NREL Patent Activity Climbed in FY ’22

There must be a better way. That thought has sparked more scientific advancements, more eureka moments, more patent applications. For a quartet of researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the notion of converting woody biomass to an oil that can then be used to produce high-value, carbon-rich coproducts proved to be an environmentally friendly alternative to an intensive mining process. These coproducts include graphite, a vital part of lithium-ion batteries used to pow...