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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2009
Wu Xu, Richland, WA (US);
Nathan L. Canfield, Richland, WA (US);
Ji-guang Zhang, Richland, WA (US);
Wei Liu, Richland, WA (US);
Jie Xiao, Richland, WA (US);
Deyu Wang, Richland, WA (US);
Z. Gary Yang, Richland, WA (US);
Wu Xu, Richland, WA (US);
Nathan L. Canfield, Richland, WA (US);
Ji-Guang Zhang, Richland, WA (US);
Wei Liu, Richland, WA (US);
Jie Xiao, Richland, WA (US);
Deyu Wang, Richland, WA (US);
Z. Gary Yang, Richland, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods for making composite anodes, such as macroporous composite anodes, are disclosed. Embodiments of the methods may include forming a tape from a slurry including a substrate metal precursor, an anode active material, a pore-forming agent, a binder, and a solvent. A laminated structure may be prepared from the tape and sintered to produce a porous structure, such as a macroporous structure. The macroporous structure may be heated to reduce a substrate metal precursor and/or anode active material. Macroporous composite anodes formed by some embodiments of the disclosed methods comprise a porous metal and an anode active material, wherein the anode active material is both externally and internally incorporated throughout and on the surface of the macroporous structure.