US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on July 15 for "Electrochemical reduction of halogenated compounds comprising a sulfur pentahalide group" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,369, issued on July 15, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Electrochemical reduction of halogenated compounds comprising a sulfur pentahalide group" was invented by Betar Gallant (Cambridge, Mass.) and Haining Gao (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, articles, and methods directed to electrochemical systems (e.g., batteries) and the electrochemical reduction of halogenated compounds are generally described. In certain embodiments, the halogenated compound comprises at least one sulfur pentahalide (e.g., pentafluoride) group associated with a conjugated system."

The patent ...