US Patent Issued to University of North Dakota on March 4 for "Battery cathodes from humic acid" (North Dakota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,000, issued on March 4, was assigned to University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, N.D.).

"Battery cathodes from humic acid" was invented by Xiaodong Hou (Grand Forks, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing a cathode 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 No. 17/558,080.

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