US Patent Issued to Notark on Sept. 29 for "Binder compositions comprising styrenic block copolymers for rechargeable batteries" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,684, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Notark Corp. (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Binder compositions comprising styrenic block copolymers for rechargeable batteries" was invented by Jason Tian (Houston), Xiangyun Wei (Houston), John Flood (Houston) and Vijay Mhetar (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode binder for use with rechargeable batteries is disclosed. In embodiments, the electrode binder comprises a styrenic block copolymer (SBC) for use with an electrode active material, such as Si, Si alloys, Si compounds, Si composites, carbon black, or graphite in an amount of at least 20 wt. %. The SBC can be unsaturated (US...