Rechargeable lithium-ion battery for an aerosol delivery device

An aerosol delivery device comprising:

• at least one housing enclosing a reservoir configured to retain an aerosol precursor composition;
• a heating element;
• a power source connected to an electrical load that includes the heating element, the power source comprising:
• a rechargeable lithium-ion battery (LiB) having a carbon-based anode, an electrochemically-active cathode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte in contact with the anode and the cathode, the non-aqueous electrolyte including a lithium salt in a carbonate solvent or solvent mixture, wherein the carbon-based anode is configured to reversibly incorporate lithium ions therein and lithium metal on a surface thereof, the electrochemically-active cathode is configured to reversibly incorporate therein lithium ions, and the lithium salt of the non-aqueous electrolyte is lithium hexafluorophosphate, and wherein the ratio of a capacity to reversibly incorporate lithium ions of the electrochemically-active cathode to a capacity to reversibly incorporate lithium ions in the form of lithium hexafluorophosphate of the carbon-based anode is equal to or larger than 2:1;
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• a microprocessor configured to operate in an active mode in which the microprocessor is configured to direct power from the power source to the heating element and thereby control the heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.

A control body coupled or coupleable with a cartridge that is equipped with an atomizer and contains an aerosol precursor composition, the control body being coupled or coupleable with the cartridge to form an aerosol delivery device in which the atomizer is configured to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition, the control body comprising:

• a power source connected to an electrical load that includes the atomizer when the control body is coupled with the cartridge, the power source comprising:
• a rechargeable lithium-ion battery (LiB) having a carbon-based anode, an electrochemically-active cathode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte in contact with the anode and the cathode, the non-aqueous electrolyte including a lithium salt in a carbonate solvent or solvent mixture;
• a supercapacitor chargeable from the rechargeable LiB, and configured to provide power to the electrical load;
• a DC-to-DC converter connected to the supercapacitor, between the supercapacitor and the electrical load;
• a resistor connected to, and between, the LiB and the DC-to-DC converter;
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• a microprocessor configured to operate in an active mode in which the control body is coupled with the cartridge, the microprocessor in the active mode being configured to direct power from the power source to the atomizer and thereby control the atomizer to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition, wherein the microprocessor being configured to direct power from the power source to the atomizer includes being configured to direct power from the supercapacitor to the atomizer.

A control body coupled or coupleable with a cartridge that is equipped with a heating element and contains an aerosol precursor composition, the control body being coupled or coupleable with the cartridge to form an aerosol delivery device in which the heating element is configured to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition, the control body comprising:

• a power source connected to an electrical load that includes the heating element when the control body is coupled with the cartridge, the power source comprising:
• a rechargeable lithium-ion battery (LiB) having a carbon-based anode, an electrochemically-active cathode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte in contact with the anode and the cathode, the non-aqueous electrolyte including a lithium salt in a carbonate solvent or solvent mixture, wherein the carbon-based anode is configured to reversibly incorporate lithium ions therein and lithium metal on a surface thereof, the electrochemically-active cathode is configured to reversibly incorporate therein lithium ions, and the lithium salt of the non-aqueous electrolyte is lithium hexafluorophosphate, and wherein the ratio of a capacity to reversibly incorporate lithium ions of the electrochemically-active cathode to a capacity to reversibly incorporate lithium ions in the form of lithium hexafluorophosphate of the carbon-based anode is equal to or larger than 2:1;
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• a microprocessor configured to operate in an active mode in which the control body is coupled with the cartridge, the microprocessor in the active mode being configured to direct power from the power source to the heating element and thereby control the heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.