US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumini Research Foundation on Jan. 13 for "Ionic cyclic nitroxyl radical oligomers" (Wisconsin, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,646, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumini Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Ionic cyclic nitroxyl radical oligomers" was invented by Dawei Feng (Madison, Wis.), Patrick Sullivan (Madison, Wis.), Wenjie Li (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Xiuliang Lyu (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ionic cyclic nitroxyl radical oligomers, methods of making the ionic cyclic nitroxyl radical oligomers, and electrochemical cells, such as aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) that use the ionic nitroxyl radical oligomers as catholytes are provided. The oligomers are larger than individual cyclic nitroxyl radical molecules, but...