US Patent Issued to PHINERGY on March 11 for "Separators with layered double hydroxides for electrochemical cells" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,734, issued on March 11, was assigned to PHINERGY LTD. (Kfar Sabba, Israel).

"Separators with layered double hydroxides for electrochemical cells" was invented by Ilya Yakupov (Rehovot, Israel), Nicola Menegazzo (Pittsburgh) and Mark Weaver (Greenwell Springs, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Separators, electrochemical cells and methods are provided, to improve operation of cells such as metal-ion batteries and fuel cells. Separators comprise a porous, ionically conductive film including layered double hydroxide(s) (LDHs), which are functional ceramic additives, removing potentially harmful anions from the electrolyte by incorpor...