US Patent Issued to HYDRO-QUEBEC on June 3 for "Olivine -type compounds: method for their preparation and use in cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries" (Canadian, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,801, issued on June 3, was assigned to HYDRO-QUEBEC (Montreal).

"Olivine -type compounds: method for their preparation and use in cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries" was invented by Montse Galceran Mestres (Alava, Spain), Montse Casas-Cabanas (Alava, Spain), Abdelbast Guerfi (Varennes, Canada), Michel Armand (Alava, Spain), Teofilo Rojo (Alava, Spain), Karim Zaghib (Varennes, Canada) and Andrea Paolella (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Olivine-type compounds, their preparation and use in cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries. The olivine-type compounds may be obtained by a direct synthesis embodying a hydrothermal...