ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,614, issued on April 7.

"Hybrid electrodes for battery cells and methods of production thereof" was invented by Zachary Favors (Reno, Nev.), Fabio Albano (Carson City, Nev.) and Bill Burger (Carson City, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Carbon based electrodes for use in battery cells. The carbon-based electrodes can be a pure binderless carbon electrode. The electrode may further include a carbon nanotube-based interlayer comprising about 1-30% oxidized carbon nanotubes, wherein the interlayer can be configured to act as a secondary pathway to a current collector of a battery cell. Some of the formed cathodes can be used in batte...