ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,319, issued on April 14, was assigned to WATTRII INC. (Austin, Texas).
"Self-charging electrochemical cells" was invented by Jangwoo Kim (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Self-charging electrochemical cells, including self-charging batteries that incorporate such self-charging electrochemical cells, the electrochemical cells including a cathode including a cathode active material, an electrolyte including a solvent and a salt dissolved in the solvent, the electrolyte being in contact with the cathode, where the cathode active material is transformed into a discharge product during or after a discharge of the self-char...