	US 11,791,463 B2
	Cation-disordered oxides for rechargeable lithium batteries and other applications
Gerbrand Ceder, Orinda, CA (US); Jinhyuk Lee, Walnut Creek, CA (US); and Dong-Hwa Seo, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/830,979.
Application 17/830,979 is a continuation of application No. 15/748,704, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2016/048553, filed on Aug. 25, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/210,377, filed on Aug. 26, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 15194519 (EP), filed on Nov. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0367866 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 4/485 (2010.01); H01M 4/525 (2010.01); C01G 53/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01)

CPC H01M 4/485 (2013.01) [C01G 53/44 (2013.01); H01M 4/525 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); C01P 2002/72 (2013.01); C01P 2006/40 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. A lithium metal oxide having a general formula: Li_aM_bM′_cO₂, said lithium metal oxide comprising LiMO₂and Li_aM′_eO₂, said lithium metal oxide having a cation-disordered rocksalt structure, wherein M comprises one or more of a metallic species chosen from a group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Zr, Sb, and Mo, M being chosen such that LiMO₂forms a cation-disordered rocksalt structure, and M having a first average oxidation degree n, wherein M′ comprises one or more of a metallic species chosen from a group consisting of Ti, Cr, Mn, Zr, Mo, Sn, Sb, and W, and M′ having a second average oxidation degree y greater than or equal to n, with 4<=y<=6, and wherein 1<a<=1.4, a+b+c=2, d+e=2, d+(e·y)=4, a+(b·n)+(c·y)=4,1.3<=d<=1.7,and 0.2<=b<1.