ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,407, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ENEVATE Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Method and system for periodic deep discharge to extract lithium in silicon-dominant anodes" was invented by Hong Zhao (Irvine, Calif.) and Benjamin Park (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for periodic deep discharge to extract lithium in silicon-dominant anodes may include providing a cell comprising a cathode, a separator, and a silicon-dominant anode; charging and discharging the cell through a plurality of cycles; and, following the plurality of cycles, performing one or more deep discharge cycles, where each of the one or more deep disc...