US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on May 20 for "Functional separator having catalytic sites introduced thereinto, manufacturing method therefor, and lithium secondary battery comprising same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,397, issued on May 20, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Functional separator having catalytic sites introduced thereinto, manufacturing method therefor, and lithium secondary battery comprising same" was invented by Kihyun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Minsu Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to solve the problems caused by lithium polysulfide leaching from the positive electrode, disclosed is a catalytic site-introduced functional separator, a method of manufacturing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same, which can improve the capacity and lifetime ...