ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,851, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Lyten Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Anode protective layer for lithium-sulfur cells" was invented by Elena Rogojina (San Jose, Calif.), Jerzy Gazda (Austin, Texas), You Li (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jesse Baucom (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Chandra B. KC (San Jose, Calif.), Jingning Shan (San Jose, Calif.) and Ratnakumar Bugga (Arcadia, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium-sulfur battery may include a cathode, an anode structure positioned opposite to the cathode, a separator, and an electrolyte. In some instances, the anode structure may include an artificial solid-electrolyte interphase (A-SEI) that...