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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2023
Applicants:

University of Iowa Research Foundation, Iowa City, IA (US);

Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

David Cwiertny, Iowa City, IA (US);

Syed Mubeen Jawahar Hussaini, Iowa City, IA (US);

Ashley Hesterberg Butzlaff, Iowa City, IA (US);

Charles Werth, Austin, TX (US);

Chenxu Yan, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/46 (2023.01); C02F 1/461 (2023.01); C02F 1/467 (2023.01); C02F 101/16 (2006.01); C02F 103/26 (2006.01); C02F 103/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/46109 (2013.01); C02F 1/4676 (2013.01); C02F 2001/46142 (2013.01); C02F 2001/46157 (2013.01); C02F 2101/163 (2013.01); C02F 2103/26 (2013.01); C02F 2103/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

A nitrate-reducing electrode, and methods of making the nitrate-reducing electrode are disclosed. The nitrate reducing electrode includes catalyst particulates disposed on water permeable substrates with the use of electrodeposition, electroless deposition, electrospinning, or thermal treatment. The catalyst particles include metals and metal oxides. The water permeable substrates are preferably made of carbonaceous materials using electrospinning and thermal treatment.


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