Motor vehicle
Disclosed herein is a vehicle, comprising a drivetrain configured to provide the vehicle with propulsion; and a controller configured to obtain power from an energy source and to provide the drivetrain with power, wherein the controller regulates an amount of power provided to the drivetrain.
1 . A vehicle, comprising:
a drivetrain configured to provide the vehicle with propulsion;
a controller configured to obtain power from an energy source and to provide the drivetrain with power, wherein the controller regulates an amount of power provided to the drivetrain; and
an energy storage device that provides power to the controller, the energy storage device comprising:
a housing comprising:
a substantially binder free anode comprising a current collector comprising anode active material dispersed in a carbon network disposed thereon, the anode active material comprising silicon oxide material;
a substantially binder free cathode comprising a current collector comprising cathode active material dispersed in a carbon network disposed thereon, the cathode active material comprising nickel-rich layered oxide N x M y C 1-x-y , where x≥0.7 and y≥0.1 material;
a separator disposed between the anode and the cathode; and
an electrolyte wetting the anode, cathode, and separator, wherein the electrolyte comprises a lithium salt dissolved in a solvent mixture, the solvent mixture comprising 60-80 vol % of butyl nitrite; and
wherein the cathode comprises a surface treatment and the surface treatment comprises at least one of cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide ([(C 16 H 33 )N(CH 3 ) 3 ]Br), hexadecyltrimethylammonium, hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide, polysorbate 80 and polysorbate 20.
2 . The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a user interface that provides information pertaining to a status of one or more of (i) a module of the vehicle, and (ii) the vehicle in relation to an environment.
3 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is one or more of an automobile, a scooter, a motorcycle, a bike, a watercraft, and a drone.
4 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the cathode of the energy storage device is free of N-Methyl Pyrrolidone (NMP).
5 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:
the energy storage device comprises the anode; and
the anode comprises silicon oxide.
6 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:
the energy storage device comprises the cathode;
the cathode comprises the current conductor, an adhesion layer, and an active layer; and
the adhesion layer causes the active layer to adhere to the current conductor.
7 . The vehicle of claim 6 , wherein:
the active layer comprises a quantity of high aspect ratio carbon, and the active material disposed within the quantity of high aspect ratio carbon.
8 . The vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the cathode comprises high aspect ratio carbon and active material, and an entanglement of the active material within the high aspect ratio carbon causes the active material to adhere to the cathode.
9 . The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the high aspect ratio carbon comprised in the cathode comprises the carbon network, and the carbon network comprises a set of longer high aspect ratio nanocarbons, and a set of shorter high aspect ratio nanocarbons.
10 . The vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the set of longer high aspect ratio nanocarbons provides a scaffold for the carbon network, and the set of shorter high aspect ratio nanocarbons provides ties within the carbon network.
11 . The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein:
the high aspect ratio carbon comprised in the cathode comprises a carbon network; and
the carbon network is at least ninety nine percent carbon by weight.
12 . The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the cathode of the energy storage device is configured to have a ratio of an amount of discharge on a first discharge to an amount of charge on a first charge that is at least ninety-two percent.
13 . The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein an anode of the energy storage device is configured to have a ratio of an amount of discharge on a first discharge to an amount of charge on a first charge that is at least ninety-one percent.
14 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the energy storage device comprises:
the current collector; upon which is disposed an electrode active layer; the electrode active layer comprising:
a network of high aspect ratio carbon elements defining void spaces therein;
a plurality of electrode active material particles disposed in the void spaces within the network and enmeshed in the network; and
a surface treatment on a surface of the high aspect ratio carbon elements which promotes adhesion between the high aspect ratio carbon elements and the active material particles; wherein the surface treatment material comprises a surfactant.
15 . The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the active material particles comprise lithium metal oxides.