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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Ses Holdings Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SES Holdings Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/4235 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods of charging secondary lithium metal batteries that include selectively and intentionally overcharging the battery to activate redox shuttling additives in order to reactivate dead lithium. Aspects of the present disclosure also include control systems for determining when to initiate a lithium reactivation charging process and for determining one or more parameters of a lithium reactivation charging protocol.