Methods of forming nano-catalyst material for fabrication of anchored nanostructure materials

Patent · Tue Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021

OSTI ID:1859988

Menchhofer, Paul A.; Seals, Roland D.; Howe, Jane Y.; Wang, Wei

Methods of producing a nano-catalyst material including forming a plurality of nano-scale features on a surface of a substrate material. The nano-catalyst material may be used for forming anchored nanostructure materials by heating the nano-catalyst material under a protective atmosphere to a temperature ranging from about 450° C. to about 1500° C. and exposing the heated nano-catalyst to an organic vapor to affix a separate nanostructure to each of the plurality of nano-scale features. The nano-scale features may be formed on the surface of the substrate material by mechanical or thermal processes.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725; NA0001942
• Assignee: Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN); UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
• Patent Number(s): 11,154,843
• Application Number: 16/215,951
• OSTI ID: 1859988
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 12/11/2018
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English