Corning Incorporated

Xiaorong Liu

Kishor Purushottam Gadkaree

Atul Kumar

Andrew Fleitz Husted

A lithium ion battery having a cathode and an anode, the cathode includes a material having an olivine or spinel structure, the anode includes a coating of a composite lithium powder coated with a complex lithium salt, such as LiPF, LiBF, LiClO, LiAsF, LiFSO, and mixtures thereof. A separator is disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution in contact with the cathode, the anode, and the separator. The anode can include a carbon material. A layer of a composite lithium powder coated with a complex lithium salt can be disposed between the anode and the separator.

Lithium ion batteries including stabilized lithium composite particles

Carbon-based electrodes such as for incorporation into ultracapacitors or other high power density energy storage devices, include activated carbon, carbon black, binder and at least one molecular sieve material. The molecular sieve component can adsorb and trap water, which can facilitate the use of the device at higher voltage, such as greater than 3V. The molecular sieve material may be incorporated into the carbon-based electrodes or formed as a layer over a carbon-based electrode surface.

Carbon-based electrodes containing molecular sieve

A lithium-ion capacitor may include a cathode, an anode, a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode, a lithium composite material, and an electrolyte solution. The cathode and anode may be non-porous. The lithium composite material comprises a core of lithium metal and a coating of a complex lithium salt that encapsulates the core. In use, the complex lithium salt may dissolve into and constitute a portion of the electrolyte solution.

Lithium ion capacitors and methods of production

A method for producing activated carbon includes heating a phenolic novolac resin carbon precursor at a carbonization temperature effective to form a carbon material, and reacting the carbon material with COat an activation temperature effective to form the activated carbon. The resulting activated carbon can be incorporated into a carbon-based electrode of an EDLC. Such EDLC can exhibit a potential window and thus an attendant operating voltage of greater than 3V.

Carbon for high voltage EDLCs

A lithium-ion capacitor includes a cathode, an anode, and a porous separator positioned between the cathode and the anode. The cathode is formed using activated carbon, and the anode is formed from a composite material that includes lithium titanium oxide and a carbon material such as hard carbon or graphite.

Composite electrode for lithium ion capacitor

Stabilized lithium particles include a lithium-containing core and a coating of a complex lithium salt that surrounds and encapsulates the core. The coating, which is a barrier to oxygen and water, enables the particles to be handled in the open air and incorporated directly into electrochemical devices. The coating material is compatible, for example, with electrolytic materials that are used in electrochemical cells. The average coated particle size is less than 500 microns.

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