US 12,237,469 B2
Battery with shear thickening, impact resistant electrolytes
Beth L. Armstrong, Oak Ridge, TN (US); Gabriel M. Veith, Knoxville, TN (US); Sergiy Kalnaus, Knoxville, TN (US); Hsin Wang, Knoxville, TN (US); Katie L. Browning, Oak Ridge, TN (US); and Kevin M. Cooley, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
Filed by UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/383,268.
Application 17/570,982 is a division of application No. 16/836,297, filed on Mar. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,233,271, issued on Jan. 25, 2022.
Application 17/570,982 is a division of application No. 16/836,297, filed on Mar. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,233,271, issued on Jan. 25, 2022.
Application 16/836,297 is a division of application No. 15/958,446, filed on Apr. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,637,100, issued on Apr. 28, 2020.
Application 18/383,268 is a continuation of application No. 17/570,982, filed on Jan. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,824,163.
Application 18/383,268 is a continuation of application No. 17/570,972, filed on Jan. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,824,162.
Prior Publication US 2024/0274876 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 10/0567 (2010.01); C04B 41/88 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 10/0568 (2010.01); H01M 10/0569 (2010.01); H01M 50/431 (2021.01); H01M 50/443 (2021.01); H01M 50/491 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/0567 (2013.01) [C04B 41/88 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/0568 (2013.01); H01M 10/0569 (2013.01); H01M 50/431 (2021.01); H01M 50/443 (2021.01); H01M 50/491 (2021.01); H01M 2300/0028 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0085 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0094 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly, comprising:
a porous material having a surface and pores, the pores having an average pore diameter;
and
shear thickening particles having an average particle size of in a range of 50 nm to 1 μm,
the shear thickening particles being distributed at the surface and/or within the pores of the porous material, and
the shear thickening particles having an average hydrocluster diameter less than or equal to the average pore diameter.