ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,852, issued on July 1, was assigned to Li-Metal Corp. (Markham, Canada).
"Zinc alloy electrodes for lithium batteries" was invented by Jonathan T. Goodman (Evanston, Ill.) and Yong Shi (Oakville, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Zinc containing electrodes and anodes, processes for their production, and cells including said electrodes and anodes are disclosed. The electrodes and anodes can include zinc adjacent to a copper current collector and carrying lithium metal. Processes include the deposition of zinc and then lithium onto the current collector and the electrochemical products include the electrodes and anodes in a lithium-...