IP Library Granted Patent US 11,495,831
Granted Patent B2
US 11,495,831 · App. 17/650,370 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Electrochemical cell with TMCCC electrodes in an acetonitrile solvent including a dinitrile additive

Inventors: Majid Keshavarz (Pleasanton, CA); Daniel Friebel (San Carlos, CA); Peter Benjamin Herman (San Jose, CA); Grace Marjorie Yee (San Francisco, CA); Alex J. Klevay (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
H01M10/0567H01M10/0569H01M2300/0028
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Patent No.
US 11,495,831
App. No.
17/650,370
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for a liquid electrolyte used in secondary electrochemical cells having at least one electrode including a TMCCC material, the liquid electrolyte enabling an increased lifetime while allowing for fast discharge to extremely high depth of discharge. The addition of dinitriles to liquid electrolytes in electrochemical cells in which energy storage is achieved by ion intercalation in transition metal cyanide coordination compounds (TMCCC) has the advantage of increasing device lifetime by inhibiting common chemical and electrochemical degradation mechanisms.

Claims (17)

1. An electrochemical cell, comprising:

an electrolyte;

an anode electrode in electrical communication with said electrolyte; and

a cathode electrode in electrical communication with said electrolyte;

wherein said cathode electrode includes a first transition metal cyanide coordination compound material; and

wherein said electrolyte includes an organic solvent, a salt in solution with said solvent, and an additive disposed within said solvent;

wherein said organic solvent includes a mononitrile solvent;

wherein said salt includes an alkali cation and a polyatomic anion including fluoride; and

wherein said additive includes a dinitrile material.

2. The electrochemical cell of claim 1 wherein each said transition metal cyanide coordination compound material includes a composition A x P y [R(CN) (6) ] z n(H 2 O), wherein A includes an alkali metal cation, wherein a P includes a transition metal cation, wherein R includes a transition metal cation, and wherein 0≤x≤2, y=1, 0.75≤z≤1, and 0≤n≤6.

3. The electrochemical cell of claim 2 wherein P of said cathode electrode includes at least one of manganese and iron; and wherein R of said cathode electrode includes at least one of manganese and iron.

4. The electrochemical cell of claim 1 in which said dinitrile material includes a linear dinitrile material.

5. The electrochemical cell of claim 4 in which said linear dinitrile material includes succinonitrile.

6. The electrochemical cell of claim 4 in which said linear dinitrile material includes adiponitrile.

7. The electrochemical cell of claim 1 having a weight ratio N of said solvent to said additive wherein 70:30<N<99:1.

8. The electrochemical cell of claim 2 wherein A includes one or more of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs cations.

9. The electrochemical cell of claim 1 in which said polyatomic anion includes a fluoridated sulfonimide.

Assignments (8)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2025
From: NATRON (ASSIGNMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF CREDITORS), LLC
To: MERCURIA INVESTMENTS US, INC.
Reel/Frame 072829/0132 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2025
From: NATRON ENERGY, INC.
To: NATRON (ASSIGNMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF CREDITORS), LLC
Reel/Frame 072836/0466 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2025
From: NATRON INTERMEDIATE, INC.; NATRON HOLDINGS, INC.; NATRON ENERGY, INC.
To: MERCURIA INVESTMENTS US, INC.
Reel/Frame 071480/0329 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2025
From: MERCURIA INVESTMENTS US, INC.
To: NATRON ENERGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 070705/0013 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 26, 2024
From: NANODIMENSION III, L.P.; NANODIMENSION IV, L.P.; ND CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND I, L.P.; THE EIGER TRUST
To: NATRON ENERGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 069450/0867 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2024
From: NATRON ENERGY, INC.
To: MERCURIA INVESTMENTS US, INC.
Reel/Frame 068748/0393 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2024
From: NATRON ENERGY, INC.
To: NANODIMENSION III, L.P.; NANODIMENSION IV, L.P.; ND CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND I, L.P.; THE EIGER TRUST
Reel/Frame 068520/0081 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: KESHAVARZ, MAJID, MR.; FRIEBEL, DANIEL, DR.; HERMAN, PETER BENJAMIN, MR.; YEE, GRACE MARJORIE, MS.; KLEVAY, ALEX J., MR.
To: NATRON ENERGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 058932/0821 →