US Patent Issued to UCHICAGO ARGONNE on May 26 for "Electrochemical synthesis method for lithium superoxide" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,776, issued on May 26, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago).

"Electrochemical synthesis method for lithium superoxide" was invented by Larry A. Curtiss (Downers Grove, Ill.), Hsien-Hau Wang (Downers Grove, Ill.), Khalil Amine (Oakbrook, Ill.) and Samuel Plunkett (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides, in part, methods and processes for the production of lithium superoxide (LiO2) which is free of other lithium-oxygen compounds, as well as compositions and electrochemical cells comprising lithium superoxide (e.g., lithium superoxide that is free of other lithium-oxygen compounds)."

The patent w...