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Battery electrode structure
Assignee: Gelion Technologies Pty Ltd
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Filing: 2013-09-25
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Granted: 2015-12-22
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Expires: 2033-09-25
Abstract
Abstract Solid composite electrodes with electrode active layers that include an electrode active material, an optional electron conductive material, an optional binder and other optional additives for batteries which are not fuel cells are provided. The solid composite electrodes are formed by the deposition of an electrode composition (slurry) onto a current collector in one or many layers. The electrode structure may be characterized by a porosity of the electrode composition layer that decreases in a direction from the back side of the layer (close to the current collector) towards the outer side of the layer. The electrode structures can be used in for example chemical sources of electric energy such as primary (non-rechargeable) as well as secondary (rechargeable) batteries.
Inventors
- 👤 Vladimir Kolosnitsyn
- 👤 Elena Karaseva
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 12:24
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M4/00; H01M4/02; H01M4/13; H01M10/00; H01M10/05; H01M10/052; H01M10/0525; H01M4/06; H01M4/139; H01M4/36; H01M4/362; H01M4/366; H01M4/38; H01M4/381; H01M4/382; H01M4/58; H01M4/581; H01M10/056; H01M10/0564; H01M10/0565; H01M2004/021; H01M4/131; H01M4/133; H01M4/136; H01M4/1391; H01M4/1393; H01M4/1397; H01M4/48; H01M4/50; H01M4/505; H01M4/60; H01M4/62; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10; Y02E60/122
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
221 words
A lithium sulphur battery comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an intermediate separator element containing an electrolyte solution positioned between said positive electrode and negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode has an electrode structure comprising a current collector and a plurality of discrete layers, each layer being composed of an electrode composition having a different porosity than an electrode composition forming another layer, wherein the electrode composition of each of the plurality of discrete layers comprises an electrochemically active material comprising sulphur and an electron conductive material wherein a first layer of the plurality of discrete layers is in direct contact with the current collector, and wherein a second layer of the plurality of discrete layers is in direct contact with the first layer, and wherein any additional layers of the plurality of discrete layers are in direct contact with an underlying layer of the plurality of discrete layers; wherein the porosity of the first layer is higher than the porosity of the second layer and wherein any additional layer has a porosity that is less than the porosity of its underlying layer, wherein the plurality of discrete layers has a total thickness of 1 to 100 μm, and wherein the electrode composition of each of the plurality of discrete layers has an average porosity of 5% to 85%.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
221 words
A lithium sulphur battery comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an intermediate separator element containing an electrolyte solution positioned between said positive electrode and negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode has an electrode structure comprising a current collector and a plurality of discrete layers, each layer being composed of an electrode composition having a different porosity than an electrode composition forming another layer, wherein the electrode composition of each of the plurality of discrete layers comprises an electrochemically active material comprising sulphur and an electron conductive material wherein a first layer of the plurality of discrete layers is in direct contact with the current collector, and wherein a second layer of the plurality of discrete layers is in direct contact with the first layer, and wherein any additional layers of the plurality of discrete layers are in direct contact with an underlying layer of the plurality of discrete layers; wherein the porosity of the first layer is higher than the porosity of the second layer and wherein any additional layer has a porosity that is less than the porosity of its underlying layer, wherein the plurality of discrete layers has a total thickness of 1 to 100 μm, and wherein the electrode composition of each of the plurality of discrete layers has an average porosity of 5% to 85%.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrochemically active material is selected from the group consisting of: elemental sulphur, non-organic, organic, oligomeric and polymeric compounds based on sulphur, simple and complex sulphides and mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrode composition further includes a binder.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrochemically active material constitutes 5% to 95% by weight of any of the electrode compositions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrochemically active material constitutes at least 70% by weight of any of the electrode compositions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
A battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electron conductive material of each of the electrode compositions is selected from the group consisting of: conductive polymers, carbon fibers, metal fibers, carbon powders, metal powders, carbon flakes and metal flakes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A battery as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the carbon powder is selected from the group consisting of: soot and carbon black.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
A battery as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the binder is selected from the group of polymers consisting of: polyethylene oxides, polypropylene oxides, polyacrylonitriles, polysiloxanes, polyimides, polyphosphazenes, polyethers, sulfonated polyimides, perfluorinated polymers, polydivinyl polyethylene glycols, polyethylene glycol diacrylates, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylates and polyarylsulfones.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A battery as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the binder comprises 0.5% to 30% by weight of the electrode composition.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
A battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrode structure comprises 2 to 10 discrete layers.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
A battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein t battery has an operating voltage of 1.2 to 4.1 V.
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