US Patent Issued to The Texas A&M University System on Jan. 13 for "Structural zinc-ion supercapacitors (ZIHSCs)" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,408, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Texas A&M University System (College Station, Texas).

"Structural zinc-ion supercapacitors (ZIHSCs)" was invented by Andreas A. Polycarpou (College Station, Texas) and Ahmad Amiri (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a supercapacitor composed of a cathode material, a gel electrolyte, and a zinc foil anode. In some embodiments, the cathode material, the gel electrolyte, and the zinc foil anode are in a multilayered configuration. In some embodiments, the cathode and anode materials provide load-bearing capability. In an a...