ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,156, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Electrodes including polymer binder networks with bamboo-type fibers" was invented by Dewen Kong (Shanghai), Meiyuan Wu (Shanghai), Haijing Liu (Shanghai) and Si Chen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an electrode for an electrochemical cell. The electrode includes a polymer binder network and a plurality of electroactive material particles. The polymer binder network includes a plurality of fibers defining the polymer binder network. Each of the plurality of fibers includes a plurality of beads and a plurality...