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Lithium manganese oxide compound
Assignee: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
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Filing: 1990-07-27
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Granted: 1992-10-06
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Expires: 2010-07-27
Abstract
Abstract The invention provides a novel lithium manganese oxide compound in which oxygen anions, lithium cations and manganese cations are arranged in layers, each layer of lithium cations being sandwiched between two layers of oxygen anions, each layer of manganese cations being sandwiched between two layers of oxygen anions and each layer of oxygen anions being sandwiched between a layer of lithium cations and a layer of manganese cations. The invention also provides a method of making the compound; and an electrochemical cell employing the compound as its cathode.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael M. Thackeray
- 👤 Margaretha H. Rossouw
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-03 20:45
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M4/00; H01M4/02; H01M4/36; H01M4/48; H01M4/50; H01M4/505; C; C01; C01G; C01G45/00; C01G45/12; C01G45/1221; C01G45/125; C01G45/1257; H01M10/00; H01M10/05; H01M10/052; H01M10/36; H01M4/13; H01M4/131; C01P; C01P2002/00; C01P2002/70; C01P2002/72; C01P2002/77; C01P2006/00; C01P2006/40; H01M10/0525; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
A compound consisting essentially of lithium manganese oxide having the formula A.sub.2-2x MnO.sub.3-x in which, neglecting any surface water or occluded water at grain boundaries, A is selected from the group consisting of Li cations and mixtures of Li cations and H cations, each x is defined by the relationship 0<x<1, and the average valency of the Mn cations is in the range of +3 to +4,said lithium manganese oxide having a layered structure consisting essentially of oxygen anions arranged in layers in a substantially cubic-closed-packed arrangement, Li cations arranged in layers, and Mn cations occupying octahedral sites and arranged in layers, wherein each layer of Li cations is sandwiched between two layers of oxygen anions, each layer of Mn cations is sandwiched between two layers of oxygen anions, each layer of oxygen anions is sandwiched between a layer of Li cations and a layer of Mn cations, and more than 75% of the Mn cations in the lithium manganese oxide being located in the layers of Mn cations with the remainder of the Mn cations being located in the layers of Li cations.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
184 words
A compound consisting essentially of lithium manganese oxide having the formula A.sub.2-2x MnO.sub.3-x in which, neglecting any surface water or occluded water at grain boundaries, A is selected from the group consisting of Li cations and mixtures of Li cations and H cations, each x is defined by the relationship 0<x<1, and the average valency of the Mn cations is in the range of +3 to +4,said lithium manganese oxide having a layered structure consisting essentially of oxygen anions arranged in layers in a substantially cubic-closed-packed arrangement, Li cations arranged in layers, and Mn cations occupying octahedral sites and arranged in layers, wherein each layer of Li cations is sandwiched between two layers of oxygen anions, each layer of Mn cations is sandwiched between two layers of oxygen anions, each layer of oxygen anions is sandwiched between a layer of Li cations and a layer of Mn cations, and more than 75% of the Mn cations in the lithium manganese oxide being located in the layers of Mn cations with the remainder of the Mn cations being located in the layers of Li cations.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A compound in accordance with claim 1 in which at least 90% of the Mn cations in the lithium manganese oxide are located in the layers of Mn cations.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A compound in accordance with claim 1 in which the average valency of the Mn cations is at least about +3.5.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
An electrochemical cell having a cathode wherein the active cathode material consists of a layered lithium manganese oxide compound in accordance with claim 1, a suitable anode which comprises, as its active anode substance, a metal selected from lithium and zinc, and a suitable electrolyte whereby the anode and cathode are electrochemically coupled together.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
The cell of claim 4 in which the cathode comprises said lithium manganese oxide in particular form, compacted together with a suitable particular binder and a suitable electronically conductive particulate current collector to form a unitary artifact.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The cell of claim 5 in which the binder is polytetrafluoroethylene, the current collector is acetylene black, and the compaction is performed by pressing at a pressure of 5-15 MPa.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
The cell of claim 4 in which the anode is selected from the group consisting of lithium metal, lithium-containing alloys, lithium-containing compounds and mixtures thereof, the electrolyte being a room-temperature electrolyte comprising a salt having lithium as a cation thereof dissolved in an organic solvent.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
63 words
The cell of claim 4 in which the anode is a lithium metal, a lithium/aluminum alloy, a lithium/silicon alloy, a lithium/carbon compound or a mixture thereof, the electrolyte is a solution of salt selected from the group consisting of LiClO 4 , LiAsF 6 , LiBF 4 and mixtures thereof, dissolved in an organic solvent selected from propylene carbonate, dimethoxyethane and mixtures thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The cell of claim 4 in which the anode is a metallic zinc or zinc alloy, and the electrolyte is a room temperature electrolyte that is an aqueous solution.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
The cell of claim 9, in which the solute of the electrolyte is a compound selected from the group consisting of NH 4 Cl, ZnCl 2 and KOH.
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