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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 21, 2023
Applicant:

William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

James M Tour, Houston, TX (US);

Abdul-Rahman O Raji, Houston, TX (US);

Rodrigo V Salvatierra, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/587 (2010.01); H01G 11/06 (2013.01); H01G 11/28 (2013.01); H01G 11/36 (2013.01); H01G 11/68 (2013.01); H01G 11/86 (2013.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/36 (2006.01); H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 4/62 (2006.01); H01M 4/66 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/587 (2013.01); H01G 11/28 (2013.01); H01G 11/36 (2013.01); H01G 11/68 (2013.01); H01G 11/86 (2013.01); H01M 4/045 (2013.01); H01M 4/366 (2013.01); H01M 4/382 (2013.01); H01M 4/625 (2013.01); H01M 4/66 (2013.01); H01M 4/661 (2013.01); H01M 4/663 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01G 11/06 (2013.01); H01M 2004/027 (2013.01); Y02E 60/13 (2013.01);
Abstract

Energy-storage devices in which the energy storage device has an electrode that includes graphitic carbon, carbon nanotubes, and a metallic-lithium layer between the carbon nanotubes and the energy-storage device further has an electrolyte that is in contact with the metallic lithium layer. The methods of manufacturing the energy-storage devices include that the energy storage device is made by providing electrodes that have a layer of carbon nanotubes adjacent additional carbon, applying a layer of lithium between the carbon nanotubes in the layer of carbon nanotubes of at least one of the electrodes, and providing an electrolyte between the electrodes.


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