US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on March 17 for "Solid-state polymer electrolyte for an energy storage device" (Maryland, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,226, issued on March 17, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Solid-state polymer electrolyte for an energy storage device" was invented by Konstantinos Gerasopoulos (Fulton, Md.) and Bing Tan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure provide an energy storage device that can include a cathode, an anode, and a solid polymer electrolyte. The solid polymer electrolyte can include polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and bis(trifluoro-methanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI). A mass content of the LiTFSI can be greater than a mass content of the PVDF. The solid polymer electrolyte can have a struc...