US Patent Issued to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY on Sept. 16 for "Catalytic proton transport membranes and methods of making and use thereof" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,033, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Catalytic proton transport membranes and methods of making and use thereof" was invented by Piran Ravichandran Kidambi (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are catalytic proton transport membranes and methods of making an use thereof. The catalytic proton transport membranes comprising a two-dimensional (2D) material having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface further comprises a catalytic material deposited thereon, wherein the membrane allows for proton transport through the membrane."

The patent...