US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Dec. 16 for "Functional hybrid powder as additive for electrochemical cells" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,226, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Functional hybrid powder as additive for electrochemical cells" was invented by Xingcheng Xiao (Troy, Mich.), Mei Cai (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Yifan Zhao (Warren, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid functional particle for use in an electrochemical cell that cycle lithium ions is provided. The hybrid functional particle includes a lithiated zeolite having a plurality of pores and a plurality of lithium-containing particles disposed within one or more pores of the plurality of pores of the lithiated zeolite. For example, the lithiate...