US Patent Issued to University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Honda Motor on May 5 for "Nickel and cobalt-free cathode for lithium-ion batteries and method of manufacture" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,585, issued on May 5, was assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Fla.) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Nickel and cobalt-free cathode for lithium-ion batteries and method of manufacture" was invented by Akihiro Kushima (Orlando, Fla.), Yoshiya Fujiwara (Wako, Japan), Yoshiyuki Morita (Wako, Japan), Akihisa Tanaka (Wako, Japan) and Kazuki Chiba (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nickel-free and cobalt-free cathode material for a lithium (Li) battery is provided. The cathode material includes, LiaAl1-x-y-z FexMnyZn2O2-Delta, wherein a, x, y, z, and Delta are in the following ranges: 0.9...