ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,856, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ElectraLith Pty Ltd (Clayton, Australia).
"Lithium ion conductor-polymer-ceramic membrane" was invented by Huanting Wang (Glen Waverley, Australia), Nhi Sa Nguyen (Clayton, Australia) and Zhouyou Wang (Clayton, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ion permeable membrane for selective permeation of a target ion, preferably lithium, through the membrane, the membrane comprising a target ion permeable composite comprises a target ion permeable ceramic and at least one organic polymer associated with the target ion permeable ceramic."
The patent was filed on Aug. 12, 2020, under Application...