US Patent Issued to City University of Hong Kong on Sept. 8 for "4H/fcc heterophase platinum based nanomaterial on nanorod for electrocatalytic alcohol oxidation" (Chinese, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,794, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

"4H/fcc heterophase platinum based nanomaterial on nanorod for electrocatalytic alcohol oxidation" was invented by Hua Zhang (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Zhen He (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) and Lingwen Liao (Hefei, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heterogeneous catalyst for alcohol oxidation reaction of an anode reaction in direct alcohol fuel cells is provided. The catalyst includes at least one Pt-based nanoisland deposited on an Au nanorod by using a synthesis process to form 4H/face-centered cubic (fcc) heterophase. The synthesis process incl...