US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Aug. 11 for "Accelerated synthesis of nickel-rich cathode materials using flame-assisted spray pyrolysis" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,647, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Accelerated synthesis of nickel-rich cathode materials using flame-assisted spray pyrolysis" was invented by Sili Deng (Cambridge, Mass.), Jianan Zhang (Cambridge, Mass.) and Valerie L Muldoon (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of synthesis of nickel-rich cathode materials can include preheating droplets, decomposing the droplets in a burner, collecting solid particles, and calcinating the solid particles."

The patent was filed on March 1, 2023, under Application No. 18/176,630.

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