US Patent Issued to NEXEON on May 5 for "Process for preparing electroactive materials for metal-ion batteries" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,687, issued on May 5, was assigned to NEXEON Ltd. (Abingdon, Great Britain).

"Process for preparing electroactive materials for metal-ion batteries" was invented by Jose Medrano Catalan (Oxford, Great Britain) and Markus Andersson (Oxford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for preparing composite particles, the process comprising contacting the plurality of particles in the reaction zone with a gas comprising at least 25 vol % of a silicon-containing precursor at a temperature effective to cause deposition of silicon in the pores of the porous particles. A controlled temperature differentia...