Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'A Modified Catalyst For Operating Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction In A Non-Alkali Acidic Medium And Related Techniques' Filed by Totalenergies Onetech; and The Governing Council Of The University Of Toronto

MUMBAI, India, June 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202527049933 A) filed by Totalenergies Onetech; and The Governing Council Of The University Of Toronto, Courbevoie, France, on May 23, for 'a modified catalyst for operating electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction in a non-alkali acidic medium and related techniques.'

Inventor(s) include Sargent, Edward H; Sinton, David; Fan, Mengyang; Huang, Jianan Erick; and Miao, Rui Kai.

The application for the patent was published on June 20, under issue no. 25/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The disclosure relates to a carbon dioxide reduction catalyst for sustaining electroreduction of carbon dioxide into carbon products in a non-alkali acidic medium, the CO2R catalyst comprising: a catalytic layer being electrically conductive and comprising a metal catalyst favouring CO2R reactions, and an ionic layer being ionically conductive and deposited onto the catalytic layer, the ionic layer comprising an ionomer, with the ionomer comprising a cationic functional group being covalently bonded to a polymeric backbone of the ionomer and adsorbed on the surface of the catalytic layer."

The patent application was internationally filed on Oct. 27, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/080101.

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