US Patent Issued to UT-BATTELLE on Dec. 30 for "Gel composite electrolyte membrane for lithium metal batteries" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,510, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to UT-BATTELLE LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

"Gel composite electrolyte membrane for lithium metal batteries" was invented by Xi Chen (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Yiman Zhang (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Tomonori Saito (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Nancy J. Dudney (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Michelle Lehmann (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved gel composite electrolyte membrane and a method of its manufacture are provided. The method includes mixing polymer precursors, a lithium salt, and a ceramic filler in a vessel to form a mixture. The mixture is cast on a preheated substrate and cured to form a crosslinked...