US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on April 14 for "Photocatalysts for water oxidation" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,066, issued on April 14, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation INC. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Photocatalysts for water oxidation" was invented by Wei David Wei (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for a composition that includes a modified M/TiO2 composite, method of making the modified M/TiO2 composite, an electrode having modified M/TiO2 composite surface and a photoelectrochemical cell including the electrode, and methods of photoelectrochemical oxidation of water. The modified M/TiO2 composite can be used in an electrode configuration, for example, in a photoelectroche...