Mixed oxygen and organic compound treatment for functionalizing oxygen onto the surface of boron nitride

US10501322B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation · US

Inventors

• Ive Hermans · Madison, US
• Joseph Thomas Grant · Philadelphia, US
• Juan Mauricio Venegas · Madison, US
• Samuel Peter Burt · Madison, US
• Philipp Mueller · Waldshut-Tiengen, DE
• Somphonh Peter Phivilay · Madison, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2017
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 1, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C01B21/0648
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Improved methods of synthesizing oxygen-functionalized boron nitride (O—BN) are disclosed. In the disclosed methods, boron nitride (BN) in any form is contacted with a gaseous composition or compositions that include oxygen and an organic compound, such as, but not limited to, a hydrocarbon.