ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,695, issued on July 29, was assigned to The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami).
"Battery comprising a metal interlayer" was invented by Bilal M. El-Zahab (Miami Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Batteries having a metal interlayer that acts as an ion conductor are provided, as well as methods of forming the same. The metal interlayer can include, for example, palladium, platinum, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, gold, silver, or a combination thereof, and can act as a conductor while also inhibiting the transport of other species that would produce byproduct films and cause capacity degradation in...