US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITE PARIS CITE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE on March 11 for "Electrochemical system for the selective reduction of carbon monoxide into methanol" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,306, issued on March 11, was assigned to UNIVERSITE PARIS CITE (Paris) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris).

"Electrochemical system for the selective reduction of carbon monoxide into methanol" was invented by Marc Robert (Paris) and Etienne Boutin (Evian-les-Bains, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention describes an electrochemical system (1) to electrochemically reduce carbon monoxide (CO) into liquid methanol and gaseous H2, comprising an electrochemical cell with an anodic compartment with an anode (2) with a current collector (2A), at least a catalyst to electrochemically oxidize H2O, a...