Hybrid Rechargeable Battery
First Claim
1. A battery comprising:
- an anode current collector;
an anode, wherein the anode is disposed on the anode current collector;
an electrolyte comprising a gel electrolyte and a solid material, wherein the electrolyte is disposed on the anode;
a cathode, wherein the cathode is disposed on the electrolyte; and
a cathode current collector, wherein the cathode current collector is disposed on the cathode.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a battery incorporating a hybrid gel/solid electrolyte. In an example embodiment, a battery may include a copper anode current collector, a lithium metal anode, a lithium phosphorous oxynitride (LiPON) anode protector, an electrolyte, a lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) cathode, and an aluminum cathode current collector. The electrolyte may include a gel electrolyte, a solid electrolyte, and a separator. The separator includes an insulating material layer disposed between a first gel electrolyte layer and a second gel electrolyte layer. In some embodiments, the insulating material may include polyethylene and the gel electrolyte layer may include a liquid and a polymer. Alternatively or additionally, the solid material may include a filler material, which may include silica and a polymer.
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20 Claims
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1. A battery comprising:
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an anode current collector; an anode, wherein the anode is disposed on the anode current collector; an electrolyte comprising a gel electrolyte and a solid material, wherein the electrolyte is disposed on the anode; a cathode, wherein the cathode is disposed on the electrolyte; and a cathode current collector, wherein the cathode current collector is disposed on the cathode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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forming an anode current collector layer on a substrate; forming an anode layer on the anode current collector layer; forming an electrolyte layer on the anode layer, wherein the electrolyte layer comprises a gel electrolyte and a solid material; forming a cathode layer on the electrolyte layer; and forming a cathode current collector layer on the cathode. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A battery comprising:
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an anode current collector disposed on a substrate, wherein the anode current collector comprises copper (Cu); an anode, wherein the anode is disposed on the anode current collector, and wherein the anode comprises lithium metal (Li); an anode protector, wherein the anode protector is disposed on the anode, and wherein the anode protector comprises lithium phosphorous oxynitride (LiPON); an electrolyte comprising a gel electrolyte, a solid electrolyte, and a separator, wherein the electrolyte is disposed on the anode protector, wherein the separator comprises an insulating material layer disposed between a first gel electrolyte layer and a second gel electrolyte layer, and wherein the separator is disposed on the solid electrolyte; a cathode, wherein the cathode is disposed on the electrolyte, wherein the cathode comprises lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2); and a cathode current collector, wherein the cathode current collector is disposed on the cathode, and wherein the cathode current collector comprises aluminum (Al). - View Dependent Claims (20)
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