US 12,334,562 B2
Lithium battery and method of preparing the same
Victor Roev, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jusik Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Myungjin Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,147.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0051354 (KR), filed on Apr. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0336817 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 4/62 (2006.01); C01B 32/174 (2017.01); C01B 32/194 (2017.01); C01B 32/21 (2017.01); C09C 1/56 (2006.01); H01M 4/134 (2010.01); H01M 4/36 (2006.01); H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 4/40 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 10/0585 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 4/628 (2013.01) [C01B 32/174 (2017.08); C01B 32/194 (2017.08); C01B 32/21 (2017.08); C09C 1/56 (2013.01); H01M 4/134 (2013.01); H01M 4/366 (2013.01); H01M 4/382 (2013.01); H01M 4/405 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 10/0585 (2013.01); C01P 2002/72 (2013.01); C01P 2002/85 (2013.01); C01P 2004/03 (2013.01); C01P 2004/04 (2013.01); C01P 2004/62 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01); C01P 2006/40 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01); H01M 2004/027 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lithium battery comprising:
a cathode, an anode, and a liquid-impermeable ion-conductive membrane between the cathode and the anode, and
an interlayer comprising a metal-carbon composite between the anode and the liquid-impermeable ion-conductive membrane, wherein the metal-carbon composite comprises:
a carbonaceous material,
a metal chemically bonded to the carbonaceous material, wherein the metal comprises silver, gold, platinum, palladium, silicon, aluminum, bismuth, zinc, gallium, indium, or a combination thereof, and
a metal sulfide, a metal fluoride, or a combination thereof, chemically bonded to the carbonaceous material, wherein the metal sulfide comprises a silver sulfide, a zinc sulfide, a platinum sulfide, a silicon sulfide, a bismuth sulfide, a gold sulfide, a gallium sulfide, an indium sulfide, an aluminum sulfide, or a combination thereof.