APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Batteries, electronics, electrical vehicles BENEFITS: Enables fast Li transport Significantly improves the rate performance of Mn- and Ni-based DRX materials compared to previous technologies BACKGROUND: Li-rich cation-disordered rocksalt (DRX) materials have promising high capacities and energy densities, but typically … [Read more...] about High-rate Li-rich Cathode Materials Enabled by Non-topotactic Reactions 2020-146
Energy Technologies
Novel Cost-effective Fluorination Method to Synthesize High-Energy Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode Materials 2020-096
APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY: Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) BENEFITS: High energy density Cost-effective Scalable Co-free and Ni-free Excellent rate capability and cycling stability BACKGROUND: Currently, layered oxides are the most popular choices for high energy LIB cathodes. Alternative cathode materials may provide further improvements to this … [Read more...] about Novel Cost-effective Fluorination Method to Synthesize High-Energy Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode Materials 2020-096
Dissolvable Crosslinked Polymer Binder for Battery Electrode Recycling 2020-089
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Binder for sulfur electrodes in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) rechargeable batteries Binder for negative and positive electrodes of lithium-ion batteries and advanced lithium-ion batteries BENEFITS: The three-dimensional network structure of the dissolvable ionic crosslinked polymer (DICP) significantly enhances the mechanical … [Read more...] about Dissolvable Crosslinked Polymer Binder for Battery Electrode Recycling 2020-089
Novel High-Sulfur Utilization Electrolytes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries 2019-169
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Rechargeable batteries Electric vehicle batteries Drones and electric aircraft batteries ADVANTAGES: Stability towards polysulfides Promotes the polysulfide affiliation with the electrode substrate to prevent polysulfide dissolution Homogeneous distribution of all current electrolytes and additives for the … [Read more...] about Novel High-Sulfur Utilization Electrolytes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries 2019-169
Enhancing Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis Using Novel Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts with Pseudocapacitive Properties 2020-042
Electrocatalyst for CO2 to CO conversion with 99% selectivity and ~10% improvement in energy efficiency over competing catalysts, with minimal use of precious metals and at ambient temperature/pressure APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: This invention is best suited for companies looking to efficiently convert large CO2 waste streams into useful feedstock CO-using … [Read more...] about Enhancing Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis Using Novel Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts with Pseudocapacitive Properties 2020-042