	US 12,191,497 B2
	Metal halide cathode with enriched conductive additive
Jangwoo Kim, San Jose, CA (US); Anthony Fong, San Jose, CA (US); Tobias Glossmann, Birmingham, MI (US); Young-hye Na, San Jose, CA (US); Maxwell Giammona, Fremont, CA (US); and Eunseok Lee, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US); and Daimler AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/374,133.
Application 18/374,133 is a division of application No. 16/932,458, filed on Jul. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,824,199.
Prior Publication US 2024/0021836 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H01M 4/62 (2006.01); H01M 4/58 (2010.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01); H01M 4/136 (2010.01)

CPC H01M 4/625 (2013.01) [H01M 4/582 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01); H01M 2004/028 (2013.01); H01M 4/136 (2013.01)]

12 Claims

1. A battery, comprising:

an anode;

an electrolyte comprising at least one ion-conducting salt and at least one solvent;

a cathode comprising a metal halide incorporated into an electrically conductive material that includes oxygen-enriched carbon having immobilized oxygen moieties on a surface thereof; and

at least one stable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer formed on at least one of the anode and the cathode,

wherein the electrolyte is in contact with the anode, the cathode, and an oxidizing gas, wherein the contact of the oxidizing gas and the electrolyte forms the at least one stable SEI layer.