US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on May 27 for "Device for pre-lithiation of negative electrode and method for pre-lithiation of negative electrode" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,910, issued on May 27, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for pre-lithiation including a pre-lithiation reactor sequentially divided into an impregnation section, a pre-lithiation section, and an aging section. The pre-lithiation reactor accommodates a pre-lithiation solution through which a negative el...