179 results about "Iron disulfide" patented technology

A lithium / iron disulfide electrochemical battery cell with a high discharge capacity. The cell has a lithium negative electrode, an iron disulfide positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The iron disulfide of the positive electrode has a controlled average particle size range which allows the electrochemical cells to exhibit desired properties in both low and high rate applications. In various embodiments, the iron disulfide particles are wet milled, preferably utilizing a media mill or milled utilizing a non-mechanical mill such as a jet mill, which reduces the iron disulfide particles to a desired average particle size range for incorporation into the positive electrode.

A primary electrochemical cell, and a method for making the same, relies upon a jellyroll electrode with a positive electrode material deposited on a conductive carrier having partially uncoated portion wherein electrochemically active material is coated on only one side of the carrier in order to achieve superior performance in comparison to a cell having no such uncoated portion. The partially uncoated portion is oriented along a longitudinal axis of the jellyroll. The positive electrode material is preferably iron disulfide, whereas the negative electrode comprises lithium or a lithium alloy.

An electrochemical cell, particularly an electrochemical cell having a container with a positive polarity. In one embodiment, the cell is a primary cell that includes an electrode assembly having a lithium negative electrode and a positive electrode, preferably comprising iron disulfide. The cell is provided with a spiral wound electrode assembly with a portion of the positive electrode contacting the container. The positive electrode current collector contacts the container in one embodiment. The negative electrode includes an electrically conductive member that electrically contacts a cover of the cell and provides the cover with a negative polarity. In a preferred embodiment, the electrically conductive member makes pressure contact with a portion of the cell cover. A method of manufacturing such a cell is also provided.

The invention relates to electrochemical cells having a jellyroll electrode assembly that includes a lithium-based negative electrode, a positive electrode with a coating comprising greater than about 94 wt. % of iron disulfide.

A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) and carbon particles. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent mixture which contains an alkyl ester, preferably an alkyl acetate. The electrolyte solvent may also include an organic cyclic carbonate. A cathode slurry is prepared comprising iron disulfide powder, carbon, binder, and a liquid solvent. The mixture is coated onto a conductive substrate and solvent evaporated leaving a dry cathode coating on the substrate. The anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added.

There is provided a lithium-iron disulfide primary battery capable of suppressing the elevation of the open circuit voltage during the storage of battery. The lithium-iron disulfide primary battery has a positive electrode, which has iron disulfide as a cathode active material, including a cathode composition layer formed on a cathode current collector, a negative electrode including lithium as an anode active material, and an electrolytic solution including an electrolyte dissolved in an organic solvent. The organic solvent includes at least an alkylamide solvent. By this construction of the battery, the elevation of the open circuit voltage of the lithium-iron disulfide primary battery during the storage may be suppressed. Therefore, even after being stored for a long term, the lithium-iron disulfide primary battery can maintain compatibility with 1.5-V class primary batteries and the like.

A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium or lithium alloy and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) and carbon particles. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt dissolved in an organic solvent mixture. The electrolyte contains between about 100 and 2000 parts by weight water per million parts by weight (ppm) electrolyte therein. The electrolyte may contain between about 200 and 2000, or between about 500 and 2000 parts by weight water per million parts by weight electrolyte. A cathode slurry is prepared comprising iron disulfide powder, carbon, binder, and a liquid solvent. The mixture is coated onto a conductive substrate and solvent evaporated leaving a dry cathode coating on the substrate. The anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added.

A lithium / iron disulfide electrochemical battery cell with a high discharge capacity. The cell has a lithium negative electrode, an iron disulfide positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The iron disulfide of the positive electrode has a controlled average particle size range which allows the electrochemical cells to exhibit desired properties in both low and high rate applications. In various embodiments, the iron disulfide particles are wet milled, preferably utilizing a media mill or milled utilizing a non-mechanical mill such as a jet mill, which reduces the iron disulfide particles to a desired average particle size range for incorporation into the positive electrode.

A primary electrochemical cell having an anode comprising lithium and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) and carbon particles. The cell is balanced so that the anode is in theoretical capacity excess (mAmp-hrs) compared to the theoretical capacity of the cathode. The anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt dissolved in organic solvent.

A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) and carbon particles. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent mixture which contains an additive, preferably iodine, suppressing voltage delay. A cathode slurry is prepared comprising iron disulfide powder, carbon, binder, and liquid solvent. The mixture is coated onto a conductive substrate and solvent evaporated leaving a dry cathode coating on the substrate. The anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added.

An end cap assembly for a primary lithium cell is disclosed. The end cap has a principal application in closing and sealing a primary lithium cell having wound electrodes. The cell may typically have an anode comprising lithium and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2). The end cap assembly has a metal cathode contact cup therein having a closed end and opposing open end with integral side walls therebetween. The cathode contact cup is electrically connected to the cathode and is within the electrical pathway between the cathode and terminal end cap. The cathode contact cup has one or more grooves formed at the closed end thereof resulting in thinned or rupturable portions of remaining metal underlying said grooves. The thin or rupturable remaining metal portions are exposed directly to gas within the cell interior and are designed to rupture when gas within the cell builds to a predetermined level.

A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium or lithium alloy and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2), iron sulfide (FeS) and carbon particles. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt dissolved in a solvent mixture. A cathode slurry is prepared comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) powder, iron sulfide (FeS) powder, carbon, binder, and a liquid solvent. The mixture is coated onto a conductive substrate and solvent evaporated leaving a dry cathode coating on the substrate. The anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added.

A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium or lithium alloy and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) and carbon particles. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt preferably lithium iodide (LiI) dissolved in an organic solvent mixture. The solvent mixture preferably comprises dioxolane, dimethoxyethane and sulfolane. The electrolyte typically contains between about 100 and 2000 parts by weight water per million parts by weight (ppm) electrolyte therein. A cathode slurry is prepared comprising iron disulfide powder, carbon, binder, and a liquid solvent. The mixture is coated onto a conductive substrate and solvent evaporated leaving a dry cathode coating on the substrate. The anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added.

A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium or lithium alloy and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) or a mixture of iron disulfide (FeS2) and iron sulfide (FeS) and conductive carbon particles. A cathode slurry is prepared comprising the FeS2 or FeS2 plus FeS powder, conductive carbon, binder, and a solvent. The binder is preferably a styrene-ethylene / butylene-styrene (SEBS) block copolymer. There is an advantage discovered in utilizing a hydronaphthalene solvent to form the cathode slurry. The preferred solvent is 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene or decahydronaphthalene and mixtures thereof. The slurry mixture is coated onto a conductive substrate and the solvent evaporated leaving a dry cathode coating on the substrate. Higher drying temperature may be used resulting in a dry cathode coating which resists cracking. The anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added.

A electrochemical cell design, with particular applicability to lithium-iron disulfide batteries, is disclosed. The cell includes a spirally wound electrode assembly with a central core. The core causes uniform expansion within the cathode. The core may also collapse and / or possess a cross sectional shape that differs from the cross sectional shape of the cylindrical container which houses the electrode assembly.

A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) and carbon particles. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt dissolved in a solvent mixture. A cathode slurry is prepared comprising iron disulfide powder, carbon, binder, and a liquid solvent. The mixture is coated onto a substrate and solvent evaporated leaving a dry cathode coating on the substrate. The cathode coating is then baked at elevated temperatures in atmosphere under partial vacuum or in an atmosphere of nitrogen or inert gas. The anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added.

A lithium-iron disulfide electrochemical cell design is disclosed, relying on judicious selection of the electrolyte, a thicker lithium anode and a cathode with specific characteristics selected to cooperate with the electrolyte. The resulting cell has a reduced interfacial surface area between the anode and the cathode but, surprisingly, maintains excellent high drain rate capacity.

An improved electrolyte for a cell having an anode comprising magnesium or magnesium alloy. The cell's cathode may desirably include iron disulfide (FeS2) as cathode active material. The improved electrolyte comprises a magnesium salt, preferably magnesium perchlorate dissolved in an organic solvent which preferably includes acetonitrile or mixture of tetrahydrofuran and propylene carbonate. The electrolyte includes an additive to retard the buildup of deleterious passivation coating on the magnesium anode surface, thereby enhancing cell performance. Such additive may preferably include 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIMBF4), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (BMIMPF6), lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6), or aluminum chloride (AlCl3)

The invention discloses a preparation method of a thermal battery positive electrode material. The preparation method comprises the following steps: 1, mixing iron disulfide with additives in dry gas environment until the iron disulfide and the additives are uniform, putting the obtained mixture in a reaction furnace, continuously introducing an inert gas to the reaction furnace, rising the temperature in the reaction furnace to 320-550 DEG C, keeping the temperature for 0.5-8 h, taking out the obtained iron disulfide positive electrode material when the temperature in the reaction furnace decreases to 50 DEG C or below, crushing the iron disulfide positive electrode material, and sieving the crushed iron disulfide positive electrode material; 2, mixing cobalt sulfide with the additives until the cobalt sulfide and the additives are uniform, putting the obtained mixture in the reaction furnace, continuously introducing an inert gas to the reaction furnace, rising the temperature in the reaction furnace to 320-550 DEG C, keeping the temperature for 0.5-8 h, taking out the obtained iron disulfide positive electrode material when the temperature in the reaction furnace decreases to 50 DEG C or below, crushing the cobalt disulfide positive electrode material, and sieving the crushed cobalt disulfide positive electrode material; and 3, mixing the iron disulfide positive electrode material with the cobalt disulfide positive electrode material until the iron disulfide positive electrode material and the cobalt disulfide positive electrode material are uniform in order to prepare the polynary positive electrode material. The invention also discloses a thermal battery made of the positive electrode material.

A lithium / iron disulfide electrochemical battery cell with a high discharge capacity. The cell has a lithium negative electrode, an iron disulfide positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode mixture containing the iron disulfide contains highly packed solid materials, with little space around the solid particles, to provide a high concentration of iron disulfide within the mixture. The separator is thin, to allow more space within the cell for active materials, yet strong enough to prevent short circuits between the positive and negative electrodes under abusive conditions, even when swelling of the cathode during cell discharge places additional stressed on the separator. As a result, the ratio of the interfacial capacity of the positive electrode to the electrode interfacial volume is high, as is the actual capacity on low rate / low power and high rate / high power discharge.

A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) and carbon particles. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt dissolved in a solvent mixture which contains 1,3-dioxolane and preferably 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone. A cathode slurry is prepared comprising iron disulfide powder, carbon, binder, and a liquid solvent. The mixture is coated onto a conductive substrate and solvent evaporated leaving a dry cathode coating on the substrate. The anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added.

A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium or lithium alloy and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) and carbon particles. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt preferably lithium iodide (LiI) dissolved in an organic solvent mixture. The solvent mixture preferably comprises dioxolane and dimethoxyethane. The electrolyte typically contains between about 100 and 2000 parts by weight water per million parts by weight (ppm) electrolyte therein. The anode may be lithium metal or preferably is a lithium alloy. A cathode slurry is prepared comprising iron disulfide powder, carbon, binder, and a liquid solvent. The mixture is coated onto a conductive substrate and solvent evaporated leaving a dry cathode coating on the substrate. The anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added.

The invention discloses a preparing technology of high-energy Li-marcasite battery material, which comprises the following steps: covering conductivity and stable metal oxide on the surface of marcasite with composite conductive; setting the percentage of marcasite at 82-94 percent, conductive percentage at 4-10 percent and metal oxide percentage at 2-8 percent. The method reduces grain size of natural marcasite material through wetting ball grinding technology, which prepares the needed anode material.

The invention discloses a resin-based high-strength wear-resistant grinding wheel material. The resin-based high-strength wear-resistant grinding wheel material is prepared from modified phenolic resin, epoxy resin, powder butadiene-acrylonitrile rubber, polyurethane elastomer, polyvinyl butyral, iron disulfide, copper powder, zinc oxide, graphite, hollow ceramic balls, corundum, carborundum, talcum powder, silicon carbide, aluminum oxide, boron oxide, boron nitride, chromic oxide, nanosilicon dioxide, a silane coupling agent, namely KH-550 and wear-resistant auxiliary agents. The invention further provides a preparation method of the resin-based high-strength wear-resistant grinding wheel material. The resin-based high-strength wear-resistant grinding wheel material is excellent in wear resistance, good in bonding performance and high in hardness; heat resistance and hardness of a resin grinding wheel are improved; cracks formed due to rigid grinding are reduced; heat is dissipated fast; a great amount of heat released in the cutting process of the grinding wheel can be dissipated fast and conveniently; and the effect that the cutting temperature is lowered is achieved.

A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) and carbon particles. The cell can be in the configuration of a coin cell or the anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent mixture which may include an organic cyclic carbonate such as ethylene carbonate and propylene carbon. The cell after assembly is subjected to a two step preconditioning (prediscahrge) protocol involving at least two distinct discharge steps having at lease one cycle of pulsed current drain in each step and at least one rest period (step rest) between said two steps, wherein said step rest period is carried out for a period of time at above ambient temperature. The preconditioning improves cell performance.

The present invention discloses a preparing method of iron disulfide for single crystal silicon substrate with iron coating synthesis of magnetic control sputtering. Two single crystal silicon slicesin bit vectors of 100 and 111 are used as the substrate of film carrier to deposit 25-150 nm thickness of pure iron coating by magnetic control sputtering, pure iron coating and the sublimation sulfur powder of requested mass enabling to create 80 KPa pressure is packed in quartz tube, after vacuum pumping the quartz tube is heated in a heating furnace to the temperature of 400-500 degree C with temperature rising rate of 3 degree C per minute for heat sulfurizing reaction for 10-20 hour, and then is cooled to the room temperature by the temp. drop rate of 2 degree C per minute.

The invention discloses an anode material and an anode plate of a lithium-iron disulfide battery and a method for preparing the same, wherein the anode material comprises iron disulfide which is an iron disulfide nanometer crystal, and FeSO4, (NH2)2CS and S taken as reaction raw materials and PVP taken as a dispersing agent react under the acid or alkali condition to prepare the iron disulfide. The obtained iron disulfide is an N-shaped crystal, of which the purity is as high as 100 percent; compared with the iron disulfide used in the prior art, the iron disulfide of the invention can greatly reduce the open circuit voltage of the lithium-iron disulfide battery, make the voltage platform more stable, improve the conductive activity of the battery, improve the discharging performance of heavy current, improve the discharging depth of the battery and make the lithium-iron disulfide battery have higher actual values.