US Patent Issued to AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT on Feb. 3 for "Anode, lithium metal battery including the same, and method of manufacturing the lithium metal battery" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,304, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Anode, lithium metal battery including the same, and method of manufacturing the lithium metal battery" was invented by Yusong Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Tae Young Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea), SangHyeon Ha (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Seong Yeo (Daejeon, South Korea), EunJi Yoo (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jae In Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an anode including a metal porous body having a foam structure, a lithium-philic film formed on a surface of the metal porous body, and lithium impregnated into pore...