US 12,129,171 B2
Lithium metal sulfide and lithium metal sulfide argyrodite ionically conductive compounds and related uses
Holger Schneider, Ludwigshafen (DE); Hui Du, Tucson, AZ (US); Klaus Leitner, Ludwigshafen (DE); Johan ter Maat, Mannheim (DE); Pascal Hartmann, Ludwigshafen (DE); Joern Kulisch, Eppelheim (DE); Marina Safont-Sempere, Mannheim (DE); Tracy Earl Kelley, Tucson, AZ (US); and Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to Sion Power Corporation, Tucson, AZ (US); and BASF SE, Ludwigshafen (DE)
Filed by Sion Power Corporation, Tucson, AZ (US); and BASF SE, Ludwigshafen (DE)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/558,782.
Application 17/558,782 is a continuation of application No. 15/988,182, filed on May 24, 2018, granted, now 11,251,501.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/510,430, filed on May 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0255188 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C01B 25/14 (2006.01); H01M 4/36 (2006.01); H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 4/485 (2010.01); H01M 4/62 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 10/0562 (2010.01); H01M 50/434 (2021.01)
CPC C01B 25/14 (2013.01) [H01M 4/366 (2013.01); H01M 4/38 (2013.01); H01M 4/382 (2013.01); H01M 4/386 (2013.01); H01M 4/485 (2013.01); H01M 4/62 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 10/0562 (2013.01); H01M 50/434 (2021.01); C01P 2002/30 (2013.01); C01P 2002/72 (2013.01); C01P 2002/80 (2013.01); C01P 2006/40 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article for use in an electrochemical cell, comprising:
a compound of formula (I):
LixMyQwPzSuXt  (I)
wherein:
M is selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mg, Ag, Cu, Zr, and Zn,
Q is absent or selected from the group consisting of Cr, B, Sn, Ge, Si, Zr, Ta, Nb, V, P, Fe, Ga, Al, As, and combinations thereof, and wherein Q, when present, is different than M,
X is selected from the group consisting of halide and pseudohalide,
x is 8-22,
y is 0.1-3,
w is 0-3,
z is 0.1-3,
u is 7-20, and
t is 0.1-8.