Patent

•   Y. Hwa, P. D. Frischmann, E. J. Cairns & B. A. Helms 

Composite battery electrodes containing supramolecular polymer binders

US Patent Number: 10683419, (2020) 

•   Y. Hwa, C. K. Chan, Y. An, A. S. Barla

Graphite–Copper Interfacial Conditioning Enabling High-Yield Recovery of Graphite and Copper from Spent Graphite Electrodes 

US Provisional Patent Application, 64/032,956 (2026)

•   Y. Hwa, C. Chan, D. D. Nguyen

Infrared-based drying method for simultaneous solvent removal and binder structure control in lithium-ion battery electrodes 

US Provisional Patent Application, 63/879,525 (2025)

•   Y. An, D. Write, Y. Hwa 

Synthesis method for sulfur-porous carbon composites with tunable crystallinity and morphology for Li/S batteries 

US Provisional Patent Application, 63/723,029. (2025)

•   Y. An, Y. Hwa 

Method for dry battery electrode manufacturing via direct powder bed formation and compression

US Patent Application, 18/676,295 (2024).