US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 17 for "Lithium metal negative electrode and method of manufacturing the same" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,561, issued on June 17, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Lithium metal negative electrode and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Kanako Okada (Royal Oak, Mich.), Jesse M. Roy (Madison Heights, Mich.), Li Yang (Troy, Mich.) and Mary E. Fortier (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode for an electrochemical cell of a secondary lithium metal battery is manufactured by a method in which a precursor solution is applied to a major surface of a lithium metal substrate to form a protective interfacial layer thereon. The precursor solution includes a first organic solvent m...