US Patent Issued to UCHICAGO ARGONNE on June 2 for "Non-flammable electrolytes" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,753, issued on June 2, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago).

"Non-flammable electrolytes" was invented by Zhengcheng Zhang (Naperville, Ill.), Qian Liu (Darien, Ill.), Krzysztof Pupek (Plainfield, Ill.) and Trevor L. Dzwiniel (Carol Stream, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolyte for use in a lithium-ion or sodium-ion battery includes a salt such as a lithium salt, a sodium salt, or a mixture of any two or more thereof; and a solvent that includes a compound represented as Formula I, II, or a mixture of any two or more thereof:wherein: R1 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted haloalky...