US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Nov. 11 for "Electrolyte additives for lithium-sulfur rechargeable battery" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,880, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Electrolyte additives for lithium-sulfur rechargeable battery" was invented by Gao Liu (Piedmont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides for an amphiphilic molecule having a profluorinated alkyl-methyloligoethyleneoxide structure. The present invention also provides for an electrolyte composition comprising an amphiphilic molecule of the present invention, an electrolyte solvent, and a lithium salt."

The patent was filed on May 2, 2022, under Application No. 17/734,585.

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