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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2010
Jun Yang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shinichi Hirano, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Richard E. Soltis, Saline, MI (US);
Andrew Robert Drews, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrea Pulskamp, Plymouth, MI (US);
James Waldecker, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jun Yang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shinichi Hirano, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Richard E. Soltis, Saline, MI (US);
Andrew Robert Drews, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrea Pulskamp, Plymouth, MI (US);
James Waldecker, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the catalyst assembly includes a two-dimension (2-D) extensive catalyst having a catalyst crystal plane; and a substrate supporting the 2-D extensive catalyst and having a substrate crystal plane in substantial alignment with the catalyst crystal plane. In certain instances, the catalyst crystal plane includes first and second adjacent catalyst atoms defining a catalyst atomic distance, the substrate crystal plane includes first and second adjacent substrate atoms defining a substrate atomic distance, a percent difference between the catalyst and substrate atomic distances is less than 10 percent.