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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2018
Applicant:

Uchicago Argonne, Llc, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

YoungHo Shin, LaGrange Highlands, IL (US);

Gregory K. Krumdick, Homer Glen, IL (US);

Assignee:

UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/36 (2006.01); H01M 4/505 (2010.01); H01M 4/525 (2010.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/485 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/366 (2013.01); H01M 4/0471 (2013.01); H01M 4/485 (2013.01); H01M 4/505 (2013.01); H01M 4/525 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention provides a cathode active material having a discrete change in concentrations of a first base region and a second pulse region. Also provided is a method for preparing a cathode active material, the method having the steps: supplying chelating agent, aqueous basic solution and a first aqueous metal salt solution to a reactor to create a base region; supplying a second aqueous metal-salt solution to a reactor to form a pulse region, wherein the second aqueous metal-salt solution is intermittently or continuously added during or after the creation of the base region; thermally treating the base region and the pulse region to create active metal precursors; mixing the precursors with lithium salt to produce a mixture; and thermally treating the mixture.


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