US Patent Issued to UT-BATTELLE on March 11 for "Catalytic porous polymer for selective capture and reduction of carbon dioxide" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,309, issued on March 11, was assigned to UT-BATTELLE LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

"Catalytic porous polymer for selective capture and reduction of carbon dioxide" was invented by Michelle K. Kidder (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Luke Daemen (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalytic carbon capture material is provided. The catalytic carbon capture material includes a microporous polymer including a Troger's base moiety, and a transition metal is coordinated within the microporous polymer. The catalytic carbon capture material selectively captures carbon dioxide (CO2) and also is a catalyst that simultaneously converts the captu...