ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,874, issued on April 29, was assigned to BTR NEW MATERIAL GROUP Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Silicon-based composite material, lithium ion battery, and preparation method thereof" was invented by Peng He (Shenzhen, China), Chengmao Xiao (Shenzhen, China), Jianguo Ren (Shenzhen, China) and Xueqin He (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a porous nano-silicon-based composite material, an anode and a lithium ion battery and a preparation method thereof. The silicon-based composite material comprises nano active particles and graphite, and the nano active particles comprise porous nano-silicon;...