463 results about "Fluid electrolytes" patented technology

Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having pre-lithiated semi-solid electrodes, and particularly to semi-solid electrodes that are pre-lithiated during the mixing of the semi-solid electrode slurry such that a solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) layer is formed in the semi-solid electrode before the electrochemical cell formation. In some embodiments, a semi-solid electrode includes about 20% to about 90% by volume of an active material, about 0% to about 25% by volume of a conductive material, about 10% to about 70% by volume of a liquid electrolyte, and lithium (as lithium metal, a lithium-containing material, and / or a lithium metal equivalent) in an amount sufficient to substantially pre-lithiate the active material. The lithium metal is configured to form a solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) layer on a surface of the active material before an initial charging cycle of an electrochemical cell that includes the semi-solid electrode.

Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells including a selectively permeable membrane and systems and methods for manufacturing the same. In some embodiments, the selectively permeable membrane can include a solid-state electrolyte material. In some embodiments, electrochemical cells can include a cathode disposed on a cathode current collector, an anode disposed on an anode current collector, and the selectively permeable membrane disposed therebetween. In some embodiments, the cathode and / or anode can include a slurry of an active material and a conductive material in a liquid electrolyte. In some embodiments, a catholyte can be different from an anolyte. In some embodiments, the catholyte can be optimized to improve the redox electrochemistry of the cathode and the anolyte can be optimized to improve the redox electrochemistry of the anode. In some embodiments, the selectively permeable membrane can be configured to isolate the catholyte from the anolyte.

A method and apparatus for the electrochemical polishing of metallic workpieces are proposed, wherein an electrolyte medium containing solid granular particles and a liquid electrolyte is placed in a container and conductively connected to a first electrode, wherein the metallic workpiece is conductively connected to a second electrode and immersed in the electrolyte medium in the container, wherein the electrodes are subjected to an electrical voltage such that the first electrode in contact with the electrolyte medium has a negative voltage and the second electrode in contact with the workpiece has a positive voltage, and wherein the workpiece is moved relative to the majority of solid granular particles of the electrolyte medium in order to polish it electrochemically.The invention provides that the polarity of the electrical voltage applied to the electrodes is temporarily reversed at least once, in particular periodically, during the electrochemical polishing of the workpiece, so that the first electrode in contact with the electrolyte medium temporarily has a positive voltage and the second electrode in contact with the workpiece temporarily has a negative voltage.

Embodiments described herein relate to electrochemical cells with multiple separators, and methods of producing the same. A method of producing an electrochemical cell can include disposing an anode material onto an anode current collector, disposing a first separator on the anode material, disposing a cathode material onto a cathode current collector, disposing a second separator onto the cathode material, and disposing the first separator on the second separator to form the electrochemical cell. The anode material and / or the cathode material can be a semi-solid electrode material including an active material, a conductive material, and a volume of liquid electrolyte. In some embodiments, less than about 10% by volume of the liquid electrolyte evaporates during the forming of the electrochemical cell. In some embodiments, the method can further include wetting the first separator and / or the second separator with an electrolyte solution prior to coupling the first separator to the second separator.

Embodiments described herein relate to electrochemical cells with multiple separators, and methods of producing the same. A method of producing an electrochemical cell can include disposing an anode material onto an anode current collector, disposing a first separator on the anode material, disposing a cathode material onto a cathode current collector, disposing a second separator onto the cathode material, and disposing the first separator on the second separator to form the electrochemical cell. The anode material and / or the cathode material can be a semi-solid electrode material including an active material, a conductive material, and a volume of liquid electrolyte. In some embodiments, less than about 10% by volume of the liquid electrolyte evaporates during the forming of the electrochemical cell. In some embodiments, the method can further include wetting the first separator and / or the second separator with an electrolyte solution prior to coupling the first separator to the second separator.

A solid secondary battery includes a cathode layer, an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode layer and the anode layer and further includes a first organic electrolyte between the cathode layer and the solid electrolyte layer, a second organic electrolyte between the anode layer and the solid electrolyte layer, a third organic electrolyte in the solid electrolyte layer, or any combination thereof, wherein the first organic electrolyte, the second organic electrolyte, and the third organic electrolyte each independently include a polymer electrolyte, a liquid electrolyte, or any combination thereof, the liquid electrolyte having a viscosity of 10 cps or more at 25 °C and 1 atm, wherein the cathode layer includes a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer on at least one surface of the cathode current collector, the cathode active material layer including a Li2S-containing composite.

Embodiments described herein relate to electrochemical cells with multiple separators, and methods of producing the same. A method of producing an electrochemical cell can include disposing an anode material onto an anode current collector, disposing a first separator on the anode material, disposing a cathode material onto a cathode current collector, disposing a second separator onto the cathode material, and disposing the first separator on the second separator to form the electrochemical cell. The anode material and / or the cathode material can be a semi-solid electrode material including an active material, a conductive material, and a volume of liquid electrolyte. In some embodiments, less than about 10% by volume of the liquid electrolyte evaporates during the forming of the electrochemical cell. In some embodiments, the method can further include wetting the first separator and / or the second separator with an electrolyte solution prior to coupling the first separator to the second separator.

Described herein are lithium-metal rechargeable electrochemical cells comprising a lithium-metal negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a liquid electrolyte. The liquid electrolyte comprises a core mixture and a diluent. The diluent comprises a fluorinated ether. The core mixture comprises a set of salts and a set of solvents. The set of solvents comprises a pyrrolidinium-containing ionic liquid and a molecular solvent. The molecular solvent is a non-fluorinated ether, for example including but not limited to 1,2-dimethoxyethane. In some examples, the electrolyte further comprises an electrolyte additive, for example including but not limited to tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphate. In some examples, the set of salts comprises one or more imide-containing lithium salts. In some examples, the set of salts comprises lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and an additional salt and the mole fraction of lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide in the set of salts is 0.5 or greater.

An electrode for an all-solid-state energy storage device, the electrode comprising an electrode composition comprising an electroactive material and an internal ionic binder in the form of at least one organic ionic plastic crystal (OIPC) and ion transport salt composite which supports comparable performance of the electrode to one using liquid electrolyte.

The invention discloses a riveted battery cover plate which is characterized by comprising a top cover piece, an anti-explosion valve and an anti-explosion valve protection cover, a first through hole is formed in the middle of the top cover piece, a mounting layer hole is formed in the first through hole, the anti-explosion valve is sleeved with the mounting layer hole, the periphery of the anti-explosion valve is connected with the top cover piece through a first laser welding seam, and the first laser welding seam is formed in the front face of the top cover piece; an annular groove is formed in the top cover piece and located on the periphery of the installation layer hole, an anti-explosion valve protection cover is sleeved with the annular groove, a second through hole is formed in the upper end of the anti-explosion valve protection cover, and a flange is arranged on the outer side wall of the lower end of the anti-explosion valve protection cover. The first laser welding seam of the anti-explosion valve and the top cover piece and the second laser welding seam of the anti-explosion valve protection cover and the top cover piece are arranged on the front face of the top cover piece, liquid electrolyte can be effectively prevented from corroding the welding seams, the safety of the new energy battery is improved, and the service life of the new energy battery is prolonged; and the positive / negative pole is connected with the top cover sheet and the positive / negative connecting sheet in a riveting manner, so that the time and the cost for additionally welding the existing positive / negative connecting sheet are saved.

Embodiments described herein relate to electrochemical cells with multiple separators, and methods of producing the same. A method of producing an electrochemical cell can include disposing an anode material onto an anode current collector, disposing a first separator on the anode material, disposing a cathode material onto a cathode current collector, disposing a second separator onto the cathode material, and disposing the first separator on the second separator to form the electrochemical cell. The anode material and / or the cathode material can be a semi-solid electrode material including an active material, a conductive material, and a volume of liquid electrolyte. In some embodiments, less than about 10% by volume of the liquid electrolyte evaporates during the forming of the electrochemical cell. In some embodiments, the method can further include wetting the first separator and / or the second separator with an electrolyte solution prior to coupling the first separator to the second separator.

The present invention relates to a composite electrolyte exhibiting improved mechanical properties and ion conductivity while preventing liquid leakage, a method for preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. The composite electrolyte may include: a liquid electrolyte; a cross-linked polymer of monomers having curable functional groups; and oxide-based solid electrolyte particles dispersed on the cross-linked polymer and having a particle diameter of greater than 300 nm.

The invention relates to the technical field of gel electrolyte, in particular to a method for constructing gel electrolyte on the surface of an electrode through in-situ self-initiation and application of the method. The method comprises the following steps: (1) dissolving a zinc salt in water to obtain a liquid electrolyte; (2) uniformly mixing a gel monomer, an initiator, a cross-linking agent and a liquid electrolyte to obtain a precursor solution; and (3) pouring the precursor solution on the surface of the negative electrode of the battery, covering the precursor solution with the positive electrode of the battery, and standing to realize in-situ construction of the gel electrolyte on the surface of the electrode. The solution is gelatinized through reducibility self-initiation of the metal electrode and is constructed on the surface of the electrode in situ, the electrochemical performance of the aqueous zinc metal is remarkably improved, meanwhile, the process steps are reduced, and the cost is reduced.

A system, method, and computer program product for predicting properties of electrolytes in a liquid electrolyte mixture independent of empirical fitting from experimentally measured properties. An example aspect is configured to: validate at least one molecular force field, prepare a liquid electrolyte mixture corresponding to the at least one molecular force field, perform molecular dynamic simulations of the electrolyte mixture, obtain simulated molecular dynamic trajectories from the molecular dynamic simulations, and perform molecular structure analysis to predict ionic conductivity, ion pairing properties, solubility properties, and / or other thermodynamic properties of the liquid electrolyte mixture.

The present technology relates to an insulating composition having excellent wet adhesion and a method for preparing the same, and since an insulating coating layer has excellent wet adhesion in a liquid electrolyte, the advantage is that migration of lithium ions in overlapping regions of electrodes can be prevented to suppress capacity expression and the like.

A battery cell with improved battery durability and battery lifetime, a method of preparing the battery cell, and a battery module including the battery cell are provided. The battery cell includes a cell case having an accommodation space; an electrode assembly which is accommodated in the accommodation space and includes a plurality of electrodes, an electrode tab formed on at least one side of each of the plurality of electrodes, and a separator disposed between the plurality of electrodes; a gel electrolyte which contains a first molarity of a first lithium salt and is accommodated in the accommodation space while surrounding the electrode tab; and a liquid electrolyte which contains a second molarity, which is lower than the first molarity, of a second lithium salt and is accommodated between the plurality of electrodes.

An electrochemical cell for a rechargeable battery, where the electrochemical cell includes: an anode including lithium (Li); an anode current collector connected to the anode; a cathode; a cathode current collector connected to the cathode; a separator between the anode and the cathode; and a liquid electrolyte including: a solvent, a Li salt dissolved in the solvent, and a polyvalent metal salt dissolved in the solvent.

Disclosed are a lithium metal battery and a method of manufacturing the same, the lithium metal battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode current collector, and a gel-type polymer electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode current collector wherein the gel-type polymer electrolyte comprises a cross-linked polymer and a liquid electrolyte comprising an organic solvent and a lithium salt, and the cross-linked polymer is a product of a reaction between a multifunctional cross-linking agent having three or more functional groups and a (meth) acrylate-based compound having a polyethylene glycol moiety.

The present invention pertains to an anode-less lithium ion battery comprising a) a cathode comprising a cathode current collector and a cathode electro-active material on the cathode current collector; b) an anode current collector; c) a liquid electrolyte composition between the a) cathode and the b) anode current collector; and d) a separator, wherein the c) liquid electrolyte composition comprises i) at least 70% by volume (vol %) of a solvent mixture with respect to the total volume of the electrolyte composition, comprising at least one fluorinated ether compound and at least one non-fluorinated ether compound, and ii) at least one lithium salt.

The present invention pertains to a lithium secondary battery comprising a cathode comprising a lithium-manganese-rich layered oxide as a cathode electroactive material and a liquid electrolyte comprising at least one fluorinated acyclic carboxylic acid ester. The present invention also relates to use of a liquid electrolyte comprising at least one fluorinated acyclic carboxylic acid ester in a lithium secondary battery, for improving the cycling performance, comprising a cathode comprising a lithium-manganese-rich layered oxide as a cathode electroactive material according to the present invention.

The invention belongs to the technical field of composite material manufacturing, and discloses a structural battery integrated composite board and a forming method and application thereof. According to the composite board, carbon fiber reinforced materials are adopted as positive and negative electrodes, glass fiber materials are adopted as a diaphragm and an insulating layer, epoxy resin-based solid-state structure electrolyte is adopted as a bonding packaging medium, and a curing agent, ionic liquid, electrolyte lithium salt, nano ceramic particles and other auxiliaries of specific types and proportions are introduced into epoxy resin; the multifunctional modification of the resin matrix is realized. And meanwhile, doping and surface grafting modification are performed on the electrode material, so that the energy density and the mechanical strength of the battery are improved. And further constructing a low-temperature formed metal or carbon-based circuit layer on the outer surface of the structural battery to form an integrated complex comprising the circuit board, the structural battery and the bearing structure. The composite board satisfies dielectric insulation and reliability, realizes integrated energy supply and signal processing, and is widely applied to weight and volume sensitive fields such as aerospace and new energy automobiles.

A method of forming an electrode with multi-dielectric layers includes: forming a metal pattern on a substrate, in which the metal pattern includes a first metal film on the substrate and a second metal film on a top surface of the first metal film, and the first and second metal films have different metal compositions; and anodizing the metal pattern in a liquid electrolyte to form a covering anodized portion which covers an unanodized portion, in which the covering anodized portion includes a sidewall oxide dielectric structure and a top oxide dielectric structure, the sidewall oxide dielectric structure is in contact with a side surface of the unanodized portion, the top oxide dielectric structure is in contact with top surfaces of the unanodized portion and the sidewall oxide dielectric structure, and the sidewall and top oxide dielectric structures have different effective permittivities.

The invention belongs to the technical field of organic wastewater treatment, and particularly relates to an electro-Fenton technology based on ion exchange resin and application. The graphite felt is etched at a high temperature by adopting a transition metal oxide to prepare an efficient cathode material; ion exchange resin is used as a solid electrolyte to replace a traditional liquid electrolyte, a novel electro-Fenton technology is constructed to eliminate secondary pollution caused by the liquid electrolyte, and a conductive material is loaded on the surface of the ion exchange resin to improve the conductivity and reduce the wastewater treatment energy consumption. The electro-Fenton technology has the advantages of good treatment effect, no secondary pollution, wide pH application range, simple process, recyclability and environmental friendliness, and has a wide application prospect in the field of organic wastewater treatment.

Sensors and related methods for detecting chemicals, gases and molecules using a plurality of electrodes, a liquid mucus based electrolyte and a separator to hold the liquid electrolyte and wet the surface of the first electrode and wet the surface of the second electrode with the liquid electrolyte. One or more electrodes may include a metallophthalocyanine or a metalloporphyrin or a derivative thereof or an electrode may be in electrical contact with a metallophthalocyanine or a metalloporphyrin.

The invention belongs to the field of solid-state batteries, and particularly relates to a solid-state electrolyte with a wide electrochemical window and a solid-state lithium ion battery. According to the solid electrolyte, the metal oxyhalide and the lithium-containing zeolite are subjected to ball milling, so that the solid electrolyte with relatively high ionic conductivity and a wide electrochemical window is obtained. The solid-state electrolyte is prepared into a solid-state electrolyte membrane, the solid-state electrolyte membrane, a positive electrode and a negative electrode are assembled into a solid-state lithium battery, an ionic liquid electrolyte and a polymer monomer are added, and the solid-state lithium battery is obtained through in-situ polymerization. A polymer network exists in the solid-state lithium battery, so that the lithium ion transmission performance in the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the solid-state electrolyte and the interface transmission performance of lithium ions in the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the solid-state electrolyte can be effectively improved, and the solid-state lithium battery has higher discharge capacity and better cycling stability performance.

A gel polymer electrolyte for a lithium battery, including a gel polymer and a liquid electrolyte, and a lithium battery including the same, wherein the liquid electrolyte includes a lithium salt and an organic solvent, and the gel polymer is a crosslinked product of i) a multifunctional acrylic first polymerizable monomer including three of more polymerizable functional groups, and ii) a second polymerizable monomer selected from among urethane-acrylic monomers including two more functional groups.

An all solid secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer provided between the cathode and the anode is provided. The anode includes an anode current collector and a first anode active material layer provided on one surface of the anode current collector. The cathode includes a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer provided on one surface or two surfaces of the cathode current collector and containing a cathode active material, which Li2S, a Li2S composite, or a combination thereof. The all solid secondary battery includes an interlayer positioned between the anode and the solid electrolyte layer and the interlayer contains a single lithium ion conducting polymer (SLICP) and a liquid electrolyte.

A lithium secondary battery including a gel polymer electrolyte. The gel polymer electrolyte includes a gel polymer and a liquid electrolyte, wherein the gel polymer is i) a crosslinked product of a multifunctional acryl-based monomer having three or more polymerizable functional groups, or ii) a crosslinked product of a first polymerizable monomer and a second polymerizable monomer, wherein the first polymerizable monomer is a multifunctional acryl-based monomer having three or more polymerizable functional groups, and the second polymerizable monomer is at least one selected from among a urethane acryl-based monomer having two or more polymerizable functional groups and a polymerizable monomer including a perfluoropolyether (PFPE) unit and having two or more polymerizable functional groups, and the liquid electrolyte includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and acetonitrile.

The utility model relates to a transport vehicle, and provides an electrolytic aluminum liquid electrolyte transfer vehicle which comprises a vehicle body, a supporting frame hinged to the vehicle body, a driving device, a container hinged to the end, away from the vehicle body, of the supporting frame, a cover body arranged above the container and provided with a downward opening, a supporting rod used for connecting the cover body and the vehicle body, and a pull rope connected with the lower end of the container. The cover body is arranged obliquely above the container, a hinge shaft is arranged at the joint of the vehicle body and the supporting frame, and the driving device is used for driving the supporting frame to rotate along the hinge shaft. The electrolytic aluminum liquid electrolyte transfer trolley disclosed by the utility model can efficiently and safely transport electrolyte.

An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same are provided. The electrolyte is capable of accelerating cations by forming a cationic polymer backbone to minimize movement of anions, and improving additional lithium-ion transfer capability and mechanical properties by including an oxide-based ceramic. The electrolyte comprises a polymer electrolyte containing a hydrocarbon-based polymer compound including a cationic functional group; a flame-retardant liquid electrolyte; and a cross-linking agent.