ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,191, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SABANCI UNIVERSITESI NANOTEKNOLOJI ARASTIRMA VE UYGULAMA MERKEZI (Istanbul) and ISTANBUL TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI (Istanbul).

"Gel electrolyte for use in an energy storage device and supercapacitor cell" was invented by Yurdanur Turker (Izmir, Turkey), Koray Bahadir Donmez (Istanbul), Mert Umut Ozkaynak (Istanbul), Fatma Seniha Guner (Istanbul) and Nilgun Karatepe Yavuz (Istanbul).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gel electrolyte is configured for use in an energy storage device, and the electrolyte includes phosphoric acid and nonionic surfactant. The molar ratio of phosphoric acid (PA) to nonionic s...