Intellectual Property Law

US Patent 7678495 - Graphitic nanostructured battery

In order to increase the efficiency of lithium batteries this patent from Alcatel-Lucent teaches forming graphitic nanoposts as the electrode material. Claim 1 reads:

1. A battery, comprising:

an electrolyte fluid; and

a first electrode formed at least in part from a patterned plurality of nanostructured features on a substrate,

the nanostructured features each including graphitic carbon,

the electrolyte fluid being in contact with a surface formed by the patterned plurality of nanostructured features, and

the electrolyte fluid being disposed between the first electrode and a second electrode;

wherein the patterned plurality of nanostructured features, in addition to forming at least a part of the first electrode, enables controllable penetration of the electrolyte fluid through the surface and into contact with the substrate of the first electrode.

Full post as published by TinytechIP on March 18, 2010 (boomark / email).