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US 12,237,511 · App. 18/671,772 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Glassy embedded solid-state electrode assemblies, solid-state batteries and methods of making electrode assemblies and solid-state batteries

Inventors: Steven J. Visco (Berkeley, CA); Yevgeniy S. Nimon (Berkeley, CA); Bruce D. Katz (Berkeley, CA); Vitaliy Nimon (Berkeley, CA)
Assignee: PolyPlus Battery Company
H01M4/62H01M4/0471H01M10/0525H01M10/0562H01M2004/028H01M2300/0068
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Patent No.
US 12,237,511
App. No.
18/671,772
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Batteries, component structures and manufacturing methods, in particular including a glassy embedded battery electrode assembly having a composite material structure composed of interpenetrating material components including a porous electroactive network including a solid electroactive material, and a continuous glassy medium including a Li ion conducting sulfide glass, can achieve enhanced power output, reduced charging time and/or improved cycle life.

Claims (11)

1. A method of making a glass embedded electrode assembly, the method comprising: i) providing a porous electroactive network comprising cathode active material; ii) coating the electroactive network surfaces with a protective nanofilm that covers the cathode active material surfaces; iii) impregnating the pores of the electroactive network with particles of Li ion conducting sulfide glass to form a glassy electroactive prepreg; and heating the prepreg to cause the glass particles to viscously sinter to each other and form a continuous a glassy medium interpenetrating with the electroactive network.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the impregnating takes place at a temperature at or below 60° C.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the electroactive network is a porous preformed electroactive monolith comprising a cathode active material of intercalation type.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the electroactive network is a porous preformed electroactive monolith that is a composite material of discrete electroactive particles held together by a binder material that is thermally stable for its utility as a binder when heated to Tg of the glassy medium.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the discrete electroactive particles are of intercalation type.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the method of forming the glassy electroactive prepreg comprises:

vacuum impregnating a liquid phase dispersion of Li-sulfide glass particles in a volatile carrier solvent; and

evaporating the carrier solvent.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the method of forming the glassy electroactive prepreg further comprises applying Li ion conducting glassy sulfide media particles as a thin layer onto a surface of the prepreg, and wherein the heating step causes the thin layer of glassy sulfide media particles to viscously sinter thereby forming an encapsulating glassy cover region.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the electroactive network is of intercalation type.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the electroactive network is of intercalation type.

Continuity (8)
Division 17303707 · Jun 4, 2021
Provisional Application 63198579 · Oct 28, 2020
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Provisional Application 62706831 · Sep 11, 2020
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Provisional Application 63061123 · Aug 4, 2020
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