US Patent Issued to Agency for Science, Technology and Research on Sept. 29 for "Electrolyte for magnesium ion batteries" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,709, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Agency for Science, Technology and Research (Singapore).

"Electrolyte for magnesium ion batteries" was invented by Dan Thien Nguyen (Singapore) and Zhi Wei Seh (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is a liquid electrolyte composition comprising: i) a magnesium salt comprising a trifluoromethane sulfonate anion; ii) an additive comprising an organic halide salt, an inorganic halide salt or a mixture thereof; and iii) a solvent comprising one or more ethers, wherein the organic halide salt comprises a halide anion and a cation selected from an optionally substituted quaternary ammoniu...