US Patent Issued to University of Georgia Research Foundation on Aug. 25 for "Methods and systems for electrochemical oxidation of polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl contaminants" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,794, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc. (Athens, Ga.).

"Methods and systems for electrochemical oxidation of polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl contaminants" was invented by Qingguo Huang (Fayetteville, Ga.), Hui Lin (Griffin, Ga.) and Junfeng Niu (Griffin, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods, electrodes, and systems for electrochemical oxidation of polyfluoroalkyl and perfluroalkyl (PFAS) contaminants using Magneli phase titanium suboxide ceramic electrodes/membranes. Magneli phase titanium suboxide ceramic electrodes/membranes can be porous and ca...