ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,548, issued on May 13, was assigned to NEWSOUTH INNOVATIONS PTY Ltd. (Sydney).
"Hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst" was invented by Chuan Zhao (Sydney) and Yibing Li (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and methods for using the catalyst in a water-splitting process. The invention also provides a composition, a material and an electrode comprising the catalyst. In particular, the invention relates to a hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst comprising a catalytic metal species comprising an active catalyst species and a vanadium species; wherein the...