US Patent Issued to City University of Hong Kong on July 21 for "Bifunctional separator, batteries containing, and method of manufacture thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,095, issued on July 21, was assigned to City University of Hong Kong (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Bifunctional separator, batteries containing, and method of manufacture thereof" was invented by Chunyi Zhi (Shatin, Hong Kong), Yue Hou (Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong) and Ze Chen (Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator for a battery contains a MXene nanosheet, a poly (vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) framework, and a physical isolation flame retardant dispersed within the poly (vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) framework. The MXene nanosheet is affixed to the poly (vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluorop...