US Patent Issued to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION on Aug. 25 for "Catalyst structure for electrochemical CO 2 reduction, and method for producing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,137, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Catalyst structure for electrochemical CO 2 reduction, and method for producing same" was invented by Young Chang Joo (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Chan Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst structure for electrochemical carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction includes carbon nanofibers doped with nitrogen (N), and copper (Cu) particles dispersed on the carbon nanofibers. At least portions of the carbon nanofibers at interfaces with the Cu particles may have a pyridinic-N structure. The pyridinic-N structure is a...