US Patent Issued to City University of Hong Kong on June 2 for "Catalyst for solar-driven electrocatalytic overall water splitting and methods of making and using thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,192, issued on June 2, was assigned to City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

"Catalyst for solar-driven electrocatalytic overall water splitting and methods of making and using thereof" was invented by Johnny Chung Yin Ho (Hong Kong), Quan Quan (Hong Kong), Yuxuan Zhang (Hong Kong) and Wei Wang (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrocatalytic overall water splitting to generate hydrogen and oxygen is a green and sustainable approach with zero carbon emission, which is important for the future renewable energy landscape. The practical application of this approach is challenging due to the sluggish reaction kine...