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US 2014/0212753 A1Published application
Organometallic - inorganic hybrid electrodes for lithium-ion batteries
AssigneeBattelle Memorial Institute
InventorsQian Huang, John P. Lemmon, Daiwon Choi, Lelia Cosimbescu
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Abstract
Disclosed are embodiments of active materials for organometallic and organometallic-inorganic hybrid electrodes and particularly active materials for organometallic and organometallic-inorganic hybrid cathodes for lithium-ion batteries. In certain embodiments the organometallic material comprises a ferrocene polymer.
Claims22
A cathode comprising:
- an active material comprising a ferrocene polymer satisfying formula (2):
- wherein R1 is —(CH2)—m, m=1-10, preferably m=1-5, and R2═H or a methyl group.
A lithium-ion battery comprising:
- a cathode active material comprising a ferrocene polymer satisfying formula (1):
- an inorganic active material;
- a conductive agent;
- and
- an anode.
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A cathode consisting essentially of:
- a ferrocene polymer satisfying formula (1)
- an inorganic active material;
- a conductive agent;
- and
- a binder.
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A cathode comprising:
- an active material comprising a ferrocene polymer satisfying formula (1):
- wherein n>0;
- an inorganic active material;
- a first conductive material;
- a second conductive material;
- and
- a binder.
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A method of making a lithium-ion cathode composition, the method comprising:
- mixing poly(2-ferrocenylmethyl methacrylate) (PFMMA) with a first conductive agent to form an organometallic active material composition;
- then mixing the organometallic active material composition with an inorganic active agent and a second conductive agent to form a hybrid cathode composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.