US Patent Issued to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY on Oct. 20 for "Photocatalyst-free seawater hydrogen sulfide splitting for hydrogen production" (Emirati Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,481, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY (Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates).

"Photocatalyst-free seawater hydrogen sulfide splitting for hydrogen production" was invented by Muhammad Tahir (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates) and Malaz Suliman (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method for producing hydrogen comprising providing seawater containing dissolved sodium chloride (NaCl), introducing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas into the seawater to form a reaction mixture containing dissolved H2S and bisulfide ions (HS-), exposing the reaction mixture to solar ir...