US Patent Issued to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY on Dec. 30 for "Method of photocatalytic degradation and water splitting using nanocomposite" (Saudi Arabia, Egyptian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,458, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Method of photocatalytic degradation and water splitting using nanocomposite" was invented by Mohamed Khairy Abdel Fattah Omran (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Mohamed Mokhtar Mohamed (Benha, Egypt), Gamal Owes El-Sayed Owes (Benha, Egypt), Enas Ebrahim Abdelmonem Mohamed (Benha, Egypt) and Babiker Yagoub Elhadi Abdulkhair (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nanocomposite material including iron sulfide (FeS2) nanoparticles, iron oxide (Alpha-Fe2O3) nanoparticles, titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, and graphitic c...