ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,386, issued on May 26, was assigned to The Penn State Research Foundation (State College, Pa.).
"All aqueous thermally-regenerative battery" was invented by Derek Hall (University Park, Pa.), Serguei Lvov (University Park, Pa.), Bruce E. Logan (University Park, Pa.) and Christopher Gorski (University Park, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems and methods for thermally-regenerative batteries that avoid solid metal dissolution and deposition reactions. A thermoelectrochemical system includes a reactor comprising first and second electrode compartments with a separator interposed between the first and second electrode ...