ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,409, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (Hangzhou, China).

"Wide voltage window aqueous electrolyte solution for forming SEI film based on physical process, and preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Zheng Bo (Hangzhou, China), Huachao Yang (Hangzhou, China) and Meiqi Zhou (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a wide voltage window aqueous electrolyte solution for forming an SEI film based on a physical process, including: an additive, an electrolyte and water, where the additive is a long-chain compound having both opposite charge functional groups and having...