US 11,705,579 B2
Additive for electrolytes
Jean-Christophe Daigle, St-Bruno-de-Montarville (CA); Shinichi Uesaka, Westmount (CA); Yuichiro Asakawa, Tokyo (JP); and Karim Zaghib, Longueuil (CA)
Assigned to HYDRO-QUÉBEC, Montreal (CA); and MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Nagaokakyo (JP)
Filed by HYDRO-QUÉBEC, Montréal (CA); and MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Nagaokakyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/448,649.
Application 17/448,649 is a division of application No. 16/091,811, granted, now 11,239,496, previously published as PCT/CA2017/050414, filed on Apr. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/318,988, filed on Apr. 6, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0085412 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/0567 (2010.01); H01M 4/485 (2010.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 4/58 (2010.01); H01M 10/52 (2006.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 10/0567 (2013.01) [H01M 4/485 (2013.01); H01M 4/5825 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/4235 (2013.01); H01M 10/523 (2013.01); H01M 2004/027 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A method of preventing contact between the anode and residual water in a battery and/or reducing the level of gas in a battery, the method comprising
providing a battery comprising an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte, wherein the anode comprises reactive groups, and wherein the electrolyte comprises at least one carbonate and at least one organocatalyst; and
facilitating a reaction between the at least one carbonate and the reactive groups with the at least one organocatalyst to form a protective layer on the surface of the anode.