US Patent Issued to Samsung SDI on Feb. 18 for "Additive for electrolyte, electrolyte including additive, and lithium secondary battery including electrolyte" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,757, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Additive for electrolyte, electrolyte including additive, and lithium secondary battery including electrolyte" was invented by Hyejin Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Olga Tsay (Yongin-si, South Korea), Myungheui Woo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Harim Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jinhyeok Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyunbong Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive for electrolytes includes a compound represented by Formula 1. The silyl moieties at both ends of the compound may coordinate water to suppress or reduce...