Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Long-Life Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc Ion Battery Anodes Using Long-Chain Nitrile Additives Having Hydrophobic Tails' Filed by Indian Institute Of Technology

MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531103001 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, on Oct. 25, 2025, for 'long-life rechargeable aqueous zinc ion battery anodes using long-chain nitrile additives having hydrophobic tails.'

Inventor(s) include Uday Narayan Maiti; and Pranab Bera.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention presents electrolytes and additives for rechargeable aqueous Zn-ion batteries (AZIBs) using straight-chain nitrile molecules with long alkyl chain lengths to enhance Zn anode reversibility and cycling stability. Pentan...