ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,327, issued on July 15, was assigned to Battelle Energy Alliance LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho).

"Electrochemical cells for hydrogen gas production and electricity generation, and related systems and methods" was invented by Dong Ding (Idaho Falls, Idaho), Hanping Ding (Idaho Falls, Idaho), Wei Wu (Idaho Falls, Idaho) and Chao Jiang (Ammon, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical cell comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a proton-conducting membrane between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode comprises a layered perovskite having the general formula: DAB2O5+Delta, wherein D cons...