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Lithium—sulfur battery with performance enhanced additives

US9023518B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Eaglepicher Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Umamaheswari Janakiraman · Webb City, US
Ernest Ndzebet · Madison, US
Thillaiyan Ramanathan · Joplin, US
Diana Marmorstein · Joplin, US
Mario Destephen · Joplin, US
Gregory Miller · Portland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 14, 2012
Grant date	May 5, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 11, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/10
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A battery includes an anode containing a lithium material, a cathode containing sulfur and a porous conducting medium, and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte contains an additive selected from the group consisting of an organic surfactant additive, an inorganic additive, and a mixture thereof. The organic surfactant additive may be a fluorosurfactant.

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