US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on March 17 for "Fuel cell electrode and fuel cell system including a functionalized carbon support" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,204, issued on March 17, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Fuel cell electrode and fuel cell system including a functionalized carbon support" was invented by Nagappan Ramaswamy (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Venkata Raviteja Yarlagadda (South Lyon, Mich.), Nathan Mellott (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and Swaminatha P. Kumaraguru (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode for a fuel cell system is provided. The electrode includes a carbon support. The carbon support includes carbon particles each functionalized with one or more sulfur and oxygen-containing moieties. Platinum-based catalyst pa...