Robert Boschgmbh

Ccl Label Gmbh

Albert Aumentado

Hany Basam Eitouni

Kulandaivelu Sivanandan

Pavel Khokhlov

Chaojun Shi

Ehsan Faegh

Alex Gurr

Danny Hellebusch

Provided are printed electrochemical cells, which utilize zinc salts for ionic transfer, and methods of fabricating such cells. In some examples, a printed electrochemical cell comprises a positive electrode with a positive current collector having a two-dimensional shape and comprising an electrolyte-facing surface formed by the graphite. For example, the positive current collector may be a graphite foil or an aluminum foil with a graphite coating. The cell also comprises electrolyte comprising an electrolyte salt and an electrolyte solvent. For example, the electrolyte salt comprises a zinc salt with a concentration of at least 30% by weight in the electrolyte. The cell is fabricated by printing a positive active material layer over the positive current collector, printing one or more electrolyte layers on various cell components, and laminating a separator layer between the positive and negative electrodes while soaking the separator layer with the electrolyte.

Printed electrochemical cells with zinc salts and methods of fabricating thereof

In this disclosure, we describe a new chemical treatment that can be performed on lithium metal and lithium alloy surfaces to selectively remove LiH defects. This treatment utilizes an exclusive reaction between LiH and trialkyl borane to form lithium borohydride complexes, which can be easily washed away from surface using an inert organic solvent. This treatment can be useful for lithium metal and lithium alloy anodes for high energy batteries.

Method for removing lithium hydride faceted defects from lithium metal foil

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Albert Aumentado