US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on May 27 for "Negative electrode for lithium metal battery, manufacturing method thereof, and lithium metal battery comprising the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,933, issued on May 27, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Negative electrode for lithium metal battery, manufacturing method thereof, and lithium metal battery comprising the same" was invented by Hyunwoong Yun (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode for a lithium metal battery includes a metal current collector substrate, a lithium metal layer formed on at least one surface of the metal current collector substrate, and a protective layer formed on the lithium metal layer. The protective layer includes a material capable of occluding and releasing lithium in an amount of 7...