US Patent Issued to Wayne State University on June 9 for "Charged-state lithium-ion batteries constructed using lithium-free binary Fe/Mn-based cathode materials" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,740, issued on June 9, was assigned to Wayne State University (Detroit).

"Charged-state lithium-ion batteries constructed using lithium-free binary Fe/Mn-based cathode materials" was invented by Da Deng (Troy, Mich.) and Venkata Rohit Punyapu (Dexter, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium-ion battery may include a lithium-free cathode, a lithiated anode, and a separator/electrolyte between the lithium-free cathode and the lithiated anode. The lithium-free cathode may include FeOF and MnO2. The FeOF may be in the form of nanorods, and the MnO2 may be in the form of monolayer nanosheets. The FeOF nanorods may be sandwiched or w...