ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,795, issued on May 12, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Hydrogen gas storage tanks with graphyne-containing layers" was invented by Sergei Chumakov (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Daniil Kitchaev (Brookline, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogen gas storage tank includes a body including a metallic bulk region and one or more protective layers adjacent to the bulk region. One or more of these protective layers comprise a number of graphyne molecules such that the one or more protective layers are configured to lower hydrogen adsorption into the bulk region when compared to a bulk region with protective layers...