ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,177, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Stratus Materials Inc. (Pittsburgh).
"Lithium-rich nickel manganese oxide battery cathode materials and methods" was invented by Jay Whitacre (Pittsburgh) and Sven Burke (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming an active material for a positive electrode of a lithium-ion battery includes quenching a powder of the active material in water. The active material may include layered lithium rich nickel manganese oxide."
The patent was filed on July 5, 2022, under Application No. 17/810,722.
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