US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on March 31 for "Electrochemically grown zinc oxide layer on current collectors for mitigating growth of lithium dendrites" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,376, issued on March 31, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Electrochemically grown zinc oxide layer on current collectors for mitigating growth of lithium dendrites" was invented by Sayed Youssef Sayed Nagy (Troy, Mich.), Caleb Reese (Ferndale, Mich.) and Yoojin Kim (Shelby Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a battery cell includes connecting a current collector to a working electrode; connecting a zinc metal portion to a counter electrode; immersing the current collector and a portion of the working electrode in a liquid; immersing the zinc metal portion and a por...