US Patent Issued to Ionblox on July 8 for "Lithium ion cells with silicon based active materials and negative electrodes with water-based binders having good adhesion and cohesion" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,079, issued on July 8, was assigned to Ionblox Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Lithium ion cells with silicon based active materials and negative electrodes with water-based binders having good adhesion and cohesion" was invented by Kevin Hays (Fremont, Calif.), Subramanian Venkatachalam (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Herman A. Lopez (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymer binders for negative electrodes with silicon based active materials are described based on poly(acrylamide-co-acrylate salts). Lithium ion batteries incorporating electrodes formed with the binders achieve longer cycling with suitable performance. Mechanical pr...