ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,761, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Cerium oxide-titanium oxide composite thin film electrode" was invented by Muhammad Ali Ehsan (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Abdul Rehman (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A simple, one-step method for producing a homogenous CeO2-TiO2 composite thin film using aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition ("CVD") of a solution containing triacetatocerium (III) and tetra isopropoxytitanium (IV) on a fluorine-doped tin oxide ("FTO") substrate at a temperature ranging from about 500 to about 650deg C. Methods fo...