ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,461, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to VICTORIA LINK Ltd. (Wellington, New Zealand).
"Cathode" was invented by Shalini Divya (Wellington, New Zealand) and Thomas Nann (New South Wales, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a cathode materials suitable for an aluminium ion battery, wherein the cathode materials comprise a main group element nitride, and an oxide of a main group element or an oxide of a element in Group 1 to 13. The nitride is preferably a 2-dimensional layered material. Preferably, the ratio of the main group element nitride to the oxide is between 5:95 and 95:5 (by weight)."
The patent was filed on...