Methods of metal oxide nanocrystals preparation

US9981900B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CN INNOVATIONS LIMITED · CN

Inventors

• Dongning Yang · Riverview Drive, CN
• Ka Ming Ng · Hong Kong, CN
• Siu Yeung Chan · Hong Kong, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 12, 2014
• Grant date: May 29, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C01P2004/64
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Embodiments relate to methods of metal oxide nanocrystals preparation. In embodiments, a metal-organic precursor may be economically synthesized by reacting a metal with an organic acid. The organic acid may include an aliphatic chain longer than three carbon atoms. The metal may be In, Sn, Al, Ga, Zn, Cd, Sb, Bi, Ge, Mn, Ti, Nb, V, Cr, Mo, Fe, Y, Mg, Co, as well as mixtures thereof. Further processing of the metal-organic precursor (e.g. by pyrolysis, hydrolysis, or alcoholysis) produces metal oxide nanocrystals of desired characteristics. An metal-organic precursor of indium tin oxide (ITO) may be synthesized by reacting indium metal and tin metal with an organic acid having an aliphatic chain longer than three carbon atoms (e.g. stearic acid) at a temperature above 200° C. Further processing of the resulting metal-organic precursor yields ITO nanocrystals of regular shape, uniform size, and average diameter ranging of between about 1-500 nm.