Northwestern University

Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Uop Lcc

Ford Motor Company Limited

UChicago Argonne, LLC

Christopher Mark Wolverton

Jun Yang

Donald Siegel

David H Snydacker

Vinay Ishwar Hegde

Andrew Robert Drews

Shinichi Hirano

Andrea Sudik

Gregory John Lewis

John J Low

James Saal

Muratahan Aykol

Zhenpeng Yao

Khalil Amine

David A Lesch

Jun Lu

Andrea Pulskamp

Dane Morgan

Syed A Faheem

John Edmond Allison

David Bauer

Alexander Bogicevic

Vancho Kocevski

Soo Kim

Jw Adriaan Sachtler

Shiqiang Hao

Paul M Dosek

Zhi Lu

Scott J Kirklin

Chun Zhan

Calcium ion batteries are provided. The calcium ion batteries include a cathode, an alloying anode composed of one or more intermetallic calcium compounds in electrical communication with the cathode; and an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode. The intermetallic calcium compounds are intermetallic compounds of calcium and transition metals and metalloids.

Calcium-metal alloy anode materials for reversible calcium-ion batteries

Cathode materials for lithium ion batteries, lithium ion batteries incorporating the cathode materials, and methods of operating the lithium ion batteries are provided. The materials, which are composed of lithium iron oxides, are able to undergo reversible anionic and cationic redox reactions with no Ogeneration.

Anionic redox active lithium iron oxide based cathode materials for rechargeable lithium ion batteries

Materials for coating a metal anode in a high energy battery, anodes coated with the materials, and batteries incorporating the coated anodes are provided. Also provided are batteries that utilize the materials as electrolytes. The coatings, which are composed of binary, ternary, and higher order metal and/or metalloid oxides, nitrides, fluorides, chlorides, bromides, sulfides, and carbides limit the reactions between the electrolyte and the metal anode in a battery, thereby improving the performance of the battery, relative to a battery that employs a bare anode.

Protective anode coatings for high energy batteries

A thermoelectric material may be composed of an isostructural pair of Heusler compounds, either a pair of full Heusler (FH) XYZ compounds or a pair of half Heusler (HH) XYZ compounds. In the FH pair, a first compound of the pair may the formula (X1)Y1Z1, wherein X1 is selected from Fe and Co; Y1 is selected from Ti, V, Nb, Hf, and Ta; and Z1 is selected from Al, Ga, Si, and Sn and a second compound of the pair has the formula (X2)Y2Z2, wherein X2 is selected from Mn, Fe, Co, Ru, and Rh; Y2 is selected from Ti, V, Mn, Zr, Nb, Hf, and Ta; and Z2 is selected from Be, Al, Ga, Si, Ge and Sn. The first and second compounds of the pair may share two elements in common and have third elements which are different and are either isovalent or have a valency which differs by &#xb1;1. In the HH pair, a first compound of the pair may have the formula X1Y1Z1 wherein X1 is selected from Ni and Fe; Y1 is selected from Ti, V, and Nb; and Z1 is selected from Sn and Sb and a second compound of the pair has the formula X2Y2Z2 wherein X2 is selected from Fe, Ru and Pt; Y2 is selected from Ti, V, and Nb; and Z2 is selected from Sn and Sb. The first and second compounds of the pair may share two elements in common and have third elements which are different and are either isovalent or have a valency which differs by &#xb1;1. The thermoelectric material at room temperature may have a nanostructured two-phase form having a matrix phase composed of the first compound of the FH pair or the first compound of the HH pair and a nanostructured phase composed of the second compound of the FH pair or the second compound of the HH pair, respectively.

High-efficiency two-phase heusler thermoelectric materials

Magnesium alloys comprising a long period stacking order (LPSO) phase having an 14H-i or an 18R-i structure are provided. The alloys comprise magnesium as a majority element, a first alloying element that is larger than magnesium and a second alloying element that is smaller than magnesium.

Magnesium alloys having long-period stacking order phases

Cathode coatings for lithium ion batteries, cathodes coated with the coatings, and lithium ion batteries incorporating the coated cathodes are provided. The coatings, which are composed of binary, ternary, and higher order metal oxides and/or metalloid oxides, can reduce the hydrofluoric acid (HF)-induced degradation of the electrolyte and/or cathodes, thereby improving the performance of lithium ion batteries, relative to lithium ion batteries that employ bare cathodes.

Protective cathode coatings for lithium-ion batteries

Methods for extracting lithium from solutions containing lithium ions via reversible cation exchange with Hare provided. The methods utilize metal oxide or metalloid oxide cation exchange materials having an active sublattice that preferentially bind Lications, relative to both Hand Na, in a sample solution and preferentially bind H, relative to Li, in an acidic solution.

Method for lithium extraction via ion exchange

Magnesium alloys comprising a long period stacking order (LPSO) phase having an 14H-i or an 18R-i structure are provided. The alloys comprise magnesium as a majority element, a first alloying element that is larger than magnesium and a second alloying element that is smaller than magnesium. The first alloying elements include non-rare earth elements.

A method of forming a material for reversible hydrogen storage within a storage tank includes charging a mixture of a metal amide and a metal hydride to the storage tank, and chemically reacting the mixture at a reaction condition within the storage tank to form a thermally conducting composite material situated in the storage tank and for reversibly storing hydrogen. The composite material includes a three-dimensional and interconnected framework including a conductive metal. A method for reversibly storing hydrogen includes providing a storage tank and in situ chemically forming a composite material by charging a mixture of a metal amide and a metal hydride to the storage tank and chemically reacting the mixture at a reaction condition to form a thermally conducting composite material including a metal hydride and a substantially unreactive elemental metal framework. Hydrogen is absorbed into the composite material and is desorbed from the composite material.

Method of enhancing thermal conductivity in hydrogen storage systems

A system for reversibly storing hydrogen includes a storage tank with an internal volume with a thermally conducting composite material situated within the storage tank and having a three-dimensional and interconnected framework of a conductive metal within the internal volume of the storage tank.

According to at least one aspect of the present invention, an ammonia borane containing hydrogen storage material is provided to be present with substantially reduced formation of borazine or diborane. In at least one embodiment, the hydrogen storage material includes at least one ammonia borane (NHBH); and at least one amide of the formula M(NH), wherein M is a cationic element or a combination of two or more cationic elements from groups 1 to 14 of the periodic table and x represents a total cationic charge to charge balance M.

Hydrogen storage materials containing ammonia borane

A reversible hydrogen storage composition having an empirical formula of:LiNMgBHwhere 0.4&#x2266;x&#x2266;0.8; 0.2&#x2266;y&#x2266;0.6; 0&#x3c;z&#x2266;0.4, x+y+z=1 and 'w' varies from 0 to 2x+2y+4z. This composition shows greater low temperature reversible hydrogen storage compared to binary systems such as MgH&#x2014;LiNH.

Multi-component hydrogen storage material

A hydrogen storage material. The hydrogen storage material is a combination of LiBHwith MH, wherein greater than about 50% of M comprises Al.

High density hydrogen storage material

A hydrogen storage material. The hydrogen storage material is a combination of LiBHwith MH. In one embodiment, x is 0 to 3. In one embodiment, greater than about 50% of M comprises Ti, V, Cr, Sc, Fe, or combinations thereof.

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