ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,400, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hunan Yuneng new energy battery materials Co. LTD. (Hunan, China).

"Preparation method for lithium iron phosphate cathode material and lithium battery" was invented by Tao Chen (Xiangtan, China), Xinlong Huang (Xiangtan, China), Yang Yu (Xiangtan, China) and Kun Cheng (Xiangtan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application belongs to the field of lithium battery technology, particularly relating to a preparation method for lithium iron phosphate cathode material and lithium battery. The method comprises: adding lithium source, iron source, phosphorus source, first carbon sourc...