ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,865, issued on April 29, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Pre-lithiation apparatus" was invented by Seung-Hae Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea), Ye-Ri Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Oh-Byong Chae (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pre-lithiation apparatus which prevents an electrode from being damaged by the byproducts produced by contact between a lithium source, such as a lithium metal sheet or lithium metal powder, and an electrolyte for pre-lithiation. The pre-lithiation apparatus includes a first reaction vessel comprising a first electrolyte and a first organic solvent and a second re...