US Patent Issued to THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO on Aug. 25 for "Self-regenerative electrolytes with intrinsic redox activity for energy storage devices" (Egyptian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,988, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO (Cairo).

"Self-regenerative electrolytes with intrinsic redox activity for energy storage devices" was invented by Nageh K. Allam (New Cairo, Egypt) and Abdelrahman A. M. Ismail (Sidi Salem, Egypt).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogel composition and its use as an electrolyte in energy storage devices is described. The hydrogel can include a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) matrix and an aqueous solution of lithium bromide (LiBr). The hydrogel electrolyte has high water retention ability, anti-freezing properties, is non-flammable, and has redox activity with a stabl...