Tesla, Inc.

General Electric Company

Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.v.

Zpower, LLC

Hieu Minh Duong

Joon Ho Shin

Ziying Wang

Haim Feigenbaum

Yudi Yudi

Porter H Mitchell

Mohammed-Yazid Saidi

Ryo Tamaki

Vishal Bansal

Steven Thomas Rice

Jian Hong

Prince Magsino

Hongyi Zhou

Daniel Steiger

Benjamin Hale Winkler

Tamaki Ryo

Amado Marcelino Garcia Acevedo

Daniel Joseph Brunelle

Gary Charles Davis

Daniel R Olson

David Roger Moore

George William Adamson

Elliott West Shanklin

Rainer Koeniger

Xian-Zhi Zhou

Joyce Hung

Marianne Elisabeth Harmon

Karmin Lorraine Olson

Matt Petrowsky

Vicente Tapia

Wilma Wong

Daniel Robert Olson

Provided herein are dry process electrode films, and energy storage devices incorporating the same, including an elastic polymer binder. In some embodiments, the dry process electrode films are PTFE-free or comprise an insubstantial amount of PTFE. The electrode films exhibit improved mechanical and processing characteristics. Also provided are methods for processing such elastic polymer binders, and for incorporating the elastic polymer binders in electrode films.

Compositions and methods for dry electrode films including elastic polymer binders

Provided herein are dry process electrode films, and energy storage devices incorporating the same, including a microparticulate non-fibrillizable binder having certain particle sizes. The electrode films exhibit improved mechanical and processing characteristics. Also provided are methods for processing such microparticulate non-fibrillizable electrode film binders, and for incorporating the microparticulate non-fibrillizable binders in electrode films.

Compositions and methods for dry electrode films including microparticulate non-fibrillizable binders

Provided herein are improved electrolyte formulations. The improved performance may be realized as improved discharge rate cycling, improved capacity, improved Coulombic efficiency, or improved capacity upon cycling.

Non-aqueous solvent electrolyte formulations for energy storage devices

An energy storage device can include a cathode, an anode, and a separator between the cathode and the anode. At least one of the electrodes can include an electrode film prepared by a dry process. The electrode film and/or the electrode can comprise a prelithiating material. Processes and apparatuses used for fabricating the electrode and/or electrode film are also described.

Compositions and methods for prelithiating energy storage devices

An energy storage device can include a cathode and an anode, where at least one of the cathode and the anode are made of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) composite binder material including PTFE and at least one of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a PVDF co-polymer, and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). The energy storage device can be a lithium ion battery, a lithium ion capacitor, and/or any other lithium based energy storage device. The PTFE composite binder material can have a ratio of about 1:1 of PTFE to a non-PTFE component, such a PVDF, PVDF co-polymer and/or PEO.

Dry energy storage device electrode and methods of making the same

Materials and methods for preparing dry cathode electrode film including reduced binder content are described. The cathode electrode film may be a self-supporting film including a single binder. The binder loading may be 3 weight % or less. In a first aspect, a method for preparing a dry free standing electrode film for an energy storage device is provided, comprising nondestructively mixing a cathode active material, a porous carbon, and optionally a conductive carbon to form an active material mixture, adding a single fibrillizable binder to the active material mixture, nondestructively mixing to form an electrode film mixture, and calendering the electrode film mixture to form a free standing electrode film.

Compositions and methods for dry electrode films having reduced binder content

Materials and methods for preparing electrode film mixtures and electrode films including reduced damage bulk active materials are provided. In a first aspect, a method for preparing an electrode film mixture for an energy storage device is provided, comprising providing an initial binder mixture comprising a first binder and a first active material, processing the initial binder mixture under high shear to form a secondary binder mixture, and nondestructively mixing the secondary binder mixture with a second portion of active materials to form an electrode film mixture.

Compositions and methods for parallel processing of electrode film mixtures

An energy storage device can include a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the first electrode or the second electrode includes elemental lithium metal and carbon particles. A method for fabricating an energy storage device can include forming a first electrode and a second electrode, and inserting a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, where forming the first electrode or the second electrode can include combining elemental lithium metal and a plurality of carbon particles.

Elemental metal and carbon mixtures for energy storage devices

An energy storage device can include a cathode, an anode, and a separator between the cathode and the anode. At least one of the electrodes can include an electrode film prepared by a dry process. The electrode film, the electrode and/or the separator can comprise a salt, improved porosity, increased density, be prelithiated, and/or a foam. An energy storage device can include a dry composite solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) film. Process and apparatuses used for fabricating the composite solid polymer electrolyte film, electrode and/or electrode film are also described.

Compositions and methods for energy storage devices including salts and/or foams

Dry process electrode films, and energy storage devices incorporating the same are described, including a silicon active material. The films may be free standing anode electrode films. Also provided are methods for fabricating such anode electrode films.

Compositions and methods for silicon containing dry anode films

An energy storage device can include a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the first electrode includes an electrochemically active material and a porous carbon material, and the second electrode includes elemental lithium metal and carbon particles. A method for fabricating an energy storage device can include forming a first electrode and a second electrode, and inserting a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, where forming the first electrode includes combining an electrochemically active material and a porous carbon material, and forming the second electrode includes combining elemental lithium metal and a plurality of carbon particles.

Prelithiated hybridized energy storage device

Proposed are methods for manufacturing intermittently coated dry electrodes for energy storage devices and energy storage devices including the intermittently coated dry electrodes. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a metal layer and providing an electrochemically active free-standing film formed of a dry active material. The method also includes combining the electrochemically active free-standing film and the metal layer to form a combined layer. The method further includes removing a portion of the electrochemically active free-standing film from the combined layer so that the electrochemically active free-standing film is intermittently formed on the metal layer in a longitudinal direction of the metal layer.

Intermittently coated dry electrode for energy storage device and method of manufacturing the same

Provided herein are energy storage device electrode films comprising a hybrid electrode film, and methods of forming such multilayer hybrid electrode films and energy storage devices comprising multilayer hybrid electrode films. Each hybrid electrode film may comprise a self-supporting dry coated active layer and a wet cast active layer, wherein each active layer comprises a binder and an active material. The binder and/or active material may be the same or different as any other active layer. The hybrid multilayer electrode film may further comprise at least one additional layer, and the hybrid multilayer electrode film may be laminated with a current collector to form an electrode.

Compositions and methods for multilayer dry coated and wet cast film hybrid electrode films

Provided herein are energy storage device electrode films comprising multiple active layers, and methods of forming such multiple active layer energy storage device electrode films. Each active layer may be a self-supporting active layer comprising a binder and an active material. The binder and/or active material may be the same or different as any other active layer. The active layers may be stacked to form an electrode film, and the electrode film may be laminated with a current collector to form an electrode.

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Hieu Minh Duong