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Title: Forming gas treatment of lithium ion battery anode graphite powders

Abstract

The invention provides a method of making a battery anode in which a quantity of graphite powder is provided. The temperature of the graphite powder is raised from a starting temperature to a first temperature between 1000 and 2000.degree. C. during a first heating period. The graphite powder is then cooled to a final temperature during a cool down period. The graphite powder is contacted with a forming gas during at least one of the first heating period and the cool down period. The forming gas includes H.sub.2 and an inert gas.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1159833
Patent Number(s):
8834829
Application Number:
13/596,291
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE

Citation Formats

Contescu, Cristian Ion, Gallego, Nidia C, Howe, Jane Y, Meyer, III, Harry M, Payzant, Edward Andrew, Wood, III, David L, and Yoon, Sang Young. Forming gas treatment of lithium ion battery anode graphite powders. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Contescu, Cristian Ion, Gallego, Nidia C, Howe, Jane Y, Meyer, III, Harry M, Payzant, Edward Andrew, Wood, III, David L, & Yoon, Sang Young. Forming gas treatment of lithium ion battery anode graphite powders. United States.
Contescu, Cristian Ion, Gallego, Nidia C, Howe, Jane Y, Meyer, III, Harry M, Payzant, Edward Andrew, Wood, III, David L, and Yoon, Sang Young. Tue . "Forming gas treatment of lithium ion battery anode graphite powders". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1159833.
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abstractNote = {The invention provides a method of making a battery anode in which a quantity of graphite powder is provided. The temperature of the graphite powder is raised from a starting temperature to a first temperature between 1000 and 2000.degree. C. during a first heating period. The graphite powder is then cooled to a final temperature during a cool down period. The graphite powder is contacted with a forming gas during at least one of the first heating period and the cool down period. The forming gas includes H.sub.2 and an inert gas.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
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