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US 7,598,003 B1Granted
Battery having enhanced energy density
AssigneeQuallion LLC
InventorsSang Young Yoon, Hiroshi Nakahara, Hisashi Tsukamoto, Manabu Tanaka
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Abstract
The battery includes an electrolyte activating one or more cathodes and one or more anodes. The electrolyte includes one or more organoborate salts in a solvent. The organoborate salt can include a lithium bis[bidentate]borate or a lithium dihalo mono[bidentate]borate. In some instances, the solvent includes a silane or a siloxane.
Claims31
A battery, comprising:
- an electrolyte activating one or more anodes and one or more cathodes,
- the electrolyte including one or more organoborate salts in a solvent that includes one or more component selected from a group consisting of a siloxane and a silane, and
- at least of the anodes including one or more components selected from a group consisting of lithium metal, a lithium metal alloy or a lithium metal intermetallic compound.
A method of forming a battery comprising:
- generating an electrolyte having one or more mono[bidentate]borate salts in a solvent that includes a siloxane or a silane, and
- activating one or more anodes and one or more cathodes with the electrolyte, at least of the anodes including one or more components selected from a group consisting of lithium metal, a lithium metal alloy and a lithium metal intermetallic compound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.