US Patent Issued to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA on Feb. 10 for "Advanced direct recycling methods for lithium-ion batteries" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,813, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Advanced direct recycling methods for lithium-ion batteries" was invented by Elahe Moazzen (Southfield, Mich.) and Kulwinder Dhindsa (Westland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for separating a binder from cathode active material particles. The method includes combining the binder, the cathode active material particles, water and solvent in a vessel to form a single phase. The method further includes allowing the single phase to settle and form a first phase and a second phase, and separating the first phase from the second ...