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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Jian Xie, Carmel, IN (US);
Inventor:
Jian Xie, Carmel, IN (US);
Assignee:
Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/1395 (2010.01); H01M 2/16 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 10/0566 (2010.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/1395 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); H01M 2/164 (2013.01); H01M 2/1686 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/0566 (2013.01); Y02E 60/122 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of extending the life of a battery, including positioning a dendrite seeding material in an electrolyte solution disposed between a metal-containing electrode and an electrolyte permeable separator membrane, growing metal dendrites from the lithium dendrite seeding material toward the lithium-containing electrode, and contacting metal dendrites extending from the metal containing electrode with metal dendrites extending from the metal dendrite seeding material, wherein the electrolyte contains metal ions.