US 11,870,069 B2
Cathode active materials for lithium-ion batteries
Huiming Wu, San Jose, CA (US); Hongli Dai, Los Altos, CA (US); Dapeng Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); Christopher S. Johnson, Naperville, IL (US); John David Carter, Bolingbrook, IL (US); Yanjie Cui, Arlington Heights, CA (US); Arturo Gutierrez, Naperville, IL (US); Hakim H Iddir, Hoffman Estates, IL (US); Arthur Jeremy Kropf, Westmont, IL (US); Yan Li, Westmont, IL (US); Victor A. Maroni, Naperville, IL (US); Anh D. Vu, Naperville, IL (US); Xiaoping Wang, Naperville, IL (US); and Zhenzhen Yang, Westmont, IL (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/178,304.
Application 16/178,304 is a division of application No. 15/804,186, filed on Nov. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,141,572.
Application 15/804,186 is a continuation of application No. 15/458,618, filed on Mar. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,164,256.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/307,964, filed on Mar. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/307,956, filed on Mar. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0074514 A1, Mar. 7, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 4/525 (2010.01); H01M 4/131 (2010.01); H01M 4/52 (2010.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 4/36 (2006.01); H01M 4/505 (2010.01); H01M 4/485 (2010.01); H01M 4/66 (2006.01); H01B 1/08 (2006.01); H01M 4/50 (2010.01); H01M 4/58 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 4/525 (2013.01) [H01M 4/131 (2013.01); H01M 4/523 (2013.01); H01B 1/08 (2013.01); H01M 4/0471 (2013.01); H01M 4/366 (2013.01); H01M 4/485 (2013.01); H01M 4/502 (2013.01); H01M 4/505 (2013.01); H01M 4/582 (2013.01); H01M 4/5825 (2013.01); H01M 4/661 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01); H01M 2004/028 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A compound of Formula (VII):
LiαCo1−x−yMyMnxOδ  (VII)
wherein
M is Al,
0.95≤α≤1.00,
0.001≤x≤0.07,
0<y≤0.05, and
1.98≤δ≤2.04.