ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,732, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to GUANGXI ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Nanning, China).
"Method for hydrolyzing cellulose into sugar to produce spherical capacitive carbon" was invented by Qishi Du (Nanning, China), Siyu Long (Nanning, China), Peiduo Tang (Nanning, China) and Xuequan Xian (Nanning, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for hydrolyzing cellulose into sugar to produce spherical capacitive carbon for the deep utilization of biomass and carbon materials. The present disclosure includes the following steps of: (1) crude cellulose pretreatment; (2) alkaline hydrolysis of cellulose; (3) separation of the cellulose fro...