US Patent Issued to UT-Battelle on Aug. 4 for "Bifunctional catalyst and method of use for hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,446, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

"Bifunctional catalyst and method of use for hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons" was invented by Canan Karakaya (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of hydrogenating carbon dioxide to produce one or more hydrocarbons, the method comprising contacting an input gas stream containing carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) gases with a bifunctional catalyst comprising a metal oxide in combination with a redox active ceramic support, wherein the redox active ceramic support comprises the formula BaZr1-x-y-zM1yM2zYxO3-Delta, wherein:...