ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,108, issued on May 13, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (Columbia, S.C.).
"Ammonia decomposition catalyst systems" was invented by Katherine McCullough (Lexington, S.C.) and Jochen Lauterbach (Columbia, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, disclosed herein are methods for forming hydrogen by use of an ammonia decomposition catalyst system. For instance, a method can include contacting a catalyst system with an ammonia source at a temperature of about 450deg C. or lower. The catalyst systems can include a support material and a trimetallic catalyst component carried on the support material and within a reactor. ...