Carbon dioxide composite getter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10333168-B2
Application number	US-201415038019-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2014
Priority date	Dec 30, 2013
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

A carbon dioxide composite getter comprising a CO 2 -permeable envelope containing powders of two active materials and sealed systems employing the carbon dioxide composite getter.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A carbon dioxide composite getter, comprising:
a CO 2 -permeable envelope, defining an internal volume, that contains powders of a first active material and a second active material defining a cumulative volume,
said first active material being a hydroxide chosen from one or more of LiOH, NaOH, KOH, Ca(OH) 2 , Mg(OH) 2 , Sr(OH) 2 , and
said second active material being an oxide chosen from one or more of Li 2 O, CaO, MgO, SrO,

wherein the CO 2 -permeable envelope has a CO 2 permeation coefficient of at least 50 cm 3 *mm/(m 2 *day*atm) and the ratio of the water vapor transmission rate at 90% RH 38° C. to the water vapor transmission rate at 85% RH 23° C. is less than 10, and
wherein the CO 2 -permeable envelope exhibits a water vapor transmission rate not higher than 0.6 g*mm/(m 2 *day).

2. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 1 , wherein the weight concentration of the second active material is between 10% and 90%.

3. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 2 , wherein said second active material comprises Li 2 O and the weight concentration of Li 2 O is between 15% and 90%.

4. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 2 , wherein said second active material comprises CaO and the weight concentration of CaO is between 25% and 90%.

5. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 2 , wherein said second active material comprises MgO and the weight concentration of MgO is between 20% and 90%.

6. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 2 , wherein said second active material comprises SrO and the weight concentration of SrO is between 30% and 90%.

7. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 1 , wherein the first active material and the second active material are in the form of free powders, and wherein the ratio between the cumulative volume and the internal volume is between 0.15 and 0.9.

8. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 7 , wherein said free powders minimal size is higher than 1 μm.

9. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 1 , wherein said CO 2 -permeable envelope has a thickness between 5 μm and 500 μm.

10. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 1 , further comprising a moisture sorber arranged outside said CO 2 -permeable envelope.

11. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 10 , wherein said moisture sorber comprises a dispersion in a polymeric matrix of a moisture-removing material.

12. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 1 , wherein said powders of the first active material and the second active material are dispersed in a polymeric binder.

13. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 12 , wherein said polymeric binder is selected among High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Polypropylene (PP), Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE), copolymer ethylene-octene, polyolefin modified with maleic anhydride, Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA), Styrene-Ethylene-Butadiene-Styrene (SEBS), Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM), Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) and combinations thereof.

14. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 12 , wherein said powders of the first active material and the second active material minimal size is between 1 μm and 250 μm.

15. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 12 , wherein the content of said powders of the first active material and the second active material in said polymeric binder is comprised between 20 wt % and 60 wt %.

16. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 12 , wherein the thickness of the binder containing the powders of the first active material and the second active material is comprised between 50 μm and 400 μm, and in any case is not less than at least 1.5 times the minimum dimension of the employed powders.

17. The carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of said powders of the first active material and the second active material is between 5 milligrams and 500 milligrams.

18. A sealed system comprising a carbon dioxide composite getter according to claim 1 .

19. The sealed system according to claim 18 , wherein said system is an energy storage device.

20. The sealed system according to claim 18 , wherein said system is a rechargeable Li-Ion battery or a supercapacitor.

Assignees

• Getters Spa

Inventors

• Bonucci Antonio
• Fernicola Alessandra
• Visconti Marco

Classifications

• H01M10/52 Primary

  Removing gases inside the secondary cell, e.g. by absorption (vent plugs or other mechanical arrangements for facilitating escape of gases H01M50/30) · CPC title

• B01D53/22

  by diffusion (manufacturing semi-permeable membranes B01D67/00; form, structure or properties of semi-permeable membranes B01D69/00; material for semi-permeable membranes B01D71/00) · CPC title

• B01D2251/40

  Alkaline earth metal or magnesium compounds · CPC title

• H01G11/20

  Reformation or processes for removal of impurities, e.g. scavenging · CPC title

• B01D2257/504

  Carbon dioxide · CPC title