US 12,341,182 B2
Lithium metal electrodes
Michael G. Laramie, Tucson, AZ (US); Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Tucson, AZ (US); and Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to Sion Power Corporation, Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed by Sion Power Corporation, Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/947,717.
Application 17/947,717 is a division of application No. 17/125,070, filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,197, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,204, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,206, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0069989 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 4/134 (2010.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/1395 (2010.01); H01M 4/36 (2006.01); H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 4/0428 (2013.01) [H01M 4/0409 (2013.01); H01M 4/134 (2013.01); H01M 4/1395 (2013.01); H01M 4/366 (2013.01); H01M 4/382 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01); H01M 2004/027 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrode for inclusion in a lithium metal electrochemical cell, comprising:
exactly one electroactive layer, wherein:
the electroactive layer comprises co-deposited lithium metal and a ceramic,
the electroactive layer is porous,
the lithium metal is electroactive,
the ceramic is a non-electroactive reaction product of lithium metal gas and a gas reactive with the lithium metal gas,
the ceramic comprises lithium,
the ceramic further comprises antimony, selenium, tellurium, hydrogen, and/or a halogen, and
the ceramic passivates the lithium metal.