US Patent Issued to Verdox on July 28 for "Composite for electrochemical gas separation" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,409, issued on July 28, was assigned to Verdox Inc. (Woburn, Mass.).

"Composite for electrochemical gas separation" was invented by Karen Thomas-Alyea (Arlington, Mass.), Sahag Voskian (Boston), Cameron Rogers (Malden, Mass.) and Alexander Reath (Melrose, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite includes a nonwoven carbon nanotube mat and an electroactive species disposed on the nonwoven carbon nanotube mat, wherein the electroactive species is capable of bonding with a target gas when the electroactive species is in a reduced state and releasing the target gas when the electroactive species is in an oxidized state. Electrode...