US Patent Issued to University of North Dakota on July 29 for "Battery anodes from humic acid" (North Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,680, issued on July 29, was assigned to University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, N.D.).

"Battery anodes from humic acid" was invented by Xiaodong Hou (Grand Forks, N.D.) and Shuai Xu (Grand Forks, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing an anode material for a lithium-ion battery includes combining an electrode precursor material and humic acid in an alkaline slurry, drying the alkaline slurry to produce a powder of humic acid-coated electrode precursor material, and heating the powder to produce the electrode material comprising graphene-coated particles."

The patent was filed on Dec. 21, 2021, under Application N...