US Patent Issued to Sion Power on Oct. 7 for "Electrolytes for lithium batteries" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,196, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Sion Power Corp. (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Electrolytes for lithium batteries" was invented by Yuriy V. Mikhaylik (Tucson, Ariz.), Igor P. Kovalev (Vail, Ariz.) and Alexis Sheffield (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards increases in cycle life and stability of electrochemical cells. Electrolytes and electrochemical cells, including those for use in rechargeable lithium batteries, are generally provided. In some embodiments, the electrolytes and electrochemical cells comprise asymmetric sulfonamides. The electrolytes and electrochemical cells ...