US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on June 24 for "Electrochemical reaction device, method for reducing carbon dioxide, and method for producing carbon compound" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,537, issued on June 24, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Electrochemical reaction device, method for reducing carbon dioxide, and method for producing carbon compound" was invented by Yuta Shimada (Wako, Japan) and Hiroshi Oikawa (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "What is provided is an electrochemical reaction device into which unreacted carbon dioxide gas is less likely to be mixed in and which is capable of increasing purity of a carbon compound produced through reduction, a method for reducing carbon dioxide, and a method for producing a carbon compound. In an electrochemical reaction device electrochemical...