Process for the synthesis of nanotubes and fullerene-like nanostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides, quasi one-dimensional structures of transition metals and oxides of transition metals

US8007756B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Institut Jo{hacek over (z)}ef Stefan · SI

Inventors

• Ales Mrzel · Ljubljana, SI
• Maja Remskar · Grosuplje, SI
• Adolf Jesih · Radovljica, SI
• Marko Virsek · Grosuplje, SI

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/734
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The object of the invention is a process for the synthesis of nanotubes of transition metal dichalcogenides, of fullerene-like nanostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides, of nanotubes of transition metal dichalcogenides, filled with fullerene-like nanostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides, of quasi one-dimensional structures (nanowires, microwires and ribbons) of transition metal oxides and of quasi one-dimensional structures of transition metal dichalcogenides, consisting of fine crystallites of transition metal dichalcogenides. The process is characterized in that the synthesis occurs by the chemical transformation of quasi one-dimensional compounds with a sub-micron diameter, described by the formula M6CyHz, 8.2<y+z≦10, where M is a transition metal (Mo, W, Ta, Nb), C is a chalcogen (S, Se, Te), H is a halogen (I).