Methods for synthesizing metal oxide nanowires

Sunkara, Mahendra Kumar; Kumar, Vivekanand; Kim, Jeong H.; Clark, Ezra Lee

Title: Methods for synthesizing metal oxide nanowires

Patent · Tue Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:1289951

Sunkara, Mahendra Kumar; Kumar, Vivekanand; Kim, Jeong H.; Clark, Ezra Lee

A method of synthesizing a metal oxide nanowire includes the steps of: combining an amount of a transition metal or a transition metal oxide with an amount of an alkali metal compound to produce a mixture; activating a plasma discharge reactor to create a plasma discharge; exposing the mixture to the plasma discharge for a first predetermined time period such that transition metal oxide nanowires are formed; contacting the transition metal oxide nanowires with an acid solution such that an alkali metal ion is exchanged for a hydrogen ion on each of the transition metal oxide nanowires; and exposing the transition metal oxide nanowires to the plasma discharge for a second predetermined time period to thermally anneal the transition metal oxide nanowires. Transition metal oxide nanowires produced using the synthesis methods described herein are also provided.

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Research Organization:: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Louisville, KY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: EE0003206; FG36-05GO85013

Assignee:: University of Louisville Research Foundation (Louisville, KY)

Patent Number(s):: 9,409,141

Application Number:: 13/183,191

OSTI ID:: 1289951

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011 Jul 14

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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