US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Europe, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE on March 17 for "(Bi)metal sulfide polymer composite material, and its use as catalyst for hydrogen production" (Belgian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,397, issued on March 17, was assigned to Toyota Motor Europe (Brussels), COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris).

"(Bi)metal sulfide polymer composite material, and its use as catalyst for hydrogen production" was invented by Adina Morozan (Grenoble, France), Hannah Johnson (Brussels), Sachin Kinge (Brussels) and Vincent Artero (Quaix-en-Chartreuse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite material made of an amorphous (bi)metal sulfide nanoparticles directly linked, through coordinate covalent bonds, to a sulfur-containing polymer and a...