ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,967, issued on May 27, was assigned to NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY (Jiangsu, China).

"Hybrid membrane based on UiO66 modification, preparation method thereof, and use thereof in flow battery" was invented by Zhi Xu (Jiangsu, China) and Kang Huang (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a hybrid membrane based on UiO66 modification, a preparation method of the hybrid membrane, and a use of the hybrid membrane in a flow battery. A matrix of the hybrid membrane is doped with carbonized UiO-66, and a surface of the carbonized UiO-66 is further modified with Beta-CD."

The patent was filed on Nov. 26, 20...