Patent ID: 11876211
Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. The process of claim 7 for making the prelithiated lithium ion battery, the process further comprising, prior to disposing the first electrode on the first current collector:
subjecting the first current collector to the lithium ion beam comprising ion beam implanted lithium;
implanting ion beam implanted lithium from the lithium ion beam in the first current collector to prelithiated the first current collector with ion beam implanted lithium, wherein the first current collector comprises the ion beam implanted lithium that is present in absence of solid electrolyte interface composition in the first current collector; and
annealing the first current collector.