US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on June 17 for "Apparatus for pre-lithiation of negative electrode and method for pre-lithiation of negative electrode" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,535, issued on June 17, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for pre-lithiation of negative electrode and method for pre-lithiation of negative electrode" was invented by Seung Hae Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea), Ye Ri Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Su Yeon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Oh Byong Chae (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seo Young Jeon (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for pre-lithiating a negative electrode includes a pre-lithiation reactor having a pre-lithiation solution accommodated therein, a high-pressure chamber surrounding the pre-lithiation reactor, wherein a...