US Patent Issued to UMICORE on Sept. 23 for "Powder for use in the negative electrode of a battery and a battery comprising such a powder" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,612, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to UMICORE (Brussels).

"Powder for use in the negative electrode of a battery and a battery comprising such a powder" was invented by Boaz Moeremans (Olen, Belgium), Kun Feng (Olen, Belgium), Michal Tulodziecki (Olen, Belgium), Jean-Sebastien Bridel (Olen, Belgium), Nicolas Marx (Olen, Belgium) and Stijn Put (Olen, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powder for use in a negative electrode of a battery, said powder comprising particles, wherein the particles comprise a carbonaceous matrix material and silicon-based domains dispersed in the carbonaceous matrix material, wherein the particles ...