US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA on Dec. 30 for "Atomically dispersed metal catalysts and applications thereof" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,580, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Fla.).

"Atomically dispersed metal catalysts and applications thereof" was invented by Shengqian Ma (Tampa, Fla.) and Hui Yang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a simple and versatile synthetic strategy for the preparation of metal-organic frameworks comprising a carbon matrix doped with nitrogen atoms, wherein transition metal ions are bonded to the carbon matrix via the nitrogen atoms. This strategy is applicable for the synthesis of single metal catalysts or multi metal catalysts rich with atomically dispersed metal active sites. ...