US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on July 29 for "Cathode active material comprising lithium peroxide, cathode for a lithium-ion battery, lithium-ion battery, and use of coated lithium peroxide in a lithium-ion battery" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,683, issued on July 29, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Cathode active material comprising lithium peroxide, cathode for a lithium-ion battery, lithium-ion battery, and use of coated lithium peroxide in a lithium-ion battery" was invented by Roland Jung (Munich), Hideki Ogihara (Haimhausen, Germany) and Thomas Woehrle (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode active material comprises lithium peroxide, wherein the lithium peroxide is provided at least in part with a coating, and wherein the coating comprises a non-metal inorganic compound. Furthermore, a cathode for a lithium-ion battery, and a lithium-i...