ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,708, issued on March 3, was assigned to Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

"Composite catalyst with Molybdenum Mxene for electrochemical hydrogenation of 2-methylfuran" was invented by Fawzi Banat (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Muhammad Ashraf Sabri (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Mohammad Abu Haija (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and Hanifa Taher Alblooshi (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite catalyst for electrochemical hydrogenation (ECH) of furfural (FF) to 2-methylfuran (MF) includes Molybdenum Mxene and carbon nitride. In an example, th...