US Patent Issued to The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on July 22 for "Durable hybrid electrocatalysts for fuel cells" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,169, issued on July 22, was assigned to The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).

"Durable hybrid electrocatalysts for fuel cells" was invented by Minhua Shao (Hong Kong) and Fei Xiao (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrocatalysts and methods of forming the same are provided. A hybrid electrocatalyst can be a combination of a platinum (Pt)-based catalyst and a carbon-based non-precious-metal catalyst using a single atom approach. A fuel cell electrocatalyst can include a nitrogen-doped carbon support and a plurality of atoms of both Pt and of a non-precious-metal catalyst dispersed in the support. Th...