Enevate Corporation

Jeremy Chang

Liwen Ji

Benjamin Yong Park

Sanjaya D Perera

Systems and methods for sulfur-containing chemicals as cathode additives for silicon-based lithium ion batteries may include a silicon-based anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode. The cathode may include an active material and a sulfur-containing additive. The cathode active material may include one or more of nickel cobalt aluminum oxide (NCA), nickel cobalt manganese oxide (NCM), lithium iron phosphate (LFP), lithium cobalt oxide (LCO), and lithium manganese oxide (LMO). The sulfur-containing additive may include elemental sulfur and/or LiS. The sulfur-containing additive may include one or more of lithium polysulfides (LiS, where n=2-8), polysulfides, and organic polysulfides. The sulfur-containing additive may include one or more of metal sulfides, transition metal polysulfide complexes, S-containing organic polymers or copolymer, polymeric sulfur, and transition metal sulfides. The sulfur-containing additive may include 5% or less by weight of the active material, or 1% or less by weight of the active material.

Method and system for sulfur and sulfur-containing chemicals as cathode additives for silicon anode-based lithium ion batteries

Systems and methods for aromatic macrocyclic compounds (Phthalocyanines) as cathode additives for inhibition of transition metal dissolution and stable solid electrolyte interphase formation may include an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode, where the cathode comprises an active material and a phthalocyanine additive, the additive being coordinated with different metal cationic center and functional groups. The active material may comprise one or more of: nickel cobalt aluminum oxide, nickel cobalt manganese oxide, lithium iron phosphate, lithium cobalt oxide, and lithium manganese oxide, Ni-rich layered oxides LiNiMOwhere M=Co, Mn, or Al, Li-rich xLiMnO(1-x)LiNiCoMnO, Li-rich layered oxides LiNiMOwhere M=Co, Mn, or Ni, and spinel oxides LiNiMnO. The phthalocyanine additive may include one or more of: cobalt hexadecafluoro phthalocyanine (Co-Pc-F), dilithium phthalocyanine (Li-Pc), cobalt(II) phthalocyanine, nickel(II) phthalocyanine-tetrasulfonic acid tetrasodium salt, titanium(IV) phthalocyanine dichloride, manganese(II) phthalocyanine, zinc phthalocyanine, aluminum phthalocyanine chloride, Iron(II) phthalocyanine, and silicon phthalocyanine dichloride.

Method and system for aromatic macrocyclic compounds (phthalocyanines) as cathode additives for inhibition of transition metal dissolution and stable solid electrolyte interphase formation

Systems and methods for aromatic macrocyclic compounds (Phthalocyanines) as cathode additives for inhibition of transition metal dissolution and stable solid electrolyte interphase formation may include an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode, where the cathode comprises an active material and a phthalocyanine additive, the additive being coordinated with different metal cationic center and functional groups. The active material may comprise one or more of: nickel cobalt aluminum oxide, nickel cobalt manganese oxide, lithium iron phosphate, lithium cobalt oxide, and lithium manganese oxide, Ni-rich layered oxides LiNiMOwhere M=Co, Mn, or Al, Li-rich xLiMnO(&#x2212;x)LiNiCoMnO, Li-rich layered oxides LiNiMOwhere M=Co, Mn, or Ni, and spinel oxides LiNiMnO. The phthalocyanine additive may include one or more of: cobalt hexadecafluoro phthalocyanine (Co-Pc-F), dilithium phthalocyanine (Li-Pc), cobalt(II) phthalocyanine, nickel(II) phthalocyanine-tetrasulfonic acid tetrasodium salt, titanium(IV) phthalocyanine dichloride, manganese(II) phthalocyanine, zinc phthalocyanine, aluminum phthalocyanine chloride, Iron(II) phthalocyanine, and silicon phthalocyanine dichloride.

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