ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,759, issued on March 24, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Alkali metal-doped and alkaline earth metal-doped positive electrode materials and methods of manufacturing the same" was invented by Gongshin Qi (Troy, Mich.), Devendrasinh Darbar (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Raneen Taha (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Wei Li (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positive electrode material including a layered lithium- and manganese-rich nickel oxide (LMR) doped with an alkali metal and/or an alkaline earth metal. The positive electrode material may be manufactured by preparing a mixture comprising a transi...