (LLZO) particles.
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公开(公告)号:US12214420B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-04
申请号:US18061250
申请日:2022-12-02
Applicant: 6K Inc.
Inventor: Kamal Hadidi , Gregory M. Wrobel , Makhlouf Redjdal
IPC: B22F9/14 , B22F1/00 , B22F1/065 , B22F1/142 , B22F9/08 , B22F9/30 , H01J37/32 , H05H1/26 , H05H1/30 , H05H1/42
Abstract: Methodologies, systems, and devices are provided for producing metal spheroidal powder products. By utilizing a microwave plasma, control over spheriodization and resulting microstructure can be tailored to meet desired demands.
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公开(公告)号:US20240326128A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-03
申请号:US18498715
申请日:2023-10-31
Applicant: 6K Inc.
Inventor: Kamal Hadidi , Gregory M. Wrobel , Makhlouf Redjdal
IPC: B22F9/30 , B22F1/00 , B22F1/065 , B22F9/08 , B22F9/14 , C22C14/00 , H01J37/32 , H05H1/30 , H05H1/42
CPC classification number: B22F9/30 , B22F1/00 , B22F1/065 , B22F9/08 , B22F9/14 , C22C14/00 , H01J37/321 , H01J37/32192 , H05H1/30 , H05H1/42 , B22F2201/10 , B22F2201/20 , B22F2202/13 , B22F2301/205 , B22F2304/10 , B22F2998/10 , B22F2999/00
Abstract: Methodologies, systems, and devices are provided for producing metal spheroidal powder products. Dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles are prepared using a process including introducing a metal hydride feed material into a plasma torch. The metal hydride feed material is melted within a plasma in order to dehydrogenate and spheroidize the materials, forming dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles. The dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles are then exposed to an inert gas and cooled in order to solidify the particles into dehydrogenated and spheroidized particles. The particles are cooled within a chamber having an inert gas.
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公开(公告)号:US20230211407A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-06
申请号:US18061250
申请日:2022-12-02
Applicant: 6K Inc.
Inventor: Kamal Hadidi , Gregory M. Wrobel , Makhlouf Redjdal
IPC: B22F1/00 , B22F9/30 , H01J37/32 , B22F9/08 , H05H1/26 , H05H1/30 , H05H1/42 , B22F1/065 , B22F1/142 , B22F9/14
CPC classification number: B22F1/00 , B22F9/30 , H01J37/32192 , B22F9/08 , H05H1/26 , H05H1/30 , H05H1/42 , B22F1/065 , B22F1/142 , B22F9/14 , B22F2207/11 , B22F2998/10 , B22F2999/00
Abstract: Methodologies, systems, and devices are provided for producing metal spheroidal powder products. By utilizing a microwave plasma, control over spheriodization and resulting microstructure can be tailored to meet desired demands.
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