Cathode active materials having improved particle morphologies

US11114663B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Hongli Dai · Los Altos, US
• Huiming Wu · San Jose, US
• Dapeng Wang · Boise, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 26, 2020
• Grant date: Sep 7, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/10
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Mixed-metal oxides and lithiated mixed-metal oxides are disclosed that involve compounds according to, respectively, NixMnyCozMeαOβ and Li1+γNixMnyCozMeαOβ. In these compounds, Me is selected from B, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Ag, In, and combinations thereof; 0≤x≤1; 0≤y≤1; 0≤z<1; x+y+z>0; 0≤α≤0.5; and x+y+α>0. For the mixed-metal oxides, 1≤β≤5. For the lithiated mixed-metal oxides, −0.1≤γ≤1.0 and 1.9≤β≤3. The mixed-metal oxides and the lithiated mixed-metal oxides include particles having an average density greater than or equal to 90% of an ideal crystalline density.