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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Karl M. Brown, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Alan A. Ritchie, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/66 (2006.01); H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 4/80 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01); H01M 4/62 (2006.01); H01M 4/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/366 (2013.01); H01M 4/02 (2013.01); H01M 4/045 (2013.01); H01M 4/0445 (2013.01); H01M 4/382 (2013.01); H01M 4/62 (2013.01); H01M 4/661 (2013.01); H01M 4/667 (2013.01); H01M 4/80 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01); H01M 2004/027 (2013.01);
Abstract
An anode for a lithium metal battery includes a current collector, a seed layer deposited onto the current collector, the seed layer comprising a seed material selected to promote electrochemical plating of metallic lithium onto the seed layer, a separator, a host structure between the seed layer and the separator, the host structure having void spaces configured to host metallic lithium during charging, a first adhesion layer bonding the host structure to the seed layer, and a second adhesion layer bonding the host structure to the separator.