ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,284, issued on March 25, was assigned to Sion Power Corp. (Tucson, Ariz.).
"Protective structures for electrodes" was invented by Marina M. Safont Sempere (Sahuarita, Ariz.) and Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective structure for use with metallic lithium (or other alkali or alkali earth metals) and its method of manufacture are provided. The protective structure may include a substantially continuous and substantially nonporous buffer layer disposed on the metallic lithium layer which is conductive to lithium ions. A substantially continuous and substantially nonporous protective laye...