Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Hydro-quebec

Yuichiro Asakawa

Karim Zaghib

Shinichi Uesaka

Jean-Christophe Daigle

Mélanie Beaupré

Ichiro Yamada

Atsushi Nishimoto

Charlotte Mallet

Antoine Lafleur-Lambert

Takuma Sakamoto

Jean-Christophe D'Aigle

A use, in an electrolyte for a battery, of an additive which includes at least one organocatalyst. Also, a method of preventing the contact between the anode and residual water in a battery and/or reducing the level of gas in a battery. Moreover, an electrolyte for a battery, including an additive which includes at least one organocatalyst. Moreover, a battery including an electrolyte which includes an additive which comprises at least one organocatalyst.

Additive for electrolytes

Here are described polymers comprising monomeric units from vinylimidazole derivatives and their use in electrode materials and/or electrolyte compositions, as well as their methods of preparation. Also described are electrode materials, electrodes, and electrochemical cells comprising the polymers and their use.

Polymers comprising imidazole derivatives and their use in electrochemical cells

This application describes a process for the preparation of carbon-coated particles, where the particles comprise an electrochemically active material. The process comprises the steps of emulsion polymerization, drying and thermally treating the polymer to obtain a nano-layer of carbon on the particles, where the carbon layer comprises fibers and nitrogen-containing polyaromatics have a graphene-like structure. The application also further relates to the particles produced by the method as well as to electrode materials, electrodes and electrochemical cells comprising the particles.

Carbon-coated active particles and processes for their preparation

A lithium ion secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The anode includes a cyclic compound and the cyclic compound includes one or more of a first cyclic compound, a second cyclic compound, and a third cyclic compound.

Anode for lithium ion secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery

This application describes electrode materials and methods of producing them, the materials containing particles having a core-shell structure, wherein the shell of the core-shell particles comprises a polymer, the polymer being grafted on the surface of the core particle by covalent bonds. Electrodes and electrochemical cells containing these electrode materials are also contemplated, as well as their use.

Core-shell electrode material particles and their use in electrochemical cells

There is provided a use, in an electrolyte for a battery, of an additive which comprises at least one organocatalyst. Also, there is provided a method of preventing the contact between the anode and residual water in a battery and/or reducing the level of gas in a battery. Moreover, there is provided electrolyte for a battery, comprising an additive which comprises at least one organocatalyst. Moreover, there is provided a battery comprising an electrolyte which comprises an additive which comprises at least one organocatalyst.

This application describes an electrode material comprising particles of an electrochemically active material dispersed in a polymer binder, where the polymer binder is an acidic polymer or a mixture comprising a binder soluble in an aqueous solvent or a non-aqueous solvent (e.g. NMP) and an acidic polymer. The application also further relates to processes for the preparation of the electrode material and electrodes containing the material, as well as to the electrochemical cells and their use.

Electrode materials and processes for their preparation

A secondary battery includes: a cathode including a cathode current collector and a first cathode active material layer provided on the cathode current collector; an anode including an anode current collector and a first anode active material layer provided on the anode current collector to face the first cathode active material layer and including a titanium-containing compound; an intermediate electrode provided between the cathode and the anode and including an intermediate current collector, a second anode active material layer provided on the intermediate current collector to face the first cathode active material layer and including the titanium-containing compound, and a second cathode active material layer provided on the intermediate current collector to face the first anode active material layer; and an electrolytic solution including a solvent and an electrolyte salt and having number of molecules of the electrolyte salt equal to or larger than number of molecules of the solvent.

Secondary battery, battery pack, electric vehicle, electric power storage system, electric power tool, and electronic apparatus

There is provided a secondary battery including: a cathode; an anode including a titanium-containing compound; and an electrolytic solution including a dicarbonyl compound. A content of the dicarbonyl compound is from 0.01 wt % to 5 wt % both inclusive.

A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution. The anode includes an anode active material containing an electrode compound, the electrode compound inserting and extracting an electrode reactant at a potential (a potential to lithium) of 1 V to 3 V both inclusive, and a metal salt containing one or both of a carboxylic acid compound and a sulfonic acid compound.

Secondary battery-use anode, secondary battery, battery pack, electric vehicle, electri power storage system, electric power tool, and electronic apparatus

A process for the preparation of carbon-coated particles, where the particles include an electrochemically active material. The process includes the steps of emulsion polymerization, drying and thermally treating the polymer to obtain a nano-layer of carbon on the particles, where the carbon layer includes fibers and nitrogen-containing polyaromatics have a graphene-like structure. Also, the particles produced by the method as well as to electrode materials, electrodes and electrochemical cells including the particles.

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Yuichiro Asakawa