US 11,735,740 B2
Protective carbon layer for lithium (Li) metal anodes
Jeffrey Bell, Santa Clara, CA (US); You Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jesse Baucom, Sunnyvale, CA (US); John Thorne, Mountain View, CA (US); Qianwen Huang, San Jose, CO (US); Anurag Kumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jerzy Gazda, Austin, TX (US); Bruce Lanning, Littleton, CO (US); Michael W. Stowell, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Prashanth Jampani Hanumantha, Fullerton, CA (US); James McKinney, Redwood City, CA (US); and George Clayton Gibbs, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Lyten, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Lyten, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,530.
Application 17/977,530 is a continuation of application No. 17/016,245, filed on Sep. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,508,966.
Application 17/016,245 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/942,229, filed on Jul. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,127,941, issued on Sep. 21, 2021.
Application 16/942,229 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/942,266, filed on Jul. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,133,495, issued on Sep. 28, 2021.
Application 16/942,266 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/942,305, filed on Jul. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,127,942, issued on Sep. 21, 2021.
Application 16/942,305 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/785,020, filed on Feb. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,198,611, issued on Dec. 14, 2021.
Application 16/785,020 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/785,076, filed on Feb. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,299,397, issued on Apr. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/942,103, filed on Nov. 30, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/926,225, filed on Oct. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067032 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 4/134 (2010.01); H01M 4/1395 (2010.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 4/62 (2006.01); H01M 4/36 (2006.01); H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 4/628 (2013.01) [H01M 4/0435 (2013.01); H01M 4/134 (2013.01); H01M 4/1395 (2013.01); H01M 4/366 (2013.01); H01M 4/382 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01); H01M 2004/027 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery comprising:
a cathode and an anode separated by a separator layer;
an electrically insulating carbon layer at least partially encapsulating the anode;
a plurality of carbon nano-onions (CNOs) defining one or more interstitial pores interspersed throughout the electrically insulating carbon layer; and
an electrolyte in contact with the electrically insulating carbon layer and the cathode.