Patents by Inventor Miomir Branko Vukmirovic

Miomir Branko Vukmirovic 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).

  • Platinum- and platinum alloy-coated palladium and palladium alloy particles and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7691780
    Abstract: The present invention relates to particle and nanoparticle composites useful as oxygen-reduction electrocatalysts. The particle composites are composed of a palladium or palladium-alloy particle or nanoparticle substrate coated with an atomic submonolayer, monolayer, bilayer, or trilayer of zerovalent platinum atoms. The invention also relates to a catalyst and a fuel cell containing the particle or nanoparticle composites of the invention. The invention additionally includes methods for oxygen reduction and production of electrical energy by using the particle and nanoparticle composites of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Radoslav Adzic, Junliang Zhang, Yibo Mo, Miomir Branko Vukmirovic