US Patent Issued to Nanoscale Components on June 2 for "Methods for alkaliating roll anodes" (New Hampshire, Florida, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,703, issued on June 2, was assigned to Nanoscale Components Inc. (Bedford, N.H.).

"Methods for alkaliating roll anodes" was invented by Robert W. Grant (Lecanto, Fla.), Matthew Sweetland (Bedford, Mass.) and Asela Maha Acharige (Brookline, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to processes that may be used singly or in combination to prevent lithium (or alkali metal) plating or dendrite buildup on bare substrate areas or edges of electrode rolls during alkaliation of a battery or electrochemical cell anode composed of a conductive substrate and coatings, in which the electrode rolls may be coated on one or ...