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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:
Nov. 27, 2001

Filed:

Feb. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Tracy E. Kelley, Henderson, NV (US);

Porter H. Mitchell, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Chariclea A. Scordilis-Kelley, Henderson, NV (US);

Assignee:

Valence Technology, Inc., Henderson, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01D 1/502 ; C01G 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01D 1/502 ; C01G 1/00 ;
Abstract

The invention provides an electrochemically active material comprising particles of spinel lithium manganese oxide having on the surface of each particle cationic metal species bound to the spinel at anionic sites of the particle surface; where the cationic metal species includes a metal selected from the group consisting of transition metals, non-transition metals having a +3 valence state, and mixtures thereof. The active material is characterized by a reduced surface area and increased capacity expressed in milliamp hour per gram as compared to the spinel alone.


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