Inventor · Bloomfield Hills, MI, US

Mei Cai

159Patents
25h-index
133Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 9, 1998 → Aug 3, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9362552B2 Lithium ion battery electrode materials and methods of making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 78 Active
US8974946B2 Coating for separator or cathode of lithium—sulfur or silicon—sulfur battery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 75 Active
US9160036B2 Electrolyte additives for lithium sulfur rechargeable batteries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 75 Active
US9123939B2 Anodes including mesoporous hollow silicon particles and a method for synthesizing mesoporous hollow silicon particles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Active
US9302914B2 Methods for making hollow carbon materials and active materials for electrodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Active
US9537144B2 Single lithium ion conductor as binder in lithium-sulfur or silicon-sulfur battery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Active
US8999584B2 Method for pre-lithiation of the negative electrode in lithium ion batteries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Active
US9742028B2 Flexible membranes and coated electrodes for lithium based batteries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Active
US9252411B2 Multifunction battery separator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Active
US6843303B2 Method of sand coremaking Performing Operations; Transporting 42 Expired
US9373829B2 Porous interlayer for a lithium-sulfur battery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Active
US9437871B2 Sulfur based active material for a positive electrode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Active
US9647254B2 Coated separator and one-step method for preparing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Active
US9929435B2 Electrolyte structure for metal batteries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Active
US6680279B2 Nanostructured catalyst particle/catalyst carrier particle system Performing Operations; Transporting 33 Expired
US9979008B2 Methods for making a solid electrolyte interface layer on a surface of an electrode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Active
US10084204B2 Electrolyte solution and sulfur-based or selenium-based batteries including the electrolyte solution Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Active
US9896763B2 Particle reactor for atomic layer deposition (ALD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes Performing Operations; Transporting 31 Active
US9905847B2 Forming electrode active materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Active
US10367201B2 Negative electrode including a polymeric single-ion conductor coating Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Active
US10326166B2 Gel electrolytes and precursors thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US9577251B2 Active electrode materials and methods for making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US10128481B2 Lithium-based battery separator and method for making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US10312501B2 Electrolyte and negative electrode structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Active
US9570752B2 Negative electrode material for lithium-based batteries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.