Metal carbides and methods of making the same

US11629058B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC · US

Inventors

• Frederick G. BADDOUR · Denver, US
• Anurag Kumar · Sunnyvale, US
• Kurt Michael VAN ALLSBURG · Denver, US
• Daniel RUDDY · Lafayette, US
• Susan E. HABAS · Boulder, US
• Andrew Royappa · Cantonment, US
• Brittney E. PETEL · Lakewood, US
• Claire Townsend Nimlos · Lakewood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2021
• Grant date: Apr 18, 2023
• Expiry date: Aug 28, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07F11/00
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a metal carbide, where the method includes thermally treating a molecular precursor in an oxygen-free environment, such that the treating produces the metal carbide and the molecular precursor includes where M is the metal of the metal carbide, N* includes nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing functional group, and x is between zero and six, inclusively.