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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
May. 24, 1996
Subhash C Narang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Susanna C Ventura, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian J Dougherty, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ming Zhao, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stuart Smedley, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gary Koolpe, Mountain View, CA (US);
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Novel fire-retardant electrolyte compositions are provided. These compositions comprise a lithium salt dissolved in a fire-retardant solvent selected from the group consisting of phosphates, phospholanes, cyclophosphazenes, silanes, fluorinated carbonates, fluorinated polyethers and mixtures thereof. The electrolyte composition optionally contains a CO.sub.2 -generating compound. Also provided are fire-retardant batteries and fire-retardant conductive films formulated with such compositions, as well as methods of manufacturing such films.