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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL (US);
Inventors:
Yingwen Cheng, Sycamore, IL (US);
Tao Xu, Lisle, IL (US);
Ke Lu, DeKalb, IL (US);
Haiping Xu, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 10/0568 (2010.01); H01M 10/0569 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/382 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/0568 (2013.01); H01M 10/0569 (2013.01); H01M 2004/027 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract
An anode of a battery comprises lithium metal, and a dopant, in the lithium metal. The anode has a thickness of at most 50 μm, and the dopant is a metal with an electronegativity greater than lithium.