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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Merrill, Dublin, CA (US);
Michael Stadermann, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/00 (2006.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/525 (2010.01); H01M 10/30 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/0452 (2013.01); H01M 4/525 (2013.01); H01M 10/30 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01); Y10S 977/755 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method includes forming a nickel oxide/hydroxide active film onto a substrate from a solution including a nickelous salt and an electrolyte, where the nickel oxide/hydroxide active film has a physical characteristic of maintaining greater than about 80% charge over greater than 500 charge/discharge cycles, and wherein the nickel oxide/hydroxide active film has a physical characteristic of storing electrons at greater than about 0.5 electron per nickel atom.