US Patent Issued to Colorado State University Research Foundation on March 31 for "Electrodeposition of pure phase SnSb from eutectic ethaline solution for sodium-ion and lithium-ion battery anodes" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,380, issued on March 31, was assigned to Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colo.).

"Electrodeposition of pure phase SnSb from eutectic ethaline solution for sodium-ion and lithium-ion battery anodes" was invented by Jeffrey Ma (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Amy L. Prieto (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for electrodeposition of pure phase crystalline SnSb from deep eutectic ethaline is described. Thin films of SnSb were synthesized using a solution containing equimolar Sn(II) and Sb(III) chlorides as precursors, and ethaline (1:2 by weight of choline chloride and ethylene chloride) w...