US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Oct. 20 for "Catalyst for fuel cell and method for preparing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,888, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Catalyst for fuel cell and method for preparing the same" was invented by Jee Youn Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Eunjik Lee (Uiwang-si, South Korea), Dahee Kwak (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Ji-Hoon Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Songi Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst for a fuel cell includes: a crystalline carbon support having a specific surface area of about 200 m2/g to about 500 m2/g; and intermetallic active particles of a transition metal and a noble metal, wherein the intermetall...