ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,538, issued on May 19, was assigned to SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY (Shanghai).
"High-conductivity sulfur-based positive electrode material for secondary battery and secondary battery" was invented by Jiulin Wang (Shanghai), Jingyu Lei (Shanghai), Huichao Lu (Shanghai) and Jun Yang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-conductivity sulfur-based positive electrode material for a secondary battery and a secondary battery are provided. The sulfur-based positive electrode material is formed by evenly mixing highly isotactic polyacrylonitrile as a precursor with elemental sulfur and then heating to undergo a chemical reaction. T...