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US 12,291,457 · App. 18/594,949 · Granted May 6, 2025
Porous silicon material and method of manufacture
Assignee:
ionobell, Inc.
C01B33/025B22F9/04C01B33/02C01B33/021C01B33/023C23F1/44H01M4/386B22F2009/043B82Y30/00C01P2004/61C01P2006/16C23F1/00Y02E60/10
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Abstract
A method for forming a porous silicon material can include forming a mixture of silicon, carbon, and an etchant element, solidifying the mixture, removing the etchant element to form pores within the silicon material. The porous silicon material can include a distribution of pores with an average pore diameter between about 10 nm and 500 nm, wherein the silicon particle comprises a silicon carbon composite comprising 1-5% carbon by mass, 1-5% oxygen by mass, and 90-98% silicon by mass.
Claims (14)
1. A method for manufacturing a silicon material comprising:
forming a composite comprising silicon, carbon, and at least one sacrificial material;
etching the composite to remove the at least one sacrificial material; and
washing the etched composite to remove byproducts formed during etching the composite;
wherein, after washing, the silicon material comprises between 1-5% carbon by mass, at least 80 % silicon by mass, and a porosity between 10-50% by volume.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the composite comprises forming an alloy of silicon, carbon, and the at least one sacrificial material, wherein forming an alloy comprises heating the silicon, carbon, and the at least one sacrificial material to a temperature between about 300-1100° C. for between 1 and 6 hours.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the composite comprises mechanically alloying the silicon, carbon, and the at least one sacrificial material.
4. The method of claim 3 , mechanically alloying the silicon, carbon, and the at least one sacrificial material comprises intermittently ball milling the silicon, carbon, and the at least one sacrificial material at a milling rate between about 50 and 300 rpm for between 30 minutes and 6 hours.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising pulverizing the composite by ball milling the composite at a milling rate between about 50 and 300 rpm for between 30 minutes and 6 hours.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising coating the silicon material with a carbonaceous coating by:
injecting a polymer into pores of the silicon material; and
pyrolyzing the polymer to form carbon.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composite further comprises oxygen, wherein after washing the silicon material comprises between 1-5% oxygen by mass.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sacrificial materials comprises at least one of lithium, magnesium, or aluminium.
Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Mar 6, 2024
From: IONESCU, ROBERT C.; LIU, CHUEH
To: IONOBELL, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application
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· Dec 13, 2021
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