ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,029, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Anode material and electrochemical device including the same, and electronic device" was invented by Daoyi Jiang (Fujian, China) and Zhihuan Chen (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode material, including a matrix material, and the matrix material comprises carbon-doped silicon monoxide, and a content of the carbon ranges from 0.5% to 10% based on a total mass of the carbon and silicon monoxide. The anode material can significantly improve the cycle performance of an electrochemical device at room temperature and high temperatur...