Carbon nanotubes as catalysts in redox reactions
US7608556B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 8, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2028 |
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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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