US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on March 18 for "Gel polymer electrolyte supercapacitor" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,285, issued on March 18, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Gel polymer electrolyte supercapacitor" was invented by Ayhan Bozkurt (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Emre Cevik (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gel polymer electrolytes comprising molybdate(VI) salts dispersed in a hydrogel matrix. The hydrogel matrix contains reacted units of an acrylamide (e.g. 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid) and optionally an additional monomer. A supercapacitor including the gel polymer electrolyte and electrodes arranged between the electrolyte is also specified. This supercapa...