US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Oct. 20 for "Fused aromatic molecules as electrode materials" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,801, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Fused aromatic molecules as electrode materials" was invented by Mircea Dinca (Belmont, Mass.), Harish Banda (Cambridge, Mass.) and Tianyang Chen (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions comprising fused aromatic systems and associated electrodes, electrochemical cells, and charge storage devices are generally described. Preferably, the aromatic comprising a bis-tetraamino-benzoquinone molecule and/or a tautomer, oligomer, and/or polymer thereof. Alternatively, the aromatic composition comprises an active material c...