US Patent Issued to University of Southern California on Nov. 11 for "Long-life lithium-sulfur battery using a novel flexible bi-layer solid state electrolyte" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,930, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to University of Southern California (Los Angeles).

"Long-life lithium-sulfur battery using a novel flexible bi-layer solid state electrolyte" was invented by Sri Narayan (Los Angeles), Rodrigo Elizalde-Segovia (Los Angeles), Buddhinie Jayathilake (Los Angeles) and Ahmed Irshad Maniyanganam (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium-sulfur battery cell includes a cathode that includes sulfur, an anode that includes lithium metal; and a bilayer membrane interposed between the cathode and the anode. The bilayer membrane includes a mixed conduction membrane layer and a lithium ion-conducti...