ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,249, issued on Nov. 4.
"All solid-state lithium-ion battery incorporating electrolyte-infiltrated composite electrodes" was invented by Zhigang Lin (Anaheim, Calif.), Chunhu Tan (Anaheim, Calif.) and Tianyu Meng (Anaheim, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrolyte-infiltrated composite electrode includes an electrolyte component consisting of a polymer matrix with ceramic nanoparticles embedded in the matrix to form a networking structure of electrolyte. Suitable ceramic nanoparticles have the basic formula Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) and its derivatives such as AlxLi7-xLa3Zr2-y-zTayNbzO12 where x ranges from 0 to 0.85, y ranges from 0...