Li-ion battery having improved safety against combustion
AssigneeThe Chemours Company Fc, LLC
InventorsDENNIS J. KOUNTZ, JAMES R. HOOVER, GEORGE MARTIN PRUCE
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Abstract
A Li-ion battery is provided in combination with fluorinated material positioned effective to abate combustion by said battery, the fluorinated material being normally non-gaseous and non-liquid and being itself effective to provide the combustion abatement by said battery, such fluorinated material being is such forms as the material of construction of the battery case containing the battery, film wrapped around said battery, and/or semi-solid material at least proximate to the battery, such as by forming a coating on said battery or said film on said battery.
Claims12
A coated lithium-ion battery comprising:
- a lithium-ion battery;
- a first fluorinated material comprising fluoropolyether positioned as a coating on said lithium-ion battery, said first fluorinated material being a semi-solid and non-gaseous and non-liquid under normal conditions;
- and
- a second fluorinated material comprising fluoropolymer film in contact with said lithium-ion battery;
- wherein said first and second fluorinated materials are effective to abate combustion of said lithium-ion battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.