US Patent Issued to Pacific Industrial Development on Aug. 4 for "Inorganic scavenging additive for use in a lithium-ion secondary battery" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,589, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Pacific Industrial Development Corp. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Inorganic scavenging additive for use in a lithium-ion secondary battery" was invented by Shuang Gao (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Yunkui Li (Ann Arbor, Mich.), David Shepard (Canton, Mich.) and Ashwin Sankaran (Arnhem, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell for use in an electrochemical cell, e.g., a lithium-ion secondary battery, that includes a positive electrode with an active material acting as a cathode and a current collector; a negative electrode with an active material acting as an anode and a current collector; a non-aqueous ele...