Patent ID: 6855461
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: C01G,C01P,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A lithium battery, comprising a cathode that includes a composition having an empirical formula wherein: x1 is greater than about 0.1 and equal to or less than about 1.3, x2 is greater than about 0.0 and equal to or less than about 0.2, y is greater than about 0.0 and equal to or less than about 0.2, z is greater than about 0.0 and equal to or less than about 0.2, a is greater than about 1.5 and less than about 2.1, A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of barium, magnesium, calcium and strontium, and B is at least one element selected from the group consisting of boron, aluminum, gallium, manganese, titanium, vanadium and zirconium, and wherein the A atoms substitute for Li atoms and the Co and B atoms substitute for Ni atoms of the structure of LiNiO 2 .