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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178242 | Lithium-ion battery A lithium-ion battery includes a positive electrode having a current collector and a first active material and a negative electrode comprising a current collector, a second active material, and a third active material. The second active material comprises a lithium ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8168330 | Lithium titanate cell with reduced gassing A method of manufacturing a lithium cell is disclosed. The method can include providing a lithium cell having an operating voltage range, where the lithium cell includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and an electrolyte in contact with, and between, the... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8148016 | Cathode and lithium battery including the same A cathode active material composition of a cathode of a lithium battery includes a conducting agent, a binder, and a cathode active material coated on one surface of a current collector, wherein the cathode active material composition is coated with a vanadium oxide... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148020 | Molybdenum/air battery and cell design A metal-air battery has an anode in which the electrochemically active material is molybdenum. The molybdenum may be in the form of a bulk body of material or it may comprise a particulate material dispersed with or in another material. In some instances, the molybd... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8129050 | Anode active material, and anode and lithium battery containing the same An anode active material including a tin (Sn)-cobalt (Co) intermetallic compound, titanium (Ti), and carbon (C). The anode active material can include indium (In), niobium (Nb), germanium (Ge), molybdenum (Mo), aluminum (Al), phosphorus (P), gallium (Ga), bismuth (B... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8048567 | Anode for secondary battery having negative active material with nano-fiber network structure and secondary battery using the same, and fabrication method of negative active material for secondary battery There is provided a metal oxide having a continuous nano-fiber network structure as a negative active material for a secondary battery. A method for fabricating such negative active material for a secondary battery comprises spinning a mixed solution of a metal oxid... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7968232 | Cathode and lithium battery including the same A cathode active material composition of a cathode of a lithium battery includes a conducting agent, a binder, and a cathode active material coated on one surface of a current collector, wherein the cathode active material composition is coated with a vanadium oxide... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7964310 | Electrochemical cell An electrochemical cell comprises as an anode, a lithium transition metal oxide or sulphide compound which has a [B2]X4n− spinel-type framework structure of an A[B2]X4 spinel wherein A and B are metal cations ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7955735 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has a high electrical capacity and exhibits excellent cycle characteristics even when the battery is rapidly charged and discharged at a large current includes: a positive electrode capable of reversibly absorbing and... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7855016 | Electrochemical cell An electrochemical cell comprises as an anode, a lithium transition metal oxide or sulphide compound which has a [B2]X4n− spinel-type framework structure of an A[B2]X4 spinel wherein A and B are metal cations ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7838149 | Electrochemical cell An electrochemical cell comprises as an anode, a lithium transition metal oxide or sulphide compound which as a [B2]X4n− spinel-type framework structure of an A[B2]S4 spinel wherein A and B are metal cations s... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7824804 | Electrochemical cell An electrochemical cell comprises as an anode, a lithium transition metal oxide or sulphide compound which has a [B2]X4n− spinel-type framework structure of an A[B2]X4 spinel wherein A and B are metal cations ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7820327 | Lithium titanate and lithium cells and batteries including the same An active material suitable for use in lithium cells comprises lithium titanate having a surface and a material disposed on the surface is provided. The material is non-reactive with an electrolyte within a range of potential vs. lithium of from 0 V to 4 V. A variet... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7799459 | Insertion compound able to be used as cathodic active material of a lithium rechargeable electrochemical cell A compound for use as active material of a positive electrode of a lithium-ion cell. This compound has an average discharge voltage above 4.5V in relation to the Li+/Li couple of approximately 4.7V. The compound includes: a) a spinel-type crystalline phase of formul... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7790319 | Method for making electrode active material The present invention is directed to a method for making electrode active materials represented by the general formula: Aa(VO)bXO4, wherein: (a) A is an alkali metal or mi... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7674554 | Anode active material, method of preparing the same, and anode and lithium battery containing the anode active material An anode active material including a titanium-based (Ti-based) oxide core and a coating of a titanium oxynitride formed on the Ti-based oxide core, and an anode and lithium battery including the anode active material. ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7642012 | Polymer separator for a lithium battery A separator for a battery in lithium. The separator is a thick membrane, of around 60 to 120 μm in polyvinylidene fluoride copolymer, which has considerable porosity, of around 50 to 90%, with pores of size between 1 and 10 μm. With these characteristics, it is po... | 01/05/2010 |
| RE40834 | Positive active material for rechargeable lithium batteries and method of preparing the same A positive active material includes a core including a lithiated compound, and at least two surface-treatment layers formed on the core. The surface-treatment layer includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a coating-element-included hydro... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7541113 | Pore free electrode formed of conductive titanium suboxide particles and hardened thermoset resin An electrode for a bipolar cell or battery comprises a plate like body made of hardened resin containing particles of titanium suboxide or other electrically conductive particulate arranged to form electrical paths. A method of testing the body for porosity is also ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7524584 | Electrode active material for a secondary electrochemical cell The invention provides a novel polyanion-based electrode active material for use in a secondary or rechargeable electrochemical cell having a first electrode, a second electrode and an electrolyte. ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7442469 | Cathode active material and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A cathode with a cathode active material is provided. The cathode active material is obtained by mixing a zirconium-containing lithium cobalt composite oxide containing zirconium as a sub-component element in a first lithium cobalt composite oxide expressed by a for... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438992 | Lithium-based active materials and preparation thereof The invention provides novel lithium-mixed metal materials which, upon electrochemical interaction, release lithium ions, and are capable of reversibly cycling lithium ions. The invention provides a rechargeable lithium battery which comprises an electrode formed fr... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438994 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The positive electrode has a theoretical capacity per unit area from 3.0 to 4.5 mAh/cm2. The non-aqueous elect... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435509 | Electrode for a lithium cell This invention relates to a positive electrode for an electrochemical cell or battery, and to an electrochemical cell or battery; the invention relates more specifically to a positive electrode for a non-aqueous lithium cell or battery when the electrode is used the... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435510 | Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a positive electrode containing a positive active material, a negative electrode containing a negative active material and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein a lithium transition metal complex oxide A formed by al... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432001 | Prevention of lithium deposition in nonaqueous electrolyte cells by electrolyte-to-cathode weight ratio The prevention of lithium clusters from bridging between the negative and positive portions of a cell during discharge is described. This is done by limiting the amount of electrolyte in the cell, thereby eliminating excess electrolyte pooling above the cell stack. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422823 | Alkali-iron-cobalt phosphates and related electrode active materials This invention relates to electrode active materials, electrodes, and batteries. In particular, this invention relates to active materials comprising lithium or other alkali metals, iron, cobalt, and other transition metals, and phosphates or similar moieties. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419744 | Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and battery pack A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains an active material providing a working potential which is nobler by at least 0.5V than a lithium metal poten... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7410511 | Production method of positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and positive electrode active material A positive electrode active material, which gives a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of high input/output where resistance due to a battery reaction in a low temperature environment is suppressed, is produced by a method comprising: (a)providing a n... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7405023 | Alkaline dry battery The present invention provides an alkaline dry battery which has excellent heavy load and intermediate load discharge characteristics, and in which reduction in light load discharge characteristic is suppressed. In the alkaline dry battery comprising: a negative ele... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7390336 | Polyimide-based lithium metal battery The present invention relates to Lithium Metal batteries. In particular, it is related to lithium metal batteries containing a polyimide-based electrolyte. The present invention concerns a new concept of polyimide-based electrolytic component having an electrolyte c... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390594 | Anode material for lithium batteries Primary and secondary Li-ion and lithium-metal based electrochemical cell system. The suppression of gas generation is achieved through the addition of an additive or additives to the electrolyte system of respective cell, or to the cell itself whether it be a liqui... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389580 | Method and apparatus for thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material layer to a location on a substrate. Energy is suppl... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381498 | Positive electrode active material powder for lithium secondary battery To provide a lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese composite oxide powder for a positive electrode of a lithium secondary battery, which has a large volume capacity density and high safety and is excellent in the charge and discharge cyclic durability. A positive electrod... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381497 | Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising a lithium-containing composite oxide, wherein the composite oxide is represented by the general formula: LizCo1-x-yMgxMyO | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378189 | Electrode material for lithium secondary battery, electrode structure employing electrode material, and lithium secondary battery having electrode structure The present invention provides: an electrode material for a lithium secondary battery containing lithium boron mixed oxide having a monoclinic LiBO2 structure and represented by a chemical formula LiB1-xDxO2-yE | 05/27/2008 |
| 7368097 | Preparation of nanocrystalline lithium titanate spinels Process for preparing nanocrystalline lithium titanate spinels by reacting lithium hydroxide and a titanium alkoxide at elevated temperature in a reaction mixture which forms water of reaction. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7358009 | Layered electrodes for lithium cells and batteries Lithium metal oxide compounds of nominal formula Li2MO2, in which M represents two or more positively charged metal ions, selected predominantly and preferably from the first row of transition metals are disclosed herein. The Li2MO | 04/15/2008 |
| 7348100 | Product and method for the processing of precursors for lithium phosphate active materials Methods for producing an electrode active material precursor, comprising: a) producing a mixture comprising particles of lithium hydrogen phosphate, having a first average particle size, and a metal hydroxide, having a second avera... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341498 | Method of irradiating field emission cathode having nanotubes Field emission devices comprising carbon nanotube mats which have been treated with laser or plasma are provided. Mats are formed from carbon nanotubes, also known as carbon fibrils, which are vermicular carbon deposits having diameters of less than about one micron... | 03/11/2008 |
