US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on June 17 for "Electrolyte for lithium-sulfur battery and lithium-sulfur battery comprising same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,501, issued on June 17, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrolyte for lithium-sulfur battery and lithium-sulfur battery comprising same" was invented by Yeyoung Ha (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jaegil Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed is an electrolyte solution for a lithium-sulfur battery including a lithium salt, an organic solvent and an additive, and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same, wherein the additive includes a heterocyclic compound containing at least one double bond, and a heterocycle of the heterocyclic compound comprises an oxygen atom or a sulfur a...