ABAT files patent for nano-lithium-ion battery

Advanced Battery Technologies Inc. (ABAT), a developer and manufacturer of rechargeable polymer-lithium-ion (PLI) batteries, has filed a patent application for its nano-lithium-ion (NLI) battery.

ABAT has been developing a new PLI battery using lithium titanate spinel electrode banomaterials provided by Altair Nanotechnologies Inc . ABAT has developed a method for incorporating the nanomaterials into is PLI battery that is included in its patent application.

"We've been very pleased with the performance enhancement using nanomaterials, and we wanted to move quickly to apply for patent protection for our new battery," commented Zhiguo Fu, chairman of ABAT.