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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Inventors:
Nagappan Ramaswamy, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Peter Aurora, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Taehee Han, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/136 (2010.01); H01M 4/62 (2006.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 4/58 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/626 (2013.01); H01M 4/0416 (2013.01); H01M 4/38 (2013.01); H01M 4/625 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 4/5815 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01); H01M 2004/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cathode for a lithium-sulfur battery cell includes positive active material comprising sulfur and carbon coated onto an electrode substrate and gold nanoparticles affixed to the positive active material and configured to direct growth and deposition of lithium sulfide. A lithium ion battery cell, battery stack and method of making the cathodes are also provided.