US Patent Issued to California Institute of Technology on Sept. 23 for "Solid state ion conduction in ZnPS 3" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,648, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Solid state ion conduction in ZnPS 3" was invented by Kimberly A. Robb (Pasadena, Calif.) and Andrew J. Martinolich (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an aspect, an electrochemical cell comprises: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a solid state electrolyte in ionic communication with the positive electrode and the negative electrode; wherein: the electrolyte is characterized by formula (FX1): MPS3 (FX1); wherein M is one or more metal cations and optionally metal cation vacancies; and wherein at least one o...