US Patent Issued to UCHICAGO ARGONNE on June 9 for "Electrolytes for lithium batteries" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,775, issued on June 9, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago).

"Electrolytes for lithium batteries" was invented by Chi Cheung Su (Westmont, Ill.) and Khalil Amine (Oakbrook, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium ion battery includes a cathode including a cathode active material; an anode including silicon, a conductive carbon, lithium metal, or a combination of any two or more thereof; a separator; and an electrolyte including a lithium sulfonylimide salt, a dicarbonyl solvent, and a fluorinated ether solvent."

The patent was filed on April 11, 2022, under Application No. 17/717,695.

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