ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,832, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Electrolytes for silicon-containing electrodes" was invented by Dewen Kong (Shanghai), Haijing Liu (Shanghai), Si Chen (Shanghai), Mengyan Hou (Shanghai) and Mark W. Verbrugge (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions includes a positive electrode that includes a positive electroactive material, a negative electrode that includes a silicon-containing negative electroactive material, a separating layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte that is in...