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• the present invention relates to energy storage devices, in particular to rechargeable batteries such as lithium-ion (Li-ion) and lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries.
• rechargeable batteries such as lithium-ion (Li-ion) and lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries.
• a Li-ion battery with a molten salt electrolyte may also have a higher energy or power density, compared to a conventional Li-ion battery.
• the cycling stability of molten salt electrolyte Li-ion batteries is a serious problem.
• An example battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte.
• the positive electrode comprises a positive active material, and has a positive electrode area and a positive electrode capacity.
• the negative electrode comprises a negative active material, and has a negative electrode area and a negative electrode capacity.
• the battery has an electrode area ratio equal to the positive electrode area divided by the negative electrode area, the electrode area ratio being at least approximately one, and an electrode capacity ratio equal to the positive electrode capacity divided by the negative electrode capacity, the electrode capacity ratio being at least approximately one.
• the electrolyte is a molten salt electrolyte including a source of ions, depending on the type of battery. For a lithium ion battery, the source of ions may be a lithium salt.
• the negative active material has a particle size of approximately one micron or greater.
• the cycling stability of a lithium ion battery having a molten salt electrolyte can be increased using one or more of the following improvements: a negative active material particle size of greater than approximately one micron, a capacity ratio (equal to the positive electrode (cathode) capacity divided by the negative electrode (anode) capacity of at least approximately one, and an electrode area ratio (equal to a positive electrode area divided by a negative electrode area) of at least approximately one.
• Figure IB is a schematic showing the problem of molten salt electrolyte decomposition in a battery
• Figure 2 shows IR spectra of molten salt electrolyte decomposition after cycling a battery
• Figure 3 shows the effect of particle size of negative active material on cycling stability, in this example using a 0 ⁇ 50 ⁇ 2 negative active material in a Li-ion battery with molten salt electrolyte, for (A) 3 microns and (B) 50 nm;
• An example battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte.
• the positive electrode comprises a positive active material, and has a positive electrode area and a positive electrode capacity.
• the negative electrode comprises a negative active material, and has a negative electrode area and a negative electrode capacity.
• the battery has an electrode area ratio equal to the positive electrode area divided by the negative electrode area, the electrode area ratio being at least approximately one, and an electrode capacity ratio equal to the positive electrode capacity divided by the negative electrode capacity, the electrode capacity ratio being at least approximately one.
• the electrolyte is a molten salt electrolyte including a source of ions, depending on the type of battery. For a lithium ion battery, the source of ions is a lithium salt or other source of lithium ions.
• the negative active material has a particle size of approximately one micron or greater. In other examples, the negative active material has a particle size of approximately three microns or greater, or may be approximately three microns.
• the particles may be substantially monodisperse in size, or may have an appreciable size distribution, in which case the particle size is an average size of the particle size distribution, such as the mean size.
• the electrode capacity ratio is approximately one.
• the electrode capacity ratio is the ratio of the positive electrode capacity to the negative electrode capacity.
• the capacity of an electrode is often given as a charge-time product per unit area. The units of charge and time used are not important in the ratio calculation.
• the capacity of an electrode is equal to the capacity per unit area multiplied by the electrode area. Hence, for similar area of the two electrodes, the capacity ratio is equal to the ratio of the capacitances per unit area of the two electrodes.
• the molten salt electrolyte comprises an onium.
• Other example molten salt electrolyte components are given elsewhere.
• the negative active material may comprise lithium titanate, or other compound capable of receiving and giving up lithium ions.
• the negative electrode may further include an electron conductive material, such as a carbon-containing material (such as carbon), and a binder.
• the negative electrode may take the form of a layer disposed on a first electron collector.
• the positive active material similarly may comprise compound capable of receiving and giving up lithium ions, an electron conductive material (which may be the same or different as the electron conductive material in the negative electrode), and a binder, and may take the form of a layer disposed on a second electron collector.
• anode is conventionally used for the negative electrode
• cathode is conventionally used for the positive electrode.
• An example Li-ion battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, separator, molten salt electrolyte (an electrolyte including a molten salt), and first and second electron collectors supporting the positive electrode and negative electrode respectively, where the positive and negative electrodes each comprise a binder, electron conducting material, and positive or negative active material, respectively.
• the active materials allow lithium ion insertion and extraction (such as reversible intercalation) when the battery is charged or discharged.
• An example negative active material is lithium titanium oxide, for example as represented by Li 4 Ti 5 Oi 2 .
• the molten salt electrolyte can include an onium, such as an ammonium, a phosphonium, an oxonium, a sulfonium, an amidinium, an imidazolium, a pyrazolium, and a low basicity anion, such as PF 6 “ , BF 4 “ , CF 3 SO 3 “ , (CF 3 SO 2 )N “ , (FSO 2 ) 2 N “ .
• an onium such as an ammonium, a phosphonium, an oxonium, a sulfonium, an amidinium, an imidazolium, a pyrazolium, and a low basicity anion, such as PF 6 “ , BF 4 " , CF 3 SO 3 “ , (CF 3 SO 2 )N “ , (FSO 2 ) 2 N “ .
• the molten salt electrolyte may also include Y + N " (-SO 2 Rf 2 )(-XRf 3 ), where Y + is a cation selected from the group consisting of an imidazolium ion, an ammonium ion, a sulfonium ion, a pyridinium, a(n) (iso)thiazolyl ion, and a(n) (iso) oxazolium ion, which may be optionally substituted with C MO alkyl or Cj-io alkyl having ether linkage, provided that said cation has at least one substituent of -CH 2 Rf 1 or -OCH 2 Rf 1 (where Rf is C 1-1O polyfluoroalkyl); Rf 2 and Rf 3 are independently Ci-) O perfluorophenyl or may together be C 1-1 O perfluoroalkylene; and X is -SO 2 - or -CO-.
• Figure IA shows a possible structure for a molten salt type Li-ion battery. The figure is a cross-section or edge view of a layered structure.
• the battery comprises first electron collector 10, negative electrode (or anode) 12, electrolyte layers 14 and 18, separator 16, positive electrode (or cathode 20), and second electron collector 22.
• the positive electrode includes a positive active material, an electron conductive material, and a binder.
• the negative electrode includes a negative active material, an electron conductive material, and a binder.
• Figure IB shows a schematic representation of molten salt electrolyte decomposition in an electrode layer.
• the electrode (a portion shown at 40) comprises active material particles 42, and electron conductive material particles 44 (represented with thicker walls for illustrative clarity).
• the particle surfaces, such as 48, may support a layer of binder. Inter-particle gaps, such as 50, are filled with electrolyte.
• Electrolyte decomposition at the surface of a particle is represented by jagged shape 46.
• Figure 1C is a simplified representation of a battery having a negative electrode 80 and a positive electrode 82.
• the electrodes of the battery are in the form of a sheet or layer, having a thickness much less than the length or width.
• the area is in this case the product of the length and width of the sheet or layer.
• the negative electrode area is the area 84 labeled A
• the positive electrode area is shown partially at 84.
• the electrodes are generally parallel and spaced apart. In some battery configurations, only a
• EMI-FSI ethyl- l-methyl-3-imidazolium-bis-fluoro-sulfonylimide
• LiTFSI lithium-bis-trifluoromethan-sulfonylimide
• FIG. 2 illustrates four IR spectra labeled A, B, C, and D respectively.
• Spectrum A at the top of the figure, is the IR spectrum of the EMI-TFSI molten salt before cycling
• B represents the IR spectrum of the EMI-TFSI molten salt after cycling
• C represents the IR spectrum of the anion (Li-TFSI)
• D (the spectrum at the bottom of the figure) represents the IR spectrum of the cation (EMI-BF 4 ).
• FIG. 3 shows the cycling stability results of two Li-ion batteries with different Li 4 Tis0i 2 particle sizes. The two batteries were made in the same way except for the particle size of the negative materials. The battery with a particle size diameter of 3 ⁇ m (3 microns) show good cycling stability (data represented by the diamonds labeled A) compared to the battery with the particle size diameter of 50 run (data represented by the squares labeled B).
• the two batteries were made in the same way, except for the capacity ratio.
• the battery with the C/A of 1.0 showed improved cycling stability compared to that with the lower C/A ratio.
• the C/A ratio may also be referred to as electrode capacity ratio, equal to the positive electrode capacity divided by the negative electrode capacity, the electrode capacity ratio being at least approximately one.
• the two types of batteries were made in the same way except for the area ratio.
• the battery with the Ca/ Aa of 1.0 showed good cycling stability compared to that with the lower C/A ratio.
• the C/A ratio can also be called the electrode area ratio, equal to the positive electrode area divided by the negative electrode area, and these results show improvement for the electrode area ratio being at approximately one.
• An electrode area ratio of greater than one infers that the positive electrode area is greater than the negative electrode area.
• a possible reason for this effect is a concentration of electric lines of force near the outer edges of the positive electrode if the positive electrode is smaller in area than the negative electrode. Hence, improved performance is expected as long as the electrode area ratio is approximately one or greater.
• An electrode capacity ratio of greater than one infers that the positive electrode capacity is greater than the negative electrode capacity.
• the positive electrode was fabricated by intimately mixing 85 wt % LiCoO 2 powder, 10 wt % carbon powder, and 5 wt % solvent of polyvinylidene fluoride in N- methylpyrrolidone. To form a positive electrode film, the mixed slurry was cast onto aluminum foil using a doctor blade and dried at 80 0 C for 30 minutes. The density of the layer was about 6 mg/cm 2 . The coating area was 30 cm 2 .
• the negative electrode was fabricated by intimately mixing 85 wt % Li 4 TisOi 2 (particle size of 3 ⁇ . m) powder, 10 wt % carbon powder, and 5 wt % solvent of polyvinylidene fluoride in N-methylpyrrolidone. To form a negative electrode film, the mixed slurry was cast onto aluminum foil using a doctor blade and dried at 80 0 C for 30 minutes. The density of the layer was about 8 mg/cm 2 . The coating area was 36 cm 2 .
• the positive electrode sheet, a micro-porous polypropylene film separator, and the negative electrode sheet were stacked, and placed in aluminum laminate pack.
• molten salt electrolyte A certain amount of molten salt electrolyte was added in to the laminate pack.
• EMI-FSI ethyl- l-methyl-3-imidazolium-bis-fluoro-sulfonylimide
• LiTFSI lithium-bis-trifluoromethan-sulfonylimide
• Negative electrode was fabricated by intimately mixing 85 wt % Li 4 TIsOi 2
• Example 1 particle size of 50 nm powder, 10 wt % carbon powder, and 5 wt % solvent of polyvinylidene fluoride in N-methylpyrrolidone.
• the mixed slurry was cast onto aluminum foil using a doctor blade and dried at 80 0 C for 30 minutes. The density of the layer was about 6 mg/ cm 2 . The coating area was 36 cm 2 .
• Other details are the same as Example 1.
• Negative electrode was fabricated by intimately mixing 85 wt % Li 4 TIsOi 2 (particle size of 50 nm) powder, 10 wt % carbon powder, and 5 wt % solvent of polyvinylidene fluoride in N-methylpyrrolidone. To form a negative electrode film, the mixed slurry was cast onto aluminum foil using a doctor blade and dried at 80 0 C for 30 minutes. The density of the layer was about 8 mg/cm 2 . The coating area was 30 cm 2 . Other details are the same as Example 1.
• Negative electrode was fabricated by intimately mixing 85 wt % Li 4 TIsOi 2 (particle size of 50 nm) powder, 10 wt % carbon powder, and 5 wt % solvent of polyvinylidene fluoride in N-methylpyrrolidone. To form a negative electrode film, the mixed slurry was cast onto aluminum foil using a doctor blade and dried at 80 0 C for 30 minutes. The density of the layer was about 8 mg/cm 2 . The coating area was 36 cm 2 . Other details are the same as Example 1
• the battery was charged and discharged under the following conditions: electric current density: 0.3 mA/cm 2 ; charge-termination voltage: 2.6 V; discharge-termination voltage: 1.5V; and number of cycles: 100 cycles.
• a particle size of the order of micrometers can be used.
• the particle size can be greater than approximately 50 nm, such as approximately one micron, or greater than approximately one micron, such as approximately 3 microns, or greater than approximately 3 microns.
• One probable advantage of the larger particle size is to reduce the active surface area, so as to reduce the decomposition rate of the electrolyte.
• an improved electrode structure design for a lithium-ion battery includes a capacity ratio (C/ A) of cathode capacity to anode (such as Li 4 Ti 5 Oi 2 ) capacity, and area ratio (Ca/Aa) of cathode area to anode area (for example, with a molten salt electrolyte such as described herein), where the capacity ratio and area ratio are both approximately 1.0.
• the capacity ratio can be approximately 1.0 or greater, and/or the area ratio can be approximately 1.0 or greater.
• the particle size of negative material as well as the structure of the electrodes may greatly affect cell cycle performance.
• the cycle life of a battery, such as a Li-ion battery can be greatly improved.
• Improved designs for the structure of the electrodes, and anode particle size in a Li-ion battery for example, one having a Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 anode and a molten salt electrolyte, such as described above) can greatly improve battery cycle life.
• the thickness of an electrode layer can be varied to adjust the electrode capacity.
• the positive electrode has a lower capacity per unit volume than the negative electrode, then the positive electrode thickness, and hence the volume, can be correspondingly increased.
• the positive electrode thickness, and hence the volume can be correspondingly increased.
• the positive electrode thickness, and improved battery has an electrode thicknesses chosen to approximately equalize the electrode capacities, or to ensure the electrode capacity of the positive electrode is approximately equal to or greater than the negative electrode.
• the proportion of active material in an electrode can be correspondingly varied to equalize electrode capacities, or to ensure the positive electrode capacity is greater than or equal to the negative electrode capacity.
• the electrode thickness and/or proportion of active materials can be adjusted in cases where a positive and negative electrode of similar thickness and/or proportion of active material would have different electrode capacities.
• Batteries according to examples of the present invention include a molten salt electrolyte.
• the term molten salt electrolyte is used herein to represent an electrolyte including one or more molten salts as a significant component of the electrolyte, for example more than 50% of the electrolyte.
• a molten salt electrolyte is an electrolyte comprising one or more salts, that is at least in part molten (or otherwise liquid) at the operating temperatures of the battery.
• a molten salt electrolyte can also be described as a molten, non-aqueous electrolyte, as an aqueous solvent is not required, or as an ionic liquid. Molten salt electrolytes which may be used in embodiments of the invention are described in U.S.
• Example molten salts include those having an aromatic cation (such as an imidazolium salt or a pyridinium salt), an aliphatic quaternary ammonium salt, or a sulfonium salt.
• the molten salt electrolyte used may include an onium, such as an ammonium, a phosphonium, an oxonium, a sulfonium, an amidinium, an imidazolium, a pyrazolium, and an anion, such as PF 6 " , BF 4 " , CF 3 SO 3 " , (CF 3 SO 2 ) Z N “ , (FSO 2 ) 2 N “ , (C 2 F 5 SO 2 ) 2 N ⁇ Cl " and Br ' .
• a molten salt electrolyte used in an example of the present invention may include Y + N " (-SO 2 Rf 2 )(-XRf 3 ), where Y + is a cation selected from the group consisting of an imidazolium ion, an ammonium ion, a sulfonium ion, a pyridinium, a(n) (iso)thiazolyl ion, and a(n) (iso) oxazolium ion, which may be optionally substituted with C 1-I o alkyl or C 1 - I o alkyl having ether linkage, provided that said cation has at least one substituent of -CH 2 Rf 1 or -OCH 2 Rf 1 (where R fl is Cj.io polyfluoroalkyl); Rf 2 and Rf 3 are independently CM O perfluorophenyl or may together from C 1-1O perfiuoroalkylene; and
• Molten salts include salts having an aromatic cation (such as an imidazolium salt or a pyridinium salt), aliphatic quaternary ammonium salts, and sulfonium salts.
• Imidazolium salts include salts having a dialkylimidazolium ion, such as a dimethylimidazolium ion, an ethylmethyliniidazolium ion, a propylmethylimidazolium ion, a butylmethylimidazolium ion, a hexylmethylimidazolium ion or an octylmethylimidazolium ion, or a trialkylimidazolium ion such as a 1,2,3-trimethylimidazolium ion, a l-ethyl-2,3- dimethylimidazolium ion, a l-butyl-2,3-dimethylimi
• Imidazolium salts include ethylmethyliniidazolium tetrafluoroborate (EMI-BF 4 ), ethyhnethylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonylimide (EMI-TFSI), propylmethylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, l,2-diethyl-3- methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonylimide (DEMI-TFSI), and 1,2,4-triethyl- 3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonylimide (TEMI-TFSI).
• EMI-BF 4 ethylmethyliniidazolium tetrafluoroborate
• DEMI-TFSI ethyhnethylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonylimide
• DEMI-TFSI 1,2,4-triethyl- 3-methylimidazolium trifluo
• Pyridinium salts include salts having an alkyl pyridinium ion, such as a 1- ethylpyridinium ion, a 1-butylpyridinium ion or a 1-hexylpyridinium ion.
• Pyridinium salts include 1-ethylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate and 1-ethylpyridinium trifluoromethanesulfonylimide.
• Ammonium salts include trimethylpropylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonylimide (TMPA-TFSI), diethylmethylpropylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonylimide, and 1 -butyl- 1-methylpyrrolidinium trifluoromethanesulfonylimide.
• Sulfonium salts include triethylsulfonium trifluoromethanesulfonylimide (TES-TFSI).
• the electrolyte typically contains a cation source, providing cations according to the type of battery.
• the cation source can be a lithium salt.
• Lithium salts in the electrolyte of a lithium-ion battery may include one or more of the following: LiPF 6 , LiAsF 6 , LiSbF 6 , LiBF 4 , LiClO 4 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , Li(CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 N, Li(C 2 F 5 SO 2 ) 2 N, LiC 4 F 9 SO 3 , Li(CF 3 SO 2 ) 3 C, LiBPh 4 , LiBOB (lithium bis(oxalato)borate), and Li(CF 3 SO 2 )(CF 3 CO)N, and the like.
• Examples of the present invention can include rechargeable batteries using ions other than lithium, such as other alkali metal or other cation based batteries, in which case an appropriate salt is used.
• the molten salt of a potassium-ion battery may include KPF 6 or other potassium-ion providing compound.
• the active material of the positive electrode, or cathode can be a material allowing cation insertion and release.
• the cathode active material can be a lithium composite oxide, such as a lithium metal oxide (an oxide of lithium and at least one other metal species).
• Example lithium composite oxides include Li-Ni-containing oxides (such as Li x NiO 2 ), Li x (Ni 3 Co)O 2 ), Li-Mn- containing oxides (such as Li x MnO 2 , Li x Mn 2 O 4 , LixNio. 5 Mn 1 .
• Lithium composite oxides include oxides of lithium and one or more transition metals, and oxides of lithium and one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Co, Al, Mn, Cr, Fe, V, Mg, Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, W, Cu, Zn, Ga, In, Sn, La and Ce.
• the cathode active material may by nanostructured, for example in the form of nanoparticles having a mean diameter less than one micron.
• the negative electrode comprises a negative active material, and (optionally) an electron conductive material and a binder.
• the negative electrode may be formed in electrical communication with an electron collector.
• the negative active material may be carbon based, such as graphitic carbon and/or amorphous carbon, such as natural graphite, mesocarbon microbeads (MCMBs), highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), hard carbon or soft carbon, or a material comprising silicon and/or tin, or other components.
• the negative electrode may be a lithium titanate, such as Li 4 Ti 5 Oi 2 .
• Rechargeable batteries include those based on any cation that can be reversibly stored (for example, inserted or intercalated) and released.
• Cations may include positive ions of alkali metals such as lithium, sodium, potassium, and cesium; alkaline earth metals such as calcium and barium; other metals such as magnesium, aluminum, silver and zinc; and hydrogen.
• cations may be ammonium ions, imidazolium ions, pyridinium ions, phosphonium ions, sulfonium ions, and derivatives thereof, such as alkyl or other derivatives of such ions.
• Electron conductive materials which may be used in electrodes of batteries according to examples of the present invention may comprise a carbon-containing material, such as graphite.
• Other example electron-conductive materials include polyaniline or other conducting polymer, carbon fibers, carbon black (or similar materials such as acetylene black, or Ketjen black), and non-electroactive metals such as cobalt, copper, nickel, other metal, or metal compound.
• the electron conducting material may be in the form of particles (as used here, the term includes granules, flakes, powders and the like), fibers, a mesh, sheet, or other two or three-dimensional framework.
• Electron conductive materials also include oxides such as SnO 2 , Ti 4 O 7 , In 2 O 3 /SnO 2 (ITO), Ta 2 O 5 , WO 2 , W 18 O 49 , CrO 2 and Tl 2 O 3 , carbides represented by the formula MC (where M is a metal, such as WC, TiC and TaC), carbides represented by the formula M 2 C, metal nitrides, and metallic tungsten
• An example battery may further include electrical leads and appropriate packaging, for example a sealed container providing electrical contacts in electrical communication with the first and second current collectors.
• An electron collector also known as a current collector, can be an electrically conductive member comprising a metal, conducting polymer, or other conducting material.
• the electron collector may be in the form of a sheet, mesh, rod, or other desired form.
• an electron collector may comprise a metal such as Al, Ni, Fe, Ti, stainless steel, or other metal or alloy.
• the electron collector may have a protective coating to reduce corrosion, for example a protection layer comprising tungsten (W), platinum (Pt), titanium carbide (TiC), tantalum carbide (TaC), titanium oxide (for example, Ti 4 O 7 ), copper phosphide (Cu 2 P 3 ), nickel phosphide (Ni 2 P 3 ), iron phosphide (FeP), and the like.
• An adhesion promoter can be used to promote adhesion of an electrode to an electron collector.
• One or both electrodes may further include a binder.
• the binder may comprise one or more inert materials, for the purpose of improving the mechanical properties of the electrode, facilitating electrode manufacture or processing, or other purpose.
• Example binder materials include polymers, such as polyethylene, polyolefins and derivatives thereof, polyethylene oxide, acrylic polymers (including polymethacrylates), synthetic rubber, and the like. Binders also include fluoropolymers such as polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) copolymers (PVDF-HFP), and the like.
• PVDF polyvinylidene fluoride
• PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
• PVDF-HFP poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) copolymers
• Binder materials may include PEO (poly(ethylene oxide), PAN (polyacrylonitrile), CMC (carboxy methyl cellulose), SBR (styrene-butadiene rubber), or a mixture of compounds, including composite materials, copolymers, and the like.
• a battery may further comprise a housing, and a separator between the positive and negative electrodes.
• Batteries may include one or more separators, located between the negative electrode and positive electrode for the purpose of preventing direct electrical contact (a short circuit) between the electrodes.
• a separator can be an ion-transmitting sheet, for example a porous sheet, film, mesh, or woven or non-woven cloth, fibrous mat (cloth), or other form. The separator is optional, and a solid electrolyte may provide a similar function.
• a separator may be a porous or otherwise ion-transmitting sheet, including a material such as a polymer (such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, methyl cellulose, or other polymer), sol-gel material, ormosil, glass, ceramic, glass-ceramic, or other material.
• a separator may be attached to a surface of one or both electrodes.

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