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Title: Controllable reductive method for synthesizing metal-containing particles

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1425879

The invention is directed to a method for producing metal-containing particles, the method comprising subjecting an aqueous solution comprising a metal salt, E.sub.h, lowering reducing agent, pH adjusting agent, and water to conditions that maintain the E.sub.h value of the solution within the bounds of an E.sub.h-pH stability field corresponding to the composition of the metal-containing particles to be produced, and producing said metal-containing particles in said aqueous solution at a selected E.sub.h value within the bounds of said E.sub.h-pH stability field. The invention is also directed to the resulting metal-containing particles as well as devices in which they are incorporated.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
9,909,221
Application Number:
14/205,589
OSTI ID:
1425879
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Mar 12
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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