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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Applicant:
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 10/0567 (2010.01); H01M 10/0568 (2010.01); H01M 10/0569 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/0567 (2013.01); H01M 10/0568 (2013.01); H01M 10/0569 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0045 (2013.01); Y02E 60/122 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7011 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is directed in a first aspect to an ionic liquid of the general formula YZ, wherein Yis a positively-charged component of the ionic liquid and Zis a negatively-charged component of the ionic liquid, wherein Zis a boron-containing anion of the following formula: The invention is also directed to electrolyte compositions in which the boron-containing ionic liquid YZis incorporated into a lithium ion battery electrolyte, with or without admixture with another ionic liquid YXand/or non-ionic solvent and/or non-ionic solvent additive.