ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,094, issued on June 30, was assigned to ANHUI UNIVERSITY (Hefei, China).

"Carbon fiber and graphene compounded high-strength porous material, and gas diffusion layer and preparation method therefor" was invented by Junzhong Wang (Hefei, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbon fiber and graphene compounded high-strength porous material, and a gas diffusion layer and a preparation method therefor are provided. The carbon material integrates respective structures and characteristic advantages of a carbon fiber and graphene, complements each other, and has characteristics such as high mechanical strength (the carbon fiber is not cu...