US 12,237,511 B2
Glassy embedded solid-state electrode assemblies, solid-state batteries and methods of making electrode assemblies and solid-state batteries
Steven J. Visco, Berkeley, CA (US); Yevgeniy S. Nimon, Berkeley, CA (US); Bruce D. Katz, Berkeley, CA (US); and Vitaliy Nimon, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to PolyPlus Battery Company, Berkeley, CA (US)
Filed by PolyPlus Battery Company, Berkeley, CA (US)
Filed on May 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/671,772.
Application 18/671,772 is a division of application No. 17/303,707, filed on Jun. 4, 2021, granted, now 12,021,238.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,579, filed on Oct. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,447, filed on Oct. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,831, filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,775, filed on Sep. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/068,938, filed on Aug. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/061,123, filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0347731 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. H01M 4/00 (2006.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/62 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 10/0562 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 4/62 (2013.01) [H01M 4/0471 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 10/0562 (2013.01); H01M 2004/028 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0068 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making a glass embedded electrode assembly, the method comprising: i) providing a porous electroactive network comprising cathode active material; ii) coating the electroactive network surfaces with a protective nanofilm that covers the cathode active material surfaces; iii) impregnating the pores of the electroactive network with particles of Li ion conducting sulfide glass to form a glassy electroactive prepreg; and heating the prepreg to cause the glass particles to viscously sinter to each other and form a continuous a glassy medium interpenetrating with the electroactive network.