System for producing lithium metal batteries
AssigneePure Lithium Corporation
InventorEmilie Bodoin
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Abstract
A system for producing lithium metal batteries can comprise a manufacturing stage configured to fabricate a negative electrode. The manufacturing stage can comprise a lithium supply and an electrochemical cell, wherein the electrochemical cell comprises a lithium-ion selective membrane. The system for producing lithium metal batteries can comprise a battery assembly stage configured to integrate the negative electrode, the lithium-ion selective membrane, and a positive electrode into a battery. The manufacturing stage can be operatively coupled to the battery assembly stage, integrated in the same facility contained in an area of no greater than 10 km2.
Claims27
A system for producing lithium metal batteries, comprising:
- a manufacturing stage configured to fabricate a first electrode, the manufacturing stage comprising:
- a lithium supply comprising a feedstock of aqueous lithium salt solution, wherein the feedstock of aqueous lithium salt solution comprises lithium brine mined from a geological resource;
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- an electrochemical cell for depositing lithium ions in the feedstock of aqueous lithium salt solution as a layer of lithium metal onto a substrate, wherein the electrochemical cell comprises a lithium-ion selective membrane, wherein the lithium ions flow through the lithium-ion selective membrane to form the layer of lithium metal on the substrate, thereby forming the first electrode;
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- a battery assembly stage configured to integrate the first electrode, the lithium-ion selective membrane, and a second electrode into a battery, wherein the first electrode is a negative electrode of the battery, wherein the second electrode is a positive electrode of the battery, and wherein the battery assembly stage comprises a sealer configured to seal the negative electrode, the lithium ion-selective membrane, and the positive electrode in a casing of the battery, and wherein the battery is assembled in a charged state;
- wherein the manufacturing stage is operatively coupled to the battery assembly stage, and wherein the lithium supply of the manufacturing stage, the electrochemical cell of the manufacturing stage, and the battery assembly stage are integrated in a same facility contained in an area of no greater than 10 km2.
A system for producing lithium metal batteries, comprising:
- a first manufacturing stage configured to fabricate a first electrode, the first manufacturing stage comprising:
- a lithium supply comprising a feedstock of aqueous lithium salt solution, wherein the feedstock of aqueous lithium salt solution comprises lithium brine mined from a geological resource;
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- an electrochemical cell comprising a lithium-ion selective membrane in contact with a first substrate, wherein the electrochemical cell is configured to deposit lithium ions in the feedstock of aqueous lithium salt solution as a layer of lithium metal onto the first substrate to fabricate the first electrode, wherein the lithium ions flow through the lithium-ion selective membrane to form the layer of lithium metal on the first substrate, thereby forming the first electrode;
- a second manufacturing stage configured to fabricate a second electrode, the second manufacturing stage comprising:
- a coater configured to coat a second substrate with a positive electrode material, thereby forming the second electrode;
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- a battery assembly stage configured to integrate the first electrode, the lithium-ion selective membrane, and the second electrode into a battery, wherein the first electrode is a negative electrode of the battery, wherein the second electrode is a positive electrode of the battery, and wherein the battery assembly stage comprises a sealer configured to seal the negative electrode, the lithium-ion selective membrane, and the positive electrode in a casing of the battery, and wherein the battery is assembled in a charged state;
- wherein the first manufacturing stage is operatively coupled to the second manufacturing stage.
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