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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2012
Cristian Ion Contescu, Knoxville, TN (US);
Nidia C. Gallego, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jane Y. Howe, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Harry M. Meyer, Iii, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Edward Andrew Payzant, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
David L. Wood, Iii, Knoxville, TN (US);
Sang Young Yoon, Bedford, MA (US);
Matthew R. Denlinger, Boston, MA (US);
Cristian Ion Contescu, Knoxville, TN (US);
Nidia C. Gallego, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jane Y. Howe, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Harry M. Meyer, III, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Edward Andrew Payzant, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
David L. Wood, III, Knoxville, TN (US);
Sang Young Yoon, Bedford, MA (US);
Matthew R. Denlinger, Boston, MA (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method of making a battery anode in which a quantity of graphite powder is provided. The temperature of the graphite powder is raised from a starting temperature to a first temperature between 1000 and 2000° C. during a first heating period. The graphite powder is then cooled to a final temperature during a cool down period. The graphite powder is contacted with a forming gas during at least one of the first heating period and the cool down period. The forming gas includes Hand an inert gas.