US Patent Issued to TESLA on Aug. 4 for "Difluorophosphate additive compounds and methods thereof for use in energy storage devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,617, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TESLA INC. (Austin, Texas).

"Difluorophosphate additive compounds and methods thereof for use in energy storage devices" was invented by David S. Hall (Palo Alto, Calif.), Toren Hynes (Palo Alto, Calif.), Connor P. Aiken (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Jeffery R. Dahn (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the synthesis and evaluation of difluorophosphate additives for use in energy storage devices. The difluorophosphate additive may be selected from the group consisting of lithium difluorophosphate (LFO), sodium difluorophosphate (NaFO), ammonium difluorophos...