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• the present invention in a first aspect thereof is inherent to an improved carbon dioxide composite getter and in a second aspect thereof to sealed systems employing such an improved carbon dioxide composite getter.
• Non-limiting examples of systems negatively affected by chemical interactions are organic electronic devices, while examples of the latter type of devices where is the physical interaction to determine a device deterioration, are typically the ones where C0 2 is produced by the systems themselves as a side effect of their operation, and this may lead to overpressure and consequent rupture of the device case.
• Rechargeable lithium batteries are among the most critical devices since carbon dioxide overpressure may lead to sudden rupture of the device case with the risk of leakage of flammable substances (the electrolytes contained therein). This problem is also enhanced by the fact that typically the free volume in these devices is very small, whereby the generation of low quantities of carbon dioxide will lead to a quick rise in the device internal pressure.
• the purpose of the present invention is to provide an improved carbon dioxide composite getter comprising a C0 2 -permeable envelope, defining an internal volume V, that contains powders of at least a first and a second active material whose cumulative volume is Vm, said first active material being a hydroxide chosen from one or more of Li OH, NaOH, KOH, Ca(OH) 2 , Mg(OH) 2 , Sr(OH) 2 and said second active material being an oxide chosen from one or more of Li 2 0, CaO, MgO, SrO and characterized in that the C0 2 -permeable envelope has a permeation coefficient of at least 50 cm *mm/(m 2 *day*atm) and the ratio of the WVTR at 90%RH 38°C to the WVTR at 85%RH 23°C is less than 10.
• C0 2 -permeable envelope it is intended and meant an envelope possessing the required WVTR ratio (less than 10) as above expressed.
• the concentration of the first and second active materials i.e. respectively the weight ratio of the first and second active material with respect to the overall weight (sum) of the active materials shall be at least 10%, i.e. the oxide/(oxide + hydroxide) weight ratio is comprised between 0, 1 and 0,9.
• the second active material is mainly Li 2 0
• the weight concentration of Li 2 0 is preferably comprised between 15% and 90%, more preferably between 25% and 70%.
• the weight concentration of CaO is preferably comprised between 25% and 90%, more preferably between 30% and 60%.
• the weight concentration of MgO is preferably comprised between 20% and 90%, more preferably between 25% and 60%.
• the weight concentration of SrO is preferably comprised between 30% and 90%, more preferably between 35% and 70%.
• FIG. 1 shows a cross section view of a first embodiment of a C0 2 composite getter system according to the present invention
• FIG. 2 shows a cross section view of a second embodiment of a C0 2 composite getter system according to the present invention.
• This application has some elements in common with the present invention, in particular the Li 2 0/LiOH material combination and the presence of a volume sealed with a C0 2 -permeable envelope but differs for the requirements in terms of WVTR ratio of the permeable envelope.
• the first active material (hydroxide) and the second active material (oxide) are both in the form of powders and are mixed together and put into a C0 2 -permeable "pouch" with the correct WVTR ratio that is sealed, for example, by heating.
• the ratio of the active material volume Vm to the getter system internal volume V is comprised between 0, 15 and 0,9.
• the C0 2 composite getter comprises a dispersion in a suitable polymeric binder of the first active material (hydroxide) and of the second active material (oxide) in the correct ratio, as above defined, which binder is in contact with a C0 2 -permeable envelope with the proper WVTR ratio, as per definition provided above.
• the C0 2 -permeable envelope although defining an internal volume V, does not completely surround the polymeric binder, i.e. a small portion of the binder containing the first and second active materials is not covered by the envelope.
• the binder defines the internal volume V.
• the internal volume in this case is equivalently and sufficiently defined both by the envelope covering at least 95% of the surface area of the binder and therefore defining an internal volume presenting a small aperture, as well as the binder with the active material powders that represents the internal volume.
• the level of loading of the powders into the polymeric binder assures the presence of an optimized "reaction volume" for the powders of the two active materials and in particular this condition is achieved when the overall loading level for the first active material and second active material powders into the polymeric binder is comprised between 20 and 60 wt%, and preferably comprised between 40 and 50 wt%.
• the additional element for H 2 0 removal is actually a "precursor" for the C0 2 adsorber, resulting in a system having a higher capacity with respect to systems associating an hydroxide chosen from Li OH, NaOH, KOH, Ca(OH) 2 , Mg(OH) 2 , Sr(OH) 2 with a generic moisture removing material.
• the structure of the getter system according to the present invention is one that while providing a suitable reaction volume renders the C0 2 sorption characteristics suitable to control the pressure within sealed devices, by providing a good capacity coupled with an appropriate reaction kinetics.
• FIG. 1 A cross-sectional view of a composite C0 2 getter system 10 according to the present invention is shown in Figure 1, showing particles of the second active material (oxide) 11, 11 ', 11 " (white circles), and of the first active material (hydroxide) 12, 12', 12" (black circles), surrounded by a C0 2 -permeable envelope 14.
• the system 10 presents an internal free volume 13 (indicated in white).
• Oxide particles and hydroxide particles are represented as circles even though in reality and in the most common cases their shape is not regular. Also the getter system 10 has been depicted with a regular and rectangular shape, but any shape is possible, since the object of the present invention is a system containing mixed powders of two active materials (oxide and hydroxide as above listed) enclosed in a suitable envelope defining a volume V, only partially filled by such powders.
• Figure 2 shows a cross-sectional view of an alternate embodiment of a composite getter system 20 in which, differently from the system shown in Figure 1, the oxide particles 11, 1 , 11 " and hydroxide particles 12, 12', 12" are dispersed in a polymeric binder 23, indicated in grey.
• the employed powders have dimensions that are usually determined and controlled by means of a sieving operation and, owing also to the geometrical conformation of the powders (not regular/spherical), this ensures that are selected and employed all the powders that have a minimal size lesser than the sieve opening.
• the present invention for both active materials when they are employed as such, are usefully employed particles/powders whose minimal size is higher than 1 ⁇ .
• the preferred powders distribution is comprised between 1 and 250 ⁇ (minimal size of the powders), this allow for an easier manufacturability of systems with the desired thicknesses.
• any polymer having a C0 2 permeation coefficient of 50 cm *mm/(m 2 *day*atm) and a ratio of the WVTR at 90%RH 38°C to the WVTR at 85%RH 23°C lower than 10 is suitable to carry out the invention. It is important to remark that the above condition is not unequivocally linked to the type of polymer, but additives or morphological characteristics of the envelope may alter the ratio, therefore not rendering the polymer apt to be used according to the present invention. So it is important to test the polymeric envelope according to the ASTM procedures ASTM F- 1249 for the WVTR ratio determination.
• the thickness of the carbon dioxide permeable envelope is usefully comprised between 5 and 500 ⁇ . It is to be underlined that such thickness represents the mean value, since certain points of the envelope (sealing regions) may present a different thickness (typically higher).
• the thickness of the binder containing the powders shall be comprised between 50 and 400 ⁇ , and in any case shall not be less than at least 1,5 times the minimum dimension of the employed powders.
• Suitable binder materials are for example High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Polypropylene (PP), Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE), copolymer ethylene-octene, polyolefin modified with maleic anhydride, Ethylene Vinyl (EVA), Styrene-Ethylene-Butadiene-Styrene (SEBS), Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM), Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) and combinations thereof.
• HDPE High Density Polyethylene
• PP Polypropylene
• LDPE Low Density Polyethylene
• EVA Ethylene Vinyl
• SEBS Styrene-Ethylene-Butadiene-Styrene
• EPDM Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer
• TPE
• the active material ratio for the preferred getter systems according to the present invention is to be evaluated, considered and determined for a "fresh" getter system, i.e. a getter system not yet exposed to high levels of C0 2 (and therefore consumed).
• a preferred solution for the getter system according to the present invention envisions the use of a drying element, that advantageously is made by a dispersion of a moisture sorber in a suitable binder, e.g. a polymeric matrix. This further ensures that toward the end of the life there is no moisture release from the C0 2 getter system. It is to be underlined that the amount of the moisture sorber added in this case is much smaller than in other conventional systems when the hydroxide is associated with another moisture-sorbing element.
• Suitable materials for the H 2 0 removal are for example aluminosilicates, such as zeolite.
• the invention consists in a sealed system containing an improved C0 2 composite getter comprising a C0 2 -permeable envelope having an internal volume V, containing powders of a first and a second active material, said first active material being a hydroxide chosen from one or more of LiOH, NaOH, KOH, Ca(OH) 2 Mg(OH) 2 , Sr(OH) 2 and said second active material being an oxide chosen from one or more of Li 2 0, CaO, MgO, SrO, and characterized in that the C0 2 - permeable envelope has a permeation coefficient of at least 50 cm *mm/(m 2 *day*atm) and the ratio of the WVTR at 90%RH 38°C to the WVTR at 85%RH 23°C is less than 10.
• a preferred sub-range for the above mentioned WVTR ratio is equal to or less than 5.
• said sealed systems are energy storage devices such as rechargeable Li-Ion batteries and supercapacitors.
• the C0 2 getter system contains between 5 and 500 milligrams of active material powders, such quantity may be higher and scale up depending also on the size of the sealed system, for example rechargeable Li-Ion batteries or supercapacitors may vary greatly in their internal volume and therefore need and can accommodate a higher quantity of getter material.

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