US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on Feb. 3 for "Lithium metal patterning and electrochemical device using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,270, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lithium metal patterning and electrochemical device using the same" was invented by Oh-Byong Chae (Daejeon, South Korea), Eun-Kyung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang-Wook Woo (Daejeon, South Korea), Geun-Sik Jo (Daejeon, South Korea), Soo-Hee Kang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hee-Won Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium metal is physically pressed to a silicon wafer having a uniform intaglio or embossed pattern formed thereon in advance, or liquid lithium is applied to the silicon wafer and may then be cooled in order to f...