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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120052396 | ALL-SOLID BATTERY An all-solid battery includes: a positive electrode active material layer that includes a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode active material layer that includes a negative electrode active material; and a solid electrolyte layer that is formed betw... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120034528 | High energy density electrical energy storage devices High electrical energy density storage devices are disclosed. The devices include electrochemical capacitors, electrolytic capacitors, hybrid electrochemical-electrolytic capacitors and secondary batteries. Advantageously, the energy storage devices may employ core-shel... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028128 | ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM BATTERY There is provided an all-solid lithium battery having excellent output characteristics. The battery has a cathode, an electrolyte layer, and an anode. The cathode contains a cathode active material represented by formula (1) and a sulfide solid electrolyte, and the elec... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028127 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS An electrode comprises graphene, titanium dioxide and a binder, the binder configured to facilitate the binding together of the graphene and titanium dioxide to form the electrode.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120021298 | ALL-SOLID LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRODE THEREFOR The positive electrode of a solid lithium ion secondary battery including a solid electrolyte and a positive active material that includes core particles and a coated layer at least partially covering the surfaces of the core particles. The core particles comprise a lay... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120009483 | Negative active material for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including the same A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the negative active material including a metal-based active material; and a solid electrolyte having an ion conductivity of about 1.0×10−4 ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110318651 | THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR The invention relates to a cathode (A) for lithium ion accumulators, comprising
| 12/29/2011 |
| 20110311880 | ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY An electrochemical device, such as a magnesium-ion battery, comprises a first electrode including a first active material, a second electrode, and an electrolyte located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The electrolyte may include a magnesium compou... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110305958 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME An object is to provide a power storage device with improved cycle characteristics and a method of manufacturing the power storage device. Another object is to provide an application mode of the power storage device for which the above power storage device is used. In t... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110281173 | MULTIPLE ELECTROLYTE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS Electrode assemblies for use in electrochemical cells are provided. The negative electrode assembly comprises negative electrode active material and an electrolyte chosen specifically for its useful properties in the negative electrode. These properties include reductiv... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110223487 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL WITH SINTERED CATHODE AND BOTH SOLID AND LIQUID ELECTROLYTE An electrochemical cell has an anode of electrochemically-active material; a cathode of electrochemically-active, porous, liquid-permeable, sintered, ceramic material; and a solid-state, liquid-impermeable electrolyte medium disposed between the anode and the cathode. T... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110195315 | SOLID BATTERY A solid battery includes: a positive electrode active material layer that includes a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode active material layer that includes a negative electrode active material; and a solid electrolyte layer that is formed between t... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110177396 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE An object is to improve characteristics of a power storage device. The present invention relates to an electricity storage device comprising a current collector and a negative electrode-active material layer formed over the current collector. The negative electrode-acti... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110171536 | Electrochemical Device A cathode (1) is formed by compression bonding a mixture to a cathode current collecting net (5). The mixture includes a cathode active material and an electroconductive material such as graphite powder. The cathode active material is a halide of at least ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110165482 | Method for preparing a thin ceramic material with controlled surface porosity gradient, and resulting ceramic material A method for preparing a thin ceramic material with a continuous controlled surface porosity gradient is disclosed as well as its use for producing electrochemical cells that conduct by oxide ions. The thin ceramic material is characterized by a continuous variation in ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110159376 | PROTECTION OF ANODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS Provided is an anode for use in electrochemical cells, wherein the anode active layer has a first layer comprising lithium metal and a multi-layer structure comprising single ion conducting layers and polymer layers in contact with the first layer comprising lithium met... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110151335 | Lithium-sulfur cell and method for manufacturing A lithium-sulfur cell comprising an anode structure, a cathode structure and an electrolyte section abutting to the cathode structure. The cathode structure comprises a continuous layer of nanotubes or nanowires and sulfur particles. The sulfur particles are attached to... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110123868 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, VEHICLE, BATTERY-MOUNTING DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SOLID ELECTROLYTE BATTERY A purpose is to provide a solid electrolyte battery including a low-resistance solid electrolyte layer, a vehicle mounting this solid electrolyte battery, a battery-mounting device, and a manufacturing method of the solid electrolyte battery. A solid electrolyte battery... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110104526 | SOLID-STATE SODIUM-BASED SECONDARY CELL HAVING A SODIUM ION CONDUCTIVE CERAMIC SEPARATOR The present invention provides a solid-state sodium-based secondary cell (or rechargeable battery). While the secondary cell can include any suitable component, in some cases, the secondary cell comprises a solid sodium metal negative electrode that is disposed in a non... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110104534 | Battery Cell A battery cell including: an anode configured to operate as a source of cations during discharge of the battery cell; and an electrolyte configured to transport the cations from the anode to the a cathode during discharge of the battery cell, wherein the cathode include... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110065007 | ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER, ALL SOLID STATE BATTERY, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ALL SOLID STATE BATTERY An electrode active material layer includes an electrode active material and a sulfide solid state electrolyte material which is fused to a surface of the electrode active material and is substantially free of bridging sulfur.... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110003211 | ELECTRODES WITH SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTES An electrode assembly that includes an electrode film and a current collector is provided. The electrode film includes electrode active material, electronically conductive particles, and a solid polymer electrolyte. In some embodiments, no additional binder is used as t... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110003212 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SECONDARY BATTERY A multilayer whole solid-type lithium ion rechargeable battery has hitherto been produced by stacking green sheets of a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer, which are formed of respective materials different from each othe... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100323247 | ELECTROLYTE AND BATTERY A battery using an electrolyte with which favorable ion conductivity is able to be secured at low temperature is provided. A solid electrolyte is provided between a cathode in which a cathode active material layer is formed on a cathode current collector and an anode in... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100304222 | ELECTROLYTE HAVING EUTECTIC MIXTURE AND NITRILE COMPOUND, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE CONTAINING THE SAME Disclosed is an electrolyte comprising (a) a eutectic mixture of an amide compound represented by the following chemical formula 1 or 2 and an ionizable lithium salt; and (b) a nitrile compound. The eutectic mixture and the nitrile compound in the electrolyte contribute... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100297479 | ALL-SOLID LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY An all-solid lithium secondary battery which uses a sulfide-based solid electrolyte material and has a power-generating element that has formed therein an oxide layer containing substantially no moisture, which is produced by oxidation of the sulfide-based solid electro... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100291443 | AIR BREATHING LITHIUM POWER CELLS A cell suitable for use in a battery according to one embodiment includes a catalytic oxygen cathode; a stabilized zirconia electrolyte for selective oxygen anion transport; a molten salt electrolyte; and a lithium-based anode. A cell suitable for use in a battery accor... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100291420 | Novel Vanadium Halide Redox Flow Battery A vanadium halide redox cell including: a positive half cell containing a positive half cell solution including a halide electrolyte, a polyhalide complex, vanadium (IV) halide and vanadium (V) halide; a negative half cell containing a negative half cell solution includ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100285372 | MultiLayer Solid Electrolyte for Lithium Thin Film Batteries A lithium metal thin-film battery composite structure is provided that includes a combination of a thin, stable, solid electrolyte layer [18] such as Lipon, designed in use to be in contact with a lithium metal anode layer; and a rapid-deposit solid electrolyte l... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100279176 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME There is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which lithium ions can move smoothly between a positive electrode and a solid electrolyte layer, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having improved internal resistance. 11/04/2010 | |
| 20100279175 | SECONDARY BATTERIES WITH TREATED BENTONITE CATHODES HAVING ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY An electrochemical cell for a secondary battery is provided, which includes a positive electrode having an intercalation cathode material of bentonite; a negative electrode material having an anode material containing one of magnesium and sodium; an electrolyte position... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100273062 | ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY An all-solid-state battery includes: a positive electrode active material layer that contains a positive electrode active material, and a first sulfide solid electrolyte material that contacts the positive electrode active material and that substantially does not have a... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100227224 | HIGH PERFORMANCE SULFUR-BASED DRY POLYMER ELECTRODES A sulfur-based cathode for use in an electrochemical cell is disclosed. An exemplary sulfur-based cathode is coupled with a solid polymer electrolyte instead of a conventional liquid electrolyte. The dry, solid polymer electrolyte acts as a diffusion barrier for the sul... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100216029 | Lithium Ion Secondary Battery An overcharge suppressing agent adapted to react when the positive electrode potential becomes higher, to increase the internal resistance of a battery during overcharge in an lithium ion secondary battery in which a positive electrode capable of occluding and releasing... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100209779 | High energy density electrical energy storage devices High electrical energy density storage devices are disclosed. The devices include electrochemical capacitors, electrolytic capacitors, hybrid electrochemical-electrolytic capacitors, secondary batteries and batcaps. Advantageously, the energy storage devices may employ ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100196782 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL, POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MOLDED PRODUCT USING THE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE POLYMER ELECTROLYE MOLDED PRODUCT, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE COMPOSITE, AND SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL It is an object of the present invention to provide a polymer electrolyte material which has excellent proton conductivity even under the conditions of a low humidity or a low temperature and is excellent in mechanical strength and fuel barrier properties, and which mor... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100167130 | ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY SOURCE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SUCH AN ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY SOURCE The invention relates to an improved electrochemical energy source, comprising: a substrate, and at least one stack deposited onto said substrate, the stack comprising: an first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate solid-state electrolyte separating the fi... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100129722 | OXYNITRIDE SPUTTERING TARGET A cathode sputtering target includes: between 30 and 40 atomic % of a metal, between 2 and 10 atomic % of nitrogen, and between 35 and 50 atomic % of oxygen. The remainder up to 100% is constituted by at least one element selected from the group that comprises phosphoro... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100112456 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL LAYER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND SOLID STATE BATTERY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME A solid state battery excellent in pressure formability is provided. A positive electrode composite material layer includes sulfide glass unheated and a positive electrode active material. The sulfide glass and the positive electrode active material are pressure-formed ... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100104947 | ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION AND CATALYST INK AND SOLID ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FORMED BY USING THE SAME An electrolyte composition and catalyst ink, a solid electrolyte membrane formed by printing the electrolyte composition and catalyst ink, and a secondary battery including the solid electrolyte membrane. An electrolyte composition includes a solvent; a lithium salt dis... | 04/29/2010 |
