US Patent Issued to Graphenix Development on Dec. 16 for "Anodes for lithium-based energy storage devices" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,223, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Graphenix Development Inc. (Williamsville, N.Y.).

"Anodes for lithium-based energy storage devices" was invented by John C. Brewer (Rochester, N.Y.), Paul D. Garman (Pittsford, N.Y.), Robert G. Anstey (Tonawanda, N.Y.) and Kevin Tanzil (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode for an energy storage device includes a current collector having an electrically conductive layer that includes nickel or copper, and a lithium storage structure comprising a plurality of first microstructures in contact with the electrically conductive layer. Each first microstructure includes silicon and ...