ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,200, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Electrode for secondary batteries containing high-density carbon defect structure and method of producing the same" was invented by Hee-Tak Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Juhyuk Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an electrode for secondary batteries containing a high-density carbon defect structure and a method of producing the same. The electrode can prevent deterioration of battery performance due to dendrite formation by inhibiting self-diffusion and aggregation of metal nuclei, and ...