US Patent Issued to UCHICAGO ARGONNE on Sept. 29 for "Methods for coating electrode materials with fluoride coating and electrodes formed therefrom" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,670, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago).

"Methods for coating electrode materials with fluoride coating and electrodes formed therefrom" was invented by Anil U. Mane (Naperville, Ill.), Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Ill.) and Pragathi Darapaneni (Lemont, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for forming a fluoride-based coating on an electrode material that is at least partially covered with a surface carbonate, includes disposing the electrode material in a reactor. The electrode material is exposed to a vapor of a fluoride-based precursor material such that the fluoride-based precursor material...