Reversible oxidation of carbon nanotubes
US7429371B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 1, 2005 |
| Grant date | Sep 30, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/948
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Carbon nanotubes have been reversibly and readily oxidized and reduced with common chemicals in solution, thereby allowing the nanotubes to be used as catalysts for chemical reactions and as stable charge storage devices.
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