US Patent Issued to Solid Power Operating on Oct. 20 for "Silicon anode for use in an electrochemical cell" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,867, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Solid Power Operating Inc. (Louisville, Colo.).

"Silicon anode for use in an electrochemical cell" was invented by Rose E. Ruther (Lafayette, Colo.), Kristen T. Hietala (Boulder, Colo.) and Steven Madachy (Broomfield, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a negative electrode or anode for an electrochemical cell, the anode comprising nanoscale silicon. The nanoscale silicon facilitates the formation of vertical cracks in the anode layer when the anode is cycled in an electrochemical cell, which improves cell performance as compared to a silicon anode that forms random or horiz...