US Patent Issued to Devendra K Sadana on June 2 for "Lithiation of porous-Si for high performance anode" (New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,202, issued on June 2, was assigned to Devendra K Sadana (Pleasantville, N.Y.).

"Lithiation of porous-Si for high performance anode" was invented by Devendra K Sadana (Pleasantville, N.Y.), Joel P. de Souza (Putnam Valley, N.Y.), Brian Williams (Hillsborough, N.J.) and Francis Christopher Farmer (Cherry Hill, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An element to be used as an anode in a lithium-ion battery comprising a lithiated single crystal porous-silicon layer made on the surface of a p-doped single crystal Si of thickness 25-1000 mm and resistivity of less than 0.01-ohm cm. Successful lithiation is achieved either electrochemically o...