US Patent Issued to Idemitsu Kosan on July 28 for "Production method for solid electrolyte and electrolyte precursor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,116, issued on July 28, was assigned to Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Production method for solid electrolyte and electrolyte precursor" was invented by Takayoshi Kambara (Chiba, Japan), Nobuhito Nakaya (Ichihara, Japan) and Hiroaki Yamada (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a production method of a solid electrolyte containing a lithium element, a sulfur element, a phosphorous element, and a halogen element, wherein the solid electrolyte has a high ionic conductivity and capable of suppressing hydrogen sulfide by adopting a liquid-phase method, wherein the method includes mixing a complexi...