US Patent Issued to INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS on May 27 for "Metal-carbon composite catalyst, preparation method therefor, and zinc-air battery comprising same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,939, issued on May 27, was assigned to INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS (Ansan-Si, South Korea).

"Metal-carbon composite catalyst, preparation method therefor, and zinc-air battery comprising same" was invented by Jong Ho Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea) and Jung Hyun Park (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing a metal-carbon composite catalyst comprises the steps of: preparing a source material comprising a metal precursor and a monomer, which comprises a methylpyrrolidone (NMP); heat treating the source material so as to prepare an intermediate; and carboniz...