US Patent Issued to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS on Dec. 30 for "Zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitor and methods of preparation thereof" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,276, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitor and methods of preparation thereof" was invented by Mostafa Mahmoud Mohamed Osman (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Md. Abdul Aziz (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Zain Hassan Yamani (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zinc (Zn) ion hybrid supercapacitor (ZIHSC) in the form of an electrochemical cell includes a Zn nanosheets electrodeposited metal substrate (Zn ED-MS) as an anode, and a jute activated carbon coated conductive carbon substrate (the JAC-CCS) as a cathode, an electrolyte i...