US Patent Issued on Sept. 9 for "Electrochemical amine/nitrile redox method for ambient hydrogen storage" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,912, issued on Sept. 9.

"Electrochemical amine/nitrile redox method for ambient hydrogen storage" was invented by Zhenmeng Peng (Hudson, Ohio), Dezhen Wu (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) and Jialu Li (Akron, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for releasably storing hydrogen and generating electricity including an electrochemical cell including a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte, a microporous separator, an electrical connection between the cathode and the anode, an amine source, a nitrile source, a hydrogen source, and an oxygen source, wherein the electrochemical cell is configured to be operated in a hydrogen storage m...