ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,188, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Electrochemical cell catalyst layers" was invented by Mordechai Kornbluth (Brighton, Mass.), Daniil A Kitchaev (Brookline, Mass.), Jonathan Braaten (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Lei Cheng (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical cell includes an anode, a cathode, and a membrane physically separating the anode from the cathode, the cathode having a cathode catalyst layer including an ionomer and an electrocatalyst support substrate forming an ionomer-support interface having a covalent bond between the substrate and the ionomer via a ...