US Patent Issued to UT-BATTELLE on Sept. 1 for "In-operando electrochemical dendrite healing in lithium-ion battery cells" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,828, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to UT-BATTELLE LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

"In-operando electrochemical dendrite healing in lithium-ion battery cells" was invented by Ruhul Amin (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Ilias Belharouak (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Anand Vasudevbhai Parejiya (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of reviving a lithium-ion battery cell in which dendrites are formed providing a lithium-ion battery cell including a lithium-metal-containing electrolyte and one of a graphite or a lithium-metal-containing anode. Lithium dendrites are formed at an anode/electrolyte interface in the cell and extend into the electrol...