ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,246, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Electrochemical cell electrocatalyst" was invented by Karim Gadelrab (Boston), Mordechai Kornbluth (Brighton, Mass.), Soo Kim (Fremont, Calif.) and Jonathan Mailoa (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrocatalyst includes a conglomerate of platinum atoms forming an amorphous nanoparticle structure having at least about 40% of highly undercoordinated surface atoms with fewer than 6 adjacent atoms on its surface; and a passivating crust including catalytically active monoatomic adsorbed oxygen atoms such that at least 50% of the amorphou...