| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20100086854 | FLUORINE DOPED LITHIUM RICH METAL OXIDE POSITIVE ELECTRODE BATTERY MATERIALS WITH HIGH SPECIFIC CAPACITY AND CORRESPONDING BATTERIES - Lithium rich metal oxyfluorides are described with high specific capacity and, good cycling properties. The materials have particularly good high rate capabilities. The fluorine dopant can be introduced in a low temperature process to yield the materials with desirable cycling properties. In some embodiments, the positive electrode active materials have a composition represented approximately by the formula Li | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110052981 | LAYER-LAYER LITHIUM RICH COMPLEX METAL OXIDES WITH HIGH SPECIFIC CAPACITY AND EXCELLENT CYCLING - Lithium rich and manganese rich lithium metal oxides are described that provide for excellent performance in lithium-based batteries. The specific compositions can be engineered within a specified range of compositions to provide desired performance characteristics. Selected compositions can provide high values of specific capacity with a reasonably high average voltage. Compositions of particular interest can be represented by the formula, xLi | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110052989 | LITHIUM DOPED CATHODE MATERIAL - Lithium dopant is introduced into lithium rich high capacity positive electrode active materials as a substitution for manganese within the complex metal oxides. In some embodiments, the lithium doped compositions can be written in a two component notation as x.Li | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110076556 | METAL OXIDE COATED POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM-BASED BATTERIES - Positive electrode active materials are formed with various metal oxide coatings. Excellent results have been obtained with the coatings on lithium rich metal oxide active materials. Surprisingly improved results are obtained with metal oxide coatings with lower amounts of coating material. High specific capacity results are obtained even at higher discharge rates. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110111294 | High Capacity Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries - High capacity silicon based anode active materials are described for lithium ion batteries. These materials are shown to be effective in combination with high capacity lithium rich cathode active materials. Supplemental lithium is shown to improve the cycling performance and reduce irreversible capacity loss for at least certain silicon based active materials. In particular silicon based active materials can be formed in composites with electrically conductive coatings, such as pyrolytic carbon coatings or metal coatings, and composites can also be formed with other electrically conductive carbon components, such as carbon nanofibers and carbon nanoparticles. Additional alloys with silicon are explored. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110111298 | COATED POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - High specific capacity lithium rich lithium metal oxide materials are coated with inorganic compositions, such as metal fluorides, to improve the performance of the materials as a positive electrode active material. The resulting coated material can exhibit an increased specific capacity, and the material can also exhibit improved cycling. The materials can be formed while maintaining a desired relatively high average voltage such that the materials are suitable for the formation of commercial batteries. Suitable processes are described for the synthesis of the desired coated compositions that can be adapted for commercial production. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110236751 | HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY FORMATION PROTOCOLS AND CONTROL OF CHARGING AND DISCHARGING FOR DESIRABLE LONG TERM CYCLING PERFORMANCE - Improved cycling of high voltage lithium ion batteries is accomplished through the use of a formation step that seems to form a more stable structure for subsequent cycling and through the improved management of the charge-discharge cycling. In particular, the formation charge for the battery can be performed at a lower voltage prior to full activation of the battery through a charge to the specified operational voltage of the battery. With respect to management of the charging and discharging of the battery, it has been discovered that for the lithium rich high voltage compositions of interest that a deeper discharge can preserve the cycling capacity at a greater number of cycles. Battery management can be designed to exploit the improved cycling capacity obtained with deeper discharges of the battery. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110244331 | DOPED POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIALS AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY CONSTRUCTED THEREFROM - Positive electrode active materials comprising a dopant in an amount of 0.1 to 10 mole percent of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn, Cd or a combination thereof are described that have high specific discharge capacity upon cycling at room temperature and at a moderate discharge rate. Some materials of interest have the formula Li | 10-06-2011 |