US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on Oct. 6 for "3-D composite anodes for Li-ion batteries with high capacity and fast charging capability" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,958, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"3-D composite anodes for Li-ion batteries with high capacity and fast charging capability" was invented by Kuan-Hung Chen (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Neil Dasgupta (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Jeffrey Sakamoto (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Min Ji Namkoong (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium-ion battery includes an electrode with a plurality of channels formed at least partially through its thickness. Each channel has a diameter in a range from 5 micro metre to 100 micro metre and/or is spaced apart from another channel by a distance in...