ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,622, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL Corp. (Beijing) and RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING, SINOPEC (Beijing).

"Carbon-coated nickel-aluminum nanocomposite, preparation method therefor and application thereof" was invented by Junfeng Rong (Beijing), Peng Yu (Beijing), Jingxin Xie (Beijing), Genghuang Wu (Beijing), Mingsheng Zong (Beijing), Weiguo Lin (Beijing) and Hongbo Ji (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nanocomposite has a core-shell structure with an outer shell and an inner core. The outer shell is a graphitized carbon film, and the inner core contains nickel oxide and alumina, wit...