US Patent Issued to Enevate on March 24 for "Silicon anodes with water-soluble maleic anhydride-, and/or maleic acid-containing polymers/copolymers, derivatives, and/or combinations (with or without additives) as binders" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,784, issued on March 24, was assigned to Enevate Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Silicon anodes with water-soluble maleic anhydride-, and/or maleic acid-containing polymers/copolymers, derivatives, and/or combinations (with or without additives) as binders" was invented by Liwen Ji (Irvine, Calif.), Younes Ansari (Irvine, Calif.), Sanjaya D. Perera (Irvine, Calif.) and Benjamin Park (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for batteries comprising a cathode, an electrolyte, and an anode, wherein the anode is a Si-dominant anode that utilizes water-soluble maleic anhydride- and/or maleic acid-containing polymers/co...