US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on April 21 for "Acid-free pyrolytic synthesis of M-N-C catalyst" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,923, issued on April 21, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Acid-free pyrolytic synthesis of M-N-C catalyst" was invented by Laurent Delafontaine (Irvine, Calif.) and Plamen Atanassov (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making a catalyst includes a step of forming a first reaction mixture that includes a metal source, a nitrogen source, and at least one silica template. Characteristically, the at least one silica template including silica particles. A combination of the first reaction mixture and a fluorinated polymer is mechanochemically mixed to form a first pre-...