US Patent Issued to TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES on Jan. 20 for "Method for preparing glycollate by electro-catalyzing ethylene glycol or electro-catalytically reforming waste plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET)" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,152, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Beijing).

"Method for preparing glycollate by electro-catalyzing ethylene glycol or electro-catalytically reforming waste plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET)" was invented by Rui Shi (Beijing) and Yong Chen (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a method for preparing glycollate by electro-catalyzing ethylene glycol. The method for preparing glycollate by electro-catalytically ethylene glycol includes: assembling an anode catalyst, a cathode catalyst and an alkaline electrolyte...