ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,356, issued on April 21, was assigned to ZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY Co. LTD. (Zhuhai, China).

"Electrolyte suitable for lithium-ion battery of silicon-carbon system and lithium-ion battery" was invented by Yingdi Mu (Zhuhai, China), Long Wang (Zhuhai, China), Hai Wang (Zhuhai, China) and Suli Li (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an electrolyte suitable for a lithium-ion battery of a silicon-carbon system and a lithium-ion battery. The electrolyte provided in the present disclosure includes an organic solvent, an additive, and a lithium salt, where the additive includes lithium trifluoromethyl triethyl borate, pro...