IP Library Granted Patent US 10,686,176
Granted Patent B2
US 10,686,176 · App. 14/364,402 · Granted Jun 16, 2020

Separator having a polysulfide barrier layer for lithium-sulfur cells

Inventors: Marcus Wegner (Leonberg, DE); Jean Fanous (Stuttgart, DE); Jens Grimminger (Leonberg, DE); Martin Tenzer (Nuertingen, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
H01M2/1686H01M2/1646H01M2/1653H01M4/38H01M4/581H01M4/5815H01M10/052H01M10/4235H01M2220/20H01M2220/30Y02E60/122Y02T10/7011
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Patent No.
US 10,686,176
App. No.
14/364,402
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lithium-sulfur cell includes a lithium-containing anode, a sulfur-containing cathode and a separator arranged between the lithium-containing anode and the sulfur-containing cathode. To suppress a shuttle mechanism and to prevent a loss of active material, the separator includes a base layer and a polysulfide barrier layer. The polysulfide barrier layer is formed on the cathode side of the separator.

Claims (12)

1. A lithium-sulfur cell, comprising:

a lithium-containing anode;

a sulfur-containing cathode; and

a separator arranged between the lithium-containing anode and the sulfur-containing cathode, wherein the separator includes a base layer and a polysulfide barrier layer including at least one polymer having polysulfide affinity which forms a reversible ionic bond with a polysulfide and at least one polyolefin-polyether copolymer, the polysulfide barrier layer formed on a side of the separator facing the sulfur-containing cathode.

2. The lithium-sulfur cell of claim 1 , wherein the polysulfide barrier layer includes a mixture of the at least one polymer having polysulfide affinity and at least one polysulfide-tight material.

3. A lithium-sulfur cell, comprising:

a lithium-containing anode;

a sulfur-containing cathode; and

a separator arranged between the lithium-containing anode and the sulfur-containing cathode, the separator including a base layer and a polysulfide barrier layer, the polysulfide barrier layer formed on a side of the separator facing the sulfur-containing cathode from a mixture of at least one polymer having polysulfide affinity and at least one polysulfide-tight material, wherein

the polysulfide barrier layer includes at least one polyolefin-polyether copolymer,

the polysulfide barrier layer is formed on a side of the separator facing the sulfur-containing cathode, and

during a synthesis of the mixture of at least one polymer having polysulfide affinity and at least one polysulfide-tight material, ceramic particles are inserted into a reaction product of the synthesis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2014
From: WEGNER, MARCUS; FANOUS, JEAN; GRIMMINGER, JENS; TENZER, MARTIN
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 033979/0241 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 088 910 · Dec 16, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140342214A1 · Nov 20, 2014