US Patent Issued to JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY on Nov. 18 for "Light-driven fuel cell, cathode catalyst for same, anode catalyst for same, and methanol production method comprising converting methane into methanol" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,657, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY (Kawaguchi, Japan).

"Light-driven fuel cell, cathode catalyst for same, anode catalyst for same, and methanol production method comprising converting methane into methanol" was invented by Takahiro Matsumoto (Fukuoka, Japan), Masato Murakami (Fukuoka, Japan), Tatsuya Nakano (Fukuoka, Japan), Ryo Nishikawa (Fukuoka, Japan), Kento Kimura (Fukuoka, Japan) and Kou Sameshima (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-driven fuel cell includes a cathode, an anode, and a proton-permeable membrane between the anode and the cathode. The anode includes a ph...