ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,791, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to LiBAMA Power Corp. (Binghamton, N.Y.).
"Porous electrode for electrochemical cells" was invented by Wentao Li (Cookeville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A porous electrode and methods of making the same are described. The porous electrode is comprised of a porous conductive layer and an insulating layer, where the pores inside the conductive layer function as mini-containers for the active metals for rechargeable batteries, and the insulating layer covers the top surface of the conductive layer and blocks the sites where active metal dendrites would otherwise preferentially grow. An exam...