ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,341, issued on July 7, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Composite solid polymer electrolytes and organic cathode materials suitable for solid-state lithium batteries" was invented by Vilas G. Pol (West Lafayette, Ind.), Zheng Li (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Sensen Zhang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composite solid polymer electrolytes (SPE), organic cathode electrodes, and solid-state lithium batteries (SLBs) that incorporate the SPE and/or the organic cathode electrodes. The composite solid polymer electrolytes include a hybrid polymer matrix, an LiTFSI salt dispersed in the matrix ...