US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on April 29 for "Nickel phosphide catalysts for direct electrochemical CO2 reduction to hydrocarbons" (New Jersey, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,714, issued on April 29, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Nickel phosphide catalysts for direct electrochemical CO2 reduction to hydrocarbons" was invented by G. Charles Dismukes (Princeton, N.J.), Anders Bo Laursen (Cranford, N.J.) and Karin Ute Doehl Calvinho (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are cathodes comprising a conductive support substrate having an electrocatalyst coating containing nickel phosphide nanoparticles. The conductive support substrate is capable of incorporating a material to be reduced, such as CO2 or CO. A co-catalyst, either incorporat...