Patents by Inventor Andreas Heyden

Andreas Heyden 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).

  • Oxidation by use of electronic atomic monolayer-metal support interaction catalysts
    Patent number: 11534740
    Abstract: Disclosed are catalysts that include a doped atomic monolayer (e.g., graphene or hexagonal boron nitride) bonded to a nickel-based component. The dopant can be a transition metal or nonmetal dopant and the nickel-based component can be pure nickel (e.g., Ni(111)) or nickel/metal alloys. Also disclosed are processes for catalyzing reactions that include adsorbing a small molecule to the catalyst and contacting the adsorbed small molecule with a reactant. Catalyzed reactions include oxidation reactions including oxidation of methane to methanol, oxidation of carbon monoxide (e.g., in a PROX reaction).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: University of South Carolina
    Inventors: Andreas Heyden, Yongjie Xi
  • Oxidation By Use of Electronic Atomic Monolayer-Metal Support Interaction Catalysts
    Publication number: 20200360902
    Abstract: Disclosed are catalysts that include a doped atomic monolayer (e.g., graphene or hexagonal boron nitride) bonded to a nickel-based component. The dopant can be a transition metal or nonmetal dopant and the nickel-based component can be pure nickel (e.g., Ni(111)) or nickel/metal alloys. Also disclosed are processes for catalyzing reactions that include adsorbing a small molecule to the catalyst and contacting the adsorbed small molecule with a reactant. Catalyzed reactions include oxidation reactions including oxidation of methane to methanol, oxidation of carbon monoxide (e.g., in a PROX reaction).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Heyden, Yongjie Xi