US Patent Issued to HYDRO-QUEBEC on Sept. 30 for "Sulfur-containing compounds and polymers and the use thereof in electrochemical cells" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,499, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HYDRO-QUEBEC (Montreal).

"Sulfur-containing compounds and polymers and the use thereof in electrochemical cells" was invented by Rachel Levesque-Belanger (Mercier, Canada), Andrea Paolella (Montreal), Jean-Christophe Daigle (Longueuil, Canada), Basile Commarieu (Montreal, Canada), Michel Armand (Montreal) and Karim Zaghib (Longueuil, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology relates to a sulfur-containing polymer or organic compound for use in a positive electrode material, especially in lithium batteries. More specifically, the use of this sulfur-containing polymer or comp...