Patents by Inventor Anand U. Nilekar

Anand U. Nilekar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Mixed-Metal Platinum Catalysts With Improved Carbon Monoxide Tolerance
    Publication number: 20140302424
    Abstract: Disclosed are catalysts, especially catalytic anodes, useful for catalyzing reactions in fuel cells and in other environments. The catalysts have a substrate base made of iridium and/or ruthenium. There is a very thin coating on the substrate which is a mix of platinum and at least one metal selected from gold, palladium, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, rhenium, and osmium. The anodes are resistant to carbon monoxide adulteration in fuel cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Emmanouil Mavrikakis, Anand U. Nilekar, Radoslav R. Adzic, Kotaro Sasaki
  • Mixed-Metal Platinum Catalysts With Improved Carbon Monoxide Tolerance
    Publication number: 20140065516
    Abstract: Disclosed are catalysts, especially catalytic anodes, useful for catalyzing reactions in fuel cells and in other environments. The catalysts have a substrate base made of iridium and/or ruthenium. There is a very thin coating on the substrate which is a mix of platinum and at least one metal selected from gold, palladium, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, rhenium, and osmium. The anodes are resistant to carbon monoxide adulteration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Emmanouil Mavrikakis, Anand U. Nilekar, Radoslav R. Adzic, Kotaro Sasaki