ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,159, issued on July 22, was assigned to ALBEMARLE Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Particles comprising silicon and lithium" was invented by Yinzhi Zhang (Charlotte, N.C.) and Zhong Tang (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides compositions comprising coated particles comprising silicon in which the coating is comprised of carbon and one or more lithium silicates, the coated particles comprising silicon having a carbon content of about 0.10 wt % or more and a lithium content of about 1 wt % or more, relative to the total weight of the coated particle. Processes for preparing these compositions are also provide...