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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2022
Lyten, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey Bell, Santa Clara, CA (US);
You Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jesse Baucom, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Thorne, Mountain View, CA (US);
Qianwen Huang, San Jose, CO (US);
Anurag Kumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jerzy Gazda, Austin, TX (US);
Bruce Lanning, Littleton, CO (US);
Michael W. Stowell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Prashanth Jampani Hanumantha, Fullerton, CA (US);
James McKinney, Redwood City, CA (US);
George Clayton Gibbs, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Lyten, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides a battery including a cathode, an anode positioned opposite the cathode and a carbon interface layer. The carbon interface layer includes an electrically insulating flaky carbon layer conformally encapsulating the anode. A plurality of carbon nano-onions (CNOs) defining a plurality of interstitial pore volumes are interspersed throughout the electrically insulating flaky carbon layer. An electrolyte is in contact with the carbon interface layer and the cathode. A separator is positioned between the anode and the cathode. The electrically insulating flaky carbon layer can include graphene oxide (GO). The plurality of interstitial pore volumes can be configured to transport lithium (Li) ions between the anode and the cathode via the plurality of interstitial pore volumes in a bulk phase of the electrolyte. The carbon interface layer can be configured to inhibit growth of Li dendritic structures from the anode towards the cathode.