Here I am at the IBA-2019 meeting with my friends and colleagues, Christian Masquelier and Dominique Guyomard (thanks for the photo Christian!).
Wednesday 27 March 2019
IBA Meeting Photo
Hiya,
Here I am at the IBA-2019 meeting with my friends and colleagues, Christian Masquelier and Dominique Guyomard (thanks for the photo Christian!).
Here I am at the IBA-2019 meeting with my friends and colleagues, Christian Masquelier and Dominique Guyomard (thanks for the photo Christian!).
IBA Presentation
Hi All,
I gave a recent invited talk on Faradion's Na-ion Battery Technology at the IBA-2019 meeting in San Diego. Excellent meeting, excellent location.
I gave a recent invited talk on Faradion's Na-ion Battery Technology at the IBA-2019 meeting in San Diego. Excellent meeting, excellent location.
Large Scale Synthesis Methods
Hi again,
While developing active materials for Li and Na-ion battery applications it is always important (imperative?) to also consider economic methods for large scale synthesis and manufacture. It is not really much use to devise new materials that are simply too expensive or too difficult to manufacture at an industrial scale. For example, some years ago we invented the Carbothermal Reduction (CTR) method for large scale synthesis of polyanion Li-ion active materials such as LiFePO4. This still remains one of the very best industry methods for this application and has been used to make many other Li-ion and Na-ion active materials.
Here is a summary of some important large scale synthesis methods I have developed:
While developing active materials for Li and Na-ion battery applications it is always important (imperative?) to also consider economic methods for large scale synthesis and manufacture. It is not really much use to devise new materials that are simply too expensive or too difficult to manufacture at an industrial scale. For example, some years ago we invented the Carbothermal Reduction (CTR) method for large scale synthesis of polyanion Li-ion active materials such as LiFePO4. This still remains one of the very best industry methods for this application and has been used to make many other Li-ion and Na-ion active materials.
Here is a summary of some important large scale synthesis methods I have developed:
Large Scale Manufacturing/Synthesis
Methods
Method
|
Uses
|
Patent#
|
Commercialization Status
|
Carbothermal Reduction (CTR)
|
Large scale manufacturing synthesis of
LiFePO4 and many other Li and Na based transition metal polyanions
|
US 7060206
US 8163430 and others
|
Commercialized 2002
1000 MTonne/year production rate
Licensed to Li-ion industry (following litigation and patent dispute)
|
Elemental Red Phosphorus
|
Excellent method for the large-scale
preparation of Li and Na based phosphates
|
US 10050271
|
Experimental
|
Hypophosphite
|
Excellent method for the large-scale
preparation of Li and Na based phosphates
|
US 10170212
|
Experimental
|
Li and Na Active Materials Review
Hi Everyone,
Apologies for not posting for a while - but things have been very busy!
Anyway, I decided to update my active materials summary - with a table showing some of the materials I have studied, patented and commercialised for Li and Na-ion battery applications. So here goes, and I hope it is useful (table below).
In addition, the carbothermal reduction (CTR) synthesis method (see other posts in this blog; patented by JB while working at Valence Technology Inc.) remains the industry-standard manufacturing method for making e.g. LiFePO4 as well as many other Li-ion and Na-ion active materials.
Apologies for not posting for a while - but things have been very busy!
Anyway, I decided to update my active materials summary - with a table showing some of the materials I have studied, patented and commercialised for Li and Na-ion battery applications. So here goes, and I hope it is useful (table below).
In addition, the carbothermal reduction (CTR) synthesis method (see other posts in this blog; patented by JB while working at Valence Technology Inc.) remains the industry-standard manufacturing method for making e.g. LiFePO4 as well as many other Li-ion and Na-ion active materials.
Li-ion and Na-ion Cathode
Active Methods
Active Material
|
Common Name/Type
|
US Patent#
|
Commercialization Status
|
LiFe1-xMxPO4
(M = Mg, Ca, Zn etc.)
|
Substituted Olivines
|
US 6884544 + others
|
Commercialized 2002
|
(ss)-LiMn2O4
|
Surface-stabilized manganese spinel
|
US 6183718 + others
|
Commercialized 1996
|
Li3M2(PO4)3
(M = V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Al etc.)
|
Li Nasicons
|
US 6387568
|
Prototype Scale
|
Li3M2-xM’x(PO4)3
(M = V, Cr, Mn, Fe, etc.)
|
Substituted Li Nasicons
|
US 6387568
|
Experimental
|
LiMPO4F (M = V, Cr, Mn, Fe,
Al etc.)
|
Li Tavorites (-F)
|
US 6387568 + others
|
Prototype Scale
|
LiMPO4.OH (M = V, Cr, Mn,
Fe, Al etc.)
|
Li Tavorites (-OH)
|
US 6387568 + others
|
Experimental
|
LiMP2O7 (M = V,
Cr, Mn, Fe, Al etc.)
|
Lithium diphosphates
|
US 7008566
|
Experimental
|
Li2MP2O7
(M = Fe, Mn, Co, Ni etc.)
|
Lithium diphosphates
|
US 7008566
|
Experimental
|
Li2M(SO4)3
(M = V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Al etc.)
|
Lithium sulfates
|
US 5908716
|
Experimental
|
LiMSO4F (M = Fe, Mn, Co, Ni
etc.)
|
Lithium fluorosulfates (Tavorite
structure)
|
US 2005/0163699
|
Experimental
|
NaMSO4F (M = Fe, Mn, Co, Ni
etc.)
|
Sodium fluorosulfates
|
US 2005/0163699
|
Experimental
|
Li2MPO4F (M =
Fe, Mn, Co, Ni etc.)
|
Lithium fluorophosphates
|
US 6890686 + others
|
Experimental
|
Li4M2(SiO4)(PO4)2(M
= V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Al etc.)
|
Lithium silicophosphates
|
US 6136472
|
Experimental
|
β-LiVOPO4
|
Lithium vanadyl phosphate
|
US 6645452
|
Experimental
|
NaMPO4F (M = V, Cr, Mn, Fe,
Al etc.)
|
Sodium fluorophosphates
|
US 6872492 + others
|
Experimental
|
Na3M2(PO4)2F3
(M = V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Al etc.)
|
Sodium fluorophosphates
|
US 6872492 + others
|
Pre-production
|
LiMTiO4, LiMZrO4
(M = V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Al etc.)
|
Lithium titanates,
Lithium zirconates
|
US 6720112
|
Experimental
|
Li2MTiO4, Li2MZrO4
(M = Fe, Mn, Co, Ni etc.)
|
Lithium titanates,
Lithium zirconates
|
US 6103419
|
Experimental
|
Li2CuO2
|
Lithium copper oxide
|
US 5670277
|
Experimental
|
LixMoO2
|
Lithium molybdenum oxide(s)
|
US 6908710
|
Experimental
|
γ-LiV2O5, NaV2O5
|
Lithium (sodium) vanadium oxide
|
US 6645452
|
Experimental
|
Na3MP3O9N
(M = V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Al etc.)
Na2M2P3O9N
(M = Fe, Mn, Co, Ni etc.)
|
Sodium nitrido-phosphates
|
US 2008/0187831
|
Experimental
|
Na7M4(P2O7)4PO4
Na7M3(P2O7)4
|
Na condensed diphosphate-phosphates
|
US 9608269
|
Experimental
|
LiMXO4
Li4MXO6
Li3MXO6
Li2M2XO6
|
Li oxo-metallates
|
US 10115966
|
Experimental
|
NaMXO4
Na4MXO6
Na3MXO6
Na2M2XO6
|
Na oxo-metallates
|
US 10115966
|
Experimental
|
O3-NaNi1-x-y-zM1xM2yM3zO2
|
Substituted O3 Na nickelates
|
US 9761863
US 9774035
US 9917307
|
Pre-production
|
O3-NaNi1-x-y-zM1xM2yM3zO2
+ P2- NaNiyM1xM2yM3yO2
|
Na mixed phase (O3/P2) cathodes
|
US 2017/0190595
|
Pre-production
|
Na2MSiO4
|
Na orthosilicates
|
US 10115966
|
Experimental
|
Na4-xLixM3(PO4)2P2O7
|
Na phosphate-diphosphates (4321)
|
US 9608269
|
Pre-production
|
Na2Mb(SO4)c
|
Na sulfates
|
US 2015/0024269
|
Experimental
|
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