Electrode protection using a composite comprising an electrolyte-inhibiting ion conductor

US10553893B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Sion Power Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michael G. Laramie · Tucson, US
• Yuriy V. Mikhaylik · Tucson, US
• Tracy Earl Kelley · Tucson, US
• David Child · Tucson, US
• Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley · Tucson, US
• Veronika G. Viner · Tucson, US
• Bala Sankaran · Tucson, US
• Johan ter Maat · Mannheim, DE
• Ruediger Schmidt · Paderborn, DE
• Holger Schneider · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Klaus Leitner · Feldkirch, AT
• Joern Kulisch · Bonn, DE
• Marina Safont-Sempere · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01M6/18
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Composite structures including an ion-conducting material and a polymeric material (e.g., a separator) to protect electrodes are generally described. The ion-conducting material may be in the form of a layer that is bonded to a polymeric separator. The ion-conducting material may comprise a lithium oxysulfide having a lithium-ion conductivity of at least at least 10−6 S/cm.