Tesla patents new chemical compound for battery electrolytes
Tesla has filed a patent application for a specific chemical compound designed to be used in the liquid inside energy storage devices. The filing describes a molecule with a flexible structure that can include various carbon chains and halogen atoms, which serves as the electrolyte solution.
In the filing’s own words
Various aspects disclosed relate to an electrolyte solution for an energy storage device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A compound having a structure according to formula (I): wherein R 1 -R 8 are each independently H, a halogen, substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 20 hydrocarbyl, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 20 haloalkyl, or any enantiomer, diastereomer, meso compound, or constitutional isomer thereof.
Facts
- Company
- Tesla (Tesla, Inc.)
- Official title
- ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE
- Publication number
- US20260312134A1
- Application number
- 19094397
- Filed
- Mar 28, 2025
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H01M 10/0567 Electricity & electronicsH01M 10/0568 Electricity & electronicsH01M 10/0569 Electricity & electronicsH01M 2300/004 Electricity & electronicsH01M 2300/0051 Electricity & electronicsMore from Tesla in Batteries & energy
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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