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US 10,873,107 B2Granted
Additives for suppressing dendritic growth in batteries
AssigneeDrexel University
InventorsYury Gogotsi, Meng-Qiang Zhao, Xin-Bing Cheng
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Abstract
Battery electrolytes comprising: (a) a solvent suitable for use in a battery electrolyte such as an organic liquid solvent or an ionic liquid; (b) a lithium ion or sodium ion salt suitable for use in a battery electrolyte; and (c) a dispersion of nanoparticles of carbon, metal or metalloid oxides or hydroxides, carbides, nitrides, sulfides, graphene or MXene particles; or a combination thereof. The present invention is also directed to battery cells and batteries comprising these electrolytes and devices comprising these battery cells and batteries.
Claims13
A battery cell having an electrolyte comprising:
- (a) sodium or lithium ions;
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- (b) nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of nanodiamonds and alliform carbon, or a combination thereof.
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