US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Aug. 11 for "Synthesis of atomically dispersed M-N-C catalysts via selective metalation" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,970, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Synthesis of atomically dispersed M-N-C catalysts via selective metalation" was invented by Shannon Stahl (Madison, Wis.) and Jason Bates (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making an M-N-C catalyst is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (a) contacting an N-doped carbon support with a basic solution that includes a metal salt, whereby the N-doped carbon support is metalated by the metal cation of the metal salt to form one or more chelated metal-nitrogen complexes (MNx species); and (b) subsequently contacting ...