Patent ID: 8398883
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A composition for use in an electrochemical redox reaction, comprising: a first material, represented by a general formula M a metal or a metal oxide component, comprising at least two materials selected from the group consisting of transition metal elements, semimetal elements, Group IIA elements, group IIIA elements, group IVA elements, alloys thereof and oxides of the above metal elements and the alloys, wherein the at least two materials comprise different metal elements and exclude lithium, and one of the at least two materials is selected from the group consisting of transition metal elements, semimetal elements, Group IIA elements, Group IIIA elements, Group IVA elements and alloys thereof, wherein the first material and the metal or the metal oxide component are co-crystallized or physically combined, and the metal or the metal oxide component takes less than about 30% of the composition.