US Patent Issued to PPG Industries Ohio on Nov. 11 for "Lithium ion battery anodes including graphenic carbon particles" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,841, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PPG Industries Ohio Inc. (Cleveland).

"Lithium ion battery anodes including graphenic carbon particles" was invented by Noel R. Vanier (Wexford, Pa.), David B. Asay (Freeport, Pa.), Kurt G. Olson (Gibsonia, Pa.), Edward F. Rakiewicz (Gibsonia, Pa.), Donghai Wang (State College, Pa.) and Ran Yi (State College, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lithium ion battery anodes including graphenic carbon particles are disclosed. Lithium ion batteries containing such anodes are also disclosed. The anodes include mixtures of lithium-reactive metal particles such as silicon, graphenic carbon particles, an...