US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on May 27 for "Tandem catalysis for alkane and alcohol dehydrogenation coupled to selective hydrogen combustion" (Illinois, New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,343, issued on May 27, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Tandem catalysis for alkane and alcohol dehydrogenation coupled to selective hydrogen combustion" was invented by Justin M. Notestein (Evanston, Ill.), Peter C. Stair (Santa Fe, N.M.) and Huan Yan (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tandem catalysts for the dehydrogenation of alkanes and/or alcohols in tandem with selective hydrogen combustion are provided. Also provided are methods of making the catalysts and methods of using the catalysis for the dehydrogenation of alkanes and/or alcohols. The catalysts include a support having a surface, d...