US Patent Issued to NICHIA on Feb. 10 for "Positive electrode active material and positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,764, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Positive electrode active material and positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Kento Isai (Anan, Japan), Kenichi Kobayashi (Tokushima, Japan), Kiyoto Ikebata (Tokushima, Japan), Koichi Sumiwaka (Anan, Japan) and Hayato Ishibashi (Anan, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a positive electrode active material which inhibits a decrease in discharge capacity while improving output in a low SOC region. The positive electrode active material includes: first particles that each consist of a first lithium transition meta...