Iron (fe) Containing Patents (Class 423/594.1)
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Patent number: 7803348Abstract: Oxygen is reduced in the presence of a catalyst at the cathode of an alkaline-electrolyte fuel cell. Catalysts of the formula Sr3?xA1+xCo4?yByO10.5?z wherein ?0.6?x?1.0; 0?y?3; and ?1.5?z?0.5; wherein A represents Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, or Y; and wherein B represents Fe, Ga, Cu, Ni, Mn, and Cr, demonstrate high catalytic activity and high chemical stability when used as the oxygen-reduction catalyst in alkaline fuel cells.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2006Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Horizon Fuel Cells, LLCInventors: Evgeny V. Antipov, Galina A. Tsirlina, Sergey Y. Istomin, Oleg A. Drozhzhin, Eduard E. Levin
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Patent number: 7799459Abstract: A compound for use as active material of a positive electrode of a lithium-ion cell. This compound has an average discharge voltage above 4.5V in relation to the Li+/Li couple of approximately 4.7V. The compound includes: a) a spinel-type crystalline phase of formula LiaNiII0.5?xMnIII2xMnIV1.5?x?yMyO4 in which elements Ti and Al, or a mixture of these; 0.8<a<1.3; 0<x?0.15; 0<y?0.15; b) a cubic crystalline phase of formula Li1?tNi1+tO in which 0?t?1; and c) a rhomboedric crystalline phase of formula Li1?ZNi1+zO2 in which 0?z?1.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2007Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Saft Groupe SAInventors: Jean-Paul Peres, Stephane Gillot, Frederic Chouquais, Claudette Audry, Andre Lecerf
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Patent number: 7799232Abstract: A reducing water purification material having a reducing iron-based precipitate selected from green rust, iron ferrite, reducing iron hydroxide, and a mixture thereof. A wastewater treatment process having steps of adding a reducing iron compound to wastewater, leading the wastewater to which the reducing iron compound is added to a reaction tank and forming a precipitate, separating the formed precipitate by a solid-liquid separation to obtain a sludge, and alkalinizing all or a portion of the separated sludge to form an alkaline sludge followed by returning to the reaction tank, wherein in the precipitation step, the wastewater to which the reducing iron compound is added and the alkaline sludge are mixed and are allowed to react in a non-oxidizing atmosphere under alkaline condition to form a reducing iron compound precipitate as the precipitate, thereby incorporating contaminants in the precipitate to remove the contaminants from the wastewater.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hayashi, Hitoshi Takeuchi, Hajime Negishi, Shigeyuki Tsuzaki, Yoshio Aikawa, Ayako Mimoto, Shintaro Nakaya
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Publication number: 20100208412Abstract: Provided are a ferroelectric material having good ferroelectricity and good insulation property, and a ferroelectric device using the ferroelectric material. In the present invention, the ferroelectric material includes a metal oxide having a perovskite-type crystal structure, in which: the metal oxide contains bismuth ferrite whose iron is substituted by manganese, and at least one of a copper oxide and a nickel oxide; the bismuth ferrite is substituted by manganese at a substitution ratio of 0.5 at. % or more to 20 at. % or less with respect to a total amount of iron and manganese; and at least one of the copper oxide and the nickel oxide is added in an amount of 0.5 mol % or more to 20 mol % or less with respect to the bismuth ferrite whose iron is substituted by manganese.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicants: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONInventors: Kenji Takashima, Makoto Kubota, Soichiro Okamura, Takashi Nakajima, Tomosato Okubo, Yosuke Inoue
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Patent number: 7759007Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery is provided. The battery includes a positive electrode having at least a cathode active material and a binder, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and a separator which are arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and in which an open circuit voltage per unit cell in a full charging state lies within (4.25V?voltage?6.00V). The cathode active material includes either a lithium-cobalt composite oxide expressed by a general formula: LiaCo1-xMexO2-b (Me denotes metal elements of at least one, two or more kinds selected from V, Cu, Zr, Zn, Mg, Al, and Fe; 0.9?a?1.1; 0?x=0.3; and ?0.1?b?0.1) or a lithium-cobalt-nickel-manganese oxide expressed by a general formula: LiaNi1-x-y-zCoxMnyMezO2-b (0.9?a?1.1; 0<x<0.4; 0<y<0.4; 0<z<0.3; and ?0.1?b?0.1). The binder includes a polyacrylonitrile resin.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2006Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Tokunaga, Yoshiaki Obana, Hiroyuki Akashi
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Patent number: 7754099Abstract: A reducing water purification material having a reducing iron-based precipitate selected from green rust, iron ferrite, reducing iron hydroxide, and a mixture thereof. A wastewater treatment process having steps of adding a reducing iron compound to wastewater, leading the wastewater to which the reducing iron compound is added to a reaction tank and forming a precipitate, separating the formed precipitate by a solid-liquid separation to obtain a sludge, and alkalinizing all or a portion of the separated sludge to form an alkaline sludge followed by returning to the reaction tank, wherein in the precipitation step, the wastewater to which the reducing iron compound is added and the alkaline sludge are mixed and are allowed to react in a non-oxidizing atmosphere under alkaline condition to form a reducing iron compound precipitate as the precipitate, thereby incorporating contaminants in the precipitate to remove the contaminants from the wastewater.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2005Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hayashi, Hitoshi Takeuchi, Hajime Negishi, Shigeyuki Tsuzaki, Yoshio Aikawa, Ayako Mimoto, Shintaro Nakaya
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Patent number: 7749321Abstract: The present invention is directed to pigment compositions, thick film black pigment compositions, conductive single layer thick film compositions, black electrodes made from such black conductive compositions and methods of forming such electrodes, and to the uses of such compositions, electrodes, and methods in flat panel display applications, including alternating-current plasma display panel devices (AC PDP).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Jerome D. Smith, Pedro A. Jimenez, Tony Jackson
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Patent number: 7741396Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a polymeric material; and non-linear dielectric ceramic fillers; wherein the non-linear dielectric ceramic fillers have a dielectric constant that is greater than or equal to about 100 and wherein the dielectric constant of the composition is tunable. Disclosed herein too is a composition comprising a polymeric material; and perovskites; wherein the dielectric constant of a composition is tunable and further wherein the composition has a dielectric constant of about 2 to about 100. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising blending a polymeric resin with non-linear dielectric ceramic fillers to form a composition; wherein the non-linear dielectric ceramic fillers have a dielectric constant of greater than or equal to about 100 and wherein the dielectric constant of the composition is tunable.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2005Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Qi Tan, Patricia Chapman Irwin
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Publication number: 20100135937Abstract: Nanocrystalline forms of metal oxides, including binary metal oxide, perovskite type metal oxides, and complex metal oxides, including doped metal oxides, are provided. Methods of preparation of the nanocrystals are also provided. The nanocrystals, including uncapped and uncoated metal oxide nanocrystals, can be dispersed in a liquid to provide dispersions that are stable and do not precipitate over a period of time ranging from hours to months. Methods of preparation of the dispersions, and methods of use of the dispersions in forming films, are likewise provided. The films can include an organic, inorganic, or mixed organic/inorganic matrix. The films can be substantially free of all organic materials. The films can be used as coatings, or can be used as dielectric layers in a variety of electronics applications, for example as a dielectric material for an ultracapacitor, which can include a mesoporous material. Or the films can be used as a high-K dielectric in organic field-effect transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkInventors: Stephen O'Brien, Limin Huang, Zhuoying Chen, Ioannis Kymissis, Zhang Jia
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Patent number: 7722848Abstract: Lithium iron phosphate cathode materials for lithium secondary batteries and methods of preparation thereof are disclosed. Better cathode materials may be produced by multiple annealing and/or heating steps. The annealing step can be carried out before and/or after the heating steps to provide cathode materials, which exhibit superior electrical properties. In some instances, divalent iron compounds are incorporated as starting materials.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: BYD Company LimitedInventors: Quan Dai, Julin Shen
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Publication number: 20100119429Abstract: Methods of preparing metal oxide nanoparticles are described. The methods involve the thermal decomposition of a metal-carboxylate complex within a continuous, flow-through, tubular reactor. The resulting metal oxide nanoparticles contain iron and can be magnetic, non-agglomerated, crystalline or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2007Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Sarah M. Mullins, Grant F. Tiefenbruck, Danny B. Anderson
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Publication number: 20100111803Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spinel article. The article comprises a spinel material, wherein the spinel material has a monomodal grain size distribution with average grain sizes of less than or equal to about 15 micrometers, and a biaxial flexural strength of greater than or equal to about 300 megapascals when measured by a ring-on-ring flexural test as per ASTM Standard C1499-08. Disclosed herein too is a spinel article manufactured by a method comprising calcining a spinel powder; milling the powder in a milling medium; granulating the powder; screening the powder to a mesh size of about 40 to about 200 mesh; pressing the powder to form an article; burning out organics from the article; sintering the article; and hot isostatically pressing the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Milivoj Konstantin Brun, Anteneh Kebbede, Sean Michael Sweeney, Timothy James Yosenick
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Patent number: 7695698Abstract: A method of producing an iron-arsenic compound by adding an oxidizing agent to an aqueous solution containing arsenic ions and bivalent iron ions and allowing an iron-arsenic compound precipitation reaction to proceed under stirring of the solution, wherein the precipitation reaction is terminated at a solution pH in the range of 0 to 1. When the arsenic concentration of the pre-reaction solution is 25 g/L or greater, the reaction can be terminated at a solution pH in the range of ?0.45 to 1.2. The pH of the pre-reaction solution is preferably greater than 0 and not greater than 2.0. A ferrous sulfate is can be used as the source of the bivalent iron ions. Even when some amount of impurity elements is present in the arsenic-containing solution, the method is nevertheless capable of forming a scorodite compound excellent in crystallinity in the form of a compact compound barely swollen by moisture and the like, i.e., a niron-arsenic compound excellent in filterability.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Dowa Metals & Mining Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Fujita, Ryoichi Taguchi
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Patent number: 7691352Abstract: A new set of additives to be sued in the preparation of inorganic materials; especially of perovskite nature is proposed. The chemical compositions of the perovskites prepared in the presence of the mentioned additives are found to be more homogenous, leading to better catalytic behavior, including higher selectivity and yields as compared to catalysts of identical formulations prepared through the conventional method of using EDTA/citrate (or other organic additive) method.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2009Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI)Inventors: Khodadad Nazari, Zahra Taheri, Naser Seyed Matin, Reza Ahmadi, Saeed Zarrinpashneh, Morteza Rezapour
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Patent number: 7666526Abstract: Non-volatile resistance-switching oxide films, and devices therewith, are disclosed. One embodiment of a suitable device is composed of a SRO-CZO thin film having a thickness of from about 6 to about 30 nm, and composed of from about 3 to about 10 molar % of a SrRuO3 conducting oxide dopant and from about 90 to about 97 molar % of a CaZrO3 insulating oxide material.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: I-Wei Chen, Yudi Wang, Soo Gil Kim
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Publication number: 20100040531Abstract: A non-lead composition for use as a thick-film resistor paste in electronic applications. The composition comprises particles of Li2RuO3 of diameter between 0.5 and 5 microns and a lead-free frit. The particles have had the lithium at or near primarily the surface of the particle at least partially exchanged for atoms of other metals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2009Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: PAUL DOUGLAS VERNOOY, ALFRED T. WALKER, KENNETH WARREN HANG
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Publication number: 20100028674Abstract: Nanofibers and methods for making the nanofibers are described. Porous metal oxide nanofibers and porous metal oxide nanofibers comprising metal nanoparticles made via electrospinning methods are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventor: Fredrick O Ochanda
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Publication number: 20100015446Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of nanocrystalline mixed metal oxide particles from at least two different starting compounds, comprising the steps of a) introducing a stoichiometric mixture of the starting compounds into a reaction chamber by means of a carrier fluid, b) subjecting the starting compound to a pulsating thermal treatment in a treatment zone under a pulse in the reaction chamber, c) formation of nanocrystalline mixed metal oxide particles, d) the removal from the reactor of the nanocrystalline mixed metal oxide particles obtained in steps b) and c), wherein the stoichiometric mixture of the starting compounds takes place at a temperature of >50° C. Further, the present invention relates to a nanocrystalline mixed metal oxide, in particular for use as a catalyst, obtainable by the process according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2007Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: SÜD-CHEMIE AGInventor: Hans Jörg Wölk
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Patent number: 7645907Abstract: This invention relates to a Polyoxometalate (POM) represented by the formula: (An)m+[HqM16X8W48O184(OH)32]m? or solvates thereof, wherein: A represents a cation, n is the number of the cations A, m is the charge of the polyoxoanion, q is the number of protons and varies from 0 to 12, M represents a transition metal, and X represents a heteroatom selected from P, As and mixtures thereof. This invention also relates to a process to produce such POMs and to a process for the homogeneous or heterogeneous oxidation of organic substrates comprising contacting the organic substrate with such POMs.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Ulrich Kortz, Sib Sankar Mal
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Patent number: 7632477Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing zirconium oxide, in its various forms, including zirconium-based mixed oxides. There is described a process for preparing a zirconium oxide in the absence of a cerium salt which comprises precipitating a zirconium hydroxide from an aqueous solution of a zirconium salt by reaction with an alkali in the presence of a controlled amount of sulphate anions at a temperature not greater than 50° C. and then calcining the hydroxide to form an oxide, wherein the oxide thus formed is essentially sulphate free. Catalysts and ceramics can be produced from the product oxides having improved thermal stability and improved sinterability, respectively. A particular use of the product oxide is as a promoter or catalyst support in automobile exhaust systems.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2004Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Magnesium Elektron, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhide Takao, Colin Norman, Gavin Edwards, Ian Chisem, Clare Jones
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Patent number: 7605110Abstract: A ceramic body, a ceramic catalyst body, a ceramic catalyst body and related manufacturing methods are disclosed wherein a cordierite porous base material has a surface, formed with acicular particles made of a component different from that of cordierite porous base material, which has an increased specific surface area with high resistance to a sintering effect. The ceramic body is manufactured by preparing a slurry containing an acicular particle source material, preparing a porous base material, applying the slurry onto a surface of the porous base material and firing the porous base material, whose surface is coated with the slurry, to cause acicular particles to develop on the surface of the porous base material. A part of or a whole of surfaces of the acicular particles is coated with a constituent element different from that of the acicular particles.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2007Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.Inventors: Keiichi Yamada, Kazuhiko Koike, Katsumi Yoshida, Hideki Kita, Naoki Kondo, Hideki Hyuga
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Patent number: 7604789Abstract: The present invention provides a porous composite oxide comprising an aggregate of secondary particles in the form of aggregates of primary particles of a composite oxide containing two or more types of metal elements, and having mesopores having a pore diameter of 2-100 nm between the secondary particles; wherein, the percentage of the mesopores between the secondary particles having a diameter of 10 nm or more is 10% or more of the total mesopore volume after firing for 5 hours at 600° C. in an oxygen atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Takeshima, Kohei Yoshida, Akio Koyama
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Patent number: 7601325Abstract: To provide a perovskite-type composite oxide which has stable quality in which a solid solution of Pd is formed at a high rate, a method for producing the perovskite-type composite oxide, and a catalyst composition containing the perovskite-type composite oxide, the perovskite-type composite oxide is produced by formulating materials in accordance with each atomic ratio of a perovskite-type composite oxide represented by the following general formula (1): AxB(1-y)PdyO3+???(1) wherein A represents at least one element selected from rare earth elements and alkaline earth metals; B represents at least one element selected from transition elements (excluding rare earth elements, and Pd), Al and Si; x represents an atomic ratio satisfying the following condition: 1<x; y represents an atomic ratio satisfying the following condition: 0<y?0.5; and ? represents an oxygen excess.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignees: Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., Hokko Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Cataler CorporationInventors: Hirohisa Tanaka, Isao Tan, Mari Uenishi, Nobuhiko Kajita, Masashi Taniguchi, Kimiyoshi Kaneko, Senshu Mitachi, Mareo Kimura, Keiichi Narita, Noboru Sato
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Patent number: 7585474Abstract: A single crystalline ternary nanostructure having the formula AxByOz, wherein x ranges from 0.25 to 24, and y ranges from 1.5 to 40, and wherein A and B are independently selected from the group consisting of Ag, Al, As, Au, B, Ba, Br, Ca, Cd, Ce, Cl, Cm, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Dy, Er, Eu, F, Fe, Ga, Gd, Ge, Hf, Ho, I, In, Ir, K, La, Li, Lu, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Nb, Nd, Ni, Os, P, Pb, Pd, Pr, Pt, Rb, Re, Rh, Ru, S, Sb, Sc, Se, Si, Sm, Sn, Sr, Ta, Tb, Tc, Te, Ti, Tl, Tm, U, V, W, Y, Yb, and Zn, wherein the nanostructure is at least 95% free of defects and/or dislocations.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New YorkInventors: Stanislaus S. Wong, Tae-Jin Park
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Patent number: 7575735Abstract: The present invention includes pure single-crystalline metal oxide and metal fluoride nanostructures, and methods of making same. These nanostructures include nanorods and nanoarrays.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2006Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New YorkInventors: Stanislaus S. Wong, Yuanbing Mao
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Publication number: 20090196818Abstract: A multiferroic element having a simple structure in which orientation of electric polarization or magnetization of a solid state material can be controlled by applying a magnetic field or an electric field, respectively. By applying an external magnetic field to a multiferroic solid state material that exhibits ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism having a spin structure such that the orientation of spin is rotating along the outside surface of a cone (apex angle ? at the top of the cone is in a range of 0<??90 degrees), an electric polarization with orientation substantially perpendicular to the direction of the externally applied magnetic field can be controlled. Meanwhile, by applying an external electric field to the multiferroic solid state material, a magnetization with an orientation substantially perpendicular to the direction of the externally applied electric field can be controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2007Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYAGENCYInventors: Yoshinori Tokura, Takahisa Arima, Yoshio Kaneko
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Publication number: 20090192032Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light-responsive photocatalyst composition, which is a composite oxide semiconductor containing tungsten, and which can efficiently absorb visible light emitted from the sun and light emitted from interior lamps, such as fluorescent lamps, etc., and a method of preparing the light-responsive photocatalyst composition. The visible light-responsive photocatalyst composition can decompose volatile organic compounds or harmful organic matter causing sick house syndrome, even indoors, because it can be activated by visible light outdoors and can respond to light emitted from interior lamps, such as fluorescent lamps, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: Seoul National University Industry FoundationInventors: In Sun Cho, Sang Wook Lee, Jun Hong Noh, Shin Tae Bae, Dong Wook Kim, Chin Moo Cho, Chae Hyun Kwak, Tae Hoon Noh, Duk Kyu Lee, Kug Sun Hong
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Patent number: 7553474Abstract: It is an object to provide a method for producing stable alkaline metal oxide sols having a uniform particle size distribution. The method comprises the steps of: heating a metal compound at a temperature of 60° C. to 110° C. in an aqueous medium that contains a carbonate of quaternary ammonium; and carrying out hydrothermal processing at a temperature of 110° C. to 250° C. The carbonate of quaternary ammonium is (NR4)2CO3 or NR4HCO3 in which R represents a hydrocarbon group, or a mixture thereof. The metal compound is one, or two or more metal compounds selected from a group of compounds based on a metal having a valence that is bivalent, trivalent, or tetravalent.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2005Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Ohmori, Hirokazu Kato, Yoshinari Koyama, Kenji Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 7550098Abstract: Active materials of the invention contain at least one alkali metal and at least one other metal capable of being oxidized to a higher oxidation state. Preferred other metals are accordingly selected from the group consisting of transition metals (defined as Groups 4-11 of the periodic table), as well as certain other non-transition metals such as tin, bismuth, and lead. The active materials may be synthesized in single step reactions or in multi-step reactions. In at least one of the steps of the synthesis reaction, reducing carbon is used as a starting material. In one aspect, the reducing carbon is provided by elemental carbon, preferably in particulate form such as graphites, amorphous carbon, carbon blacks and the like. In another aspect, reducing carbon may also be provided by an organic precursor material, or by a mixture of elemental carbon and organic precursor material.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2005Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Valence Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jerry Barker, Yazid Saidi, Ming Dong, Jeffrey Swoyer
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Patent number: 7547400Abstract: A method for making monodispersed magnetic nanoparticles of nickel zinc ferrite (NZFO) at room temperature by mixing together two micelle solutions. The first micelle solution comprises zinc, nickel, and iron metal salts; a surfactant; and a hydrocarbon. The second micelle solution comprises an aqueous hydroxide, a surfactant, and a hydrocarbon. After mixing the two micelle solutions, the ferrite precipitates.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2005Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Everett E. Carpenter, Vincent G. Harris, Shannon A. Morrison
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Patent number: 7534528Abstract: An electrode material for an anode of a rechargeable lithium battery, containing a particulate comprising an amorphous Sn.A.X alloy with a substantially non-stoichiometric ratio composition. For said formula Sn.A.X , A indicates at least one kind of an element selected from a group consisting of transition metal elements, X indicates at least one kind of an element selected from a group consisting of O, F, N, Mg, Ba, Sr, Ca, La, Ce, Si, Ge, C, P, B, Pb, Bi, Sb, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Zn, Be, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, As, Se, Te, Li and S, where the element X is not always necessary to be contained. The content of the constituent element Sn of the amorphous Sn.A.X alloy is Sn/(Sn+A+X)=20 to 80 atomic %.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Soichiro Kawakami, Masaya Asao
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Publication number: 20090104107Abstract: A method of making scorodite includes the following steps: (1) an acidic aqueous solution containing pentavalent As and trivalent Fe is heated at a temperature for a time, the temperature and the time being effective for synthesis of crystalline scorodite; (2) the synthesized scorodite is separated from the post-reaction solution by solid-liquid separation; and (3) the scorodite is washed with water and is separated from the washing solution by solid-liquid separation. Step (3) is repeated until the concentration of at least one component of the post-reaction solution contained in the washing solution used for washing the scorodite decreases to a predetermined level.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukio Kimura, Shigeo Katsura
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Publication number: 20090087658Abstract: A method for manufacturing ferrite powder comprises a step (a) of causing a precursor, obtained by a liquid-phase reaction method, to pass through a sieve with openings of 2 mm or less, and a step (b) of causing free fall, through the interior of a furnace tube heated to the range 750 to 1250° C. by a heater, of the precursor which has passed through the sieve. In the process of causing free fall through the interior of the furnace tube heated by the heater, ferrite powder, which is a single phase of hexagonal ferrite, is obtained by heating the precursor to a prescribed temperature and holding the precursor at the prescribed temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventor: Mamoru SATOH
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Patent number: 7510693Abstract: Process for the production of a metal oxide powder having a BET surface area of at least 20 m2/g by reacting an aerosol with oxygen in a reaction space at a reaction temperature of more than 700° C. and then separating the resulting powder from gaseous substances in the reaction space, wherein the aerosol is obtained by atomisation using a multi-component nozzle of at least one starting material, as such in liquid form or in solution, and at least one atomising gas, the volume-related mean drop diameter D30 of the aerosol is from 30 to 100 ?m and the number of aerosol drops larger than 100 ?m is up to 10%, based on the total number of drops, and metal oxide powder obtainable by this process.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2006Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Degussa AGInventors: Stipan Katusic, Michael Kraemer, Michael Kroell, Peter Kress, Edwin Staab
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Publication number: 20090078584Abstract: The present invention is to provide a process for producing a scorodite that can shorten the time required for synthesizing the scorodite, and further can improve the yield of arsenic and iron into the scorodite. Accordingly, a process for producing a crystalline scorodite from an acidic aqueous solution containing pentavalent As and trivalent Fe, wherein the synthesis of the crystalline scorodite is performed after the molar ratio of trivalent Fe to pentavalent As contained in the acidic aqueous solution is adjusted to be equal to or more than 0.9 and equal to or less than 1.1 is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukio Kimura, Shigeo Katsura
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Patent number: 7488464Abstract: Methods and systems for processing metal oxides from metal containing solutions. Metal containing solutions are mixed with heated aqueous oxidizing solutions and processed in a continuous process reactor or batch processing system. Combinations of temperature, pressure, molarity, Eh value, and pH value of the mixed solution are monitored and adjusted so as to maintain solution conditions within a desired stability area during processing. This results in metal oxides having high or increased pollutant loading capacities and/or oxidation states. These metal oxides may be processed according to the invention to produce co-precipitated oxides of two or more metals, metal oxides incorporating foreign cations, metal oxides precipitated on active and inactive substrates, or combinations of any or all of these forms.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2004Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: EnviroScrub Technologies CorporationInventors: Charles F. Hammel, Richard M. Boren
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Patent number: 7482382Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel sol-gel methods in which metal oxide precursor and an alcohol-based solution are mixed to form a reaction mixture that is then allowed to react to produce nanosized metal oxide particles. The methods of the present invention are more suitable for preparing nanosized metal oxide than are previously-described sol-gel methods. The present invention can provide for nanosized metal oxide particles more efficiently than the previously-described sol-gel methods by permitting higher concentrations of metal oxide precursor to be employed in the reaction mixture. The foregoing is provided by careful control of the pH conditions during synthesis and by ensuring that the pH is maintained at a value of about 7 or higher.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, Kaneka CorporationInventors: Yuntao Li, Hung-Jue Sue, Riichi Nishimura, Nobuo Miyatake
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Publication number: 20090023972Abstract: Catalytic structures are provided comprising octahedral tunnel lattice manganese oxides ion-exchanged with metal cations or mixtures thereof. The structures are useful as catalysts for the oxidation of alkanes and may be prepared by treating layered manganese oxide under highly acidic conditions, optionally drying the treated product, and subjecting it to ion exchange.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Inventors: Helge Jaensch, Wilfried J. Mortier
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Patent number: 7476467Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte-based high power lithium secondary battery having a long-term service life and superior safety at both room temperature and high temperature, even after repeated high-current charging and discharging, wherein the battery comprises a mixture of a particular lithium manganese-metal composite oxide (A) having a spinel structure and a particular lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt composite oxide (B) having a layered structure, as a cathode active material.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2005Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Hey Woong Park, Ji-Sang Yu, Sung-Woo Kim, Min Su Kim
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Patent number: 7476376Abstract: Disclosed is metal composite oxides having the new crystal structure. Also disclosed are ionic conductors including the metal composite oxides and electrochemical devices comprising the ionic conductors. The metal composite oxides have an ion channel formed for easy movement of ions due to crystallographic specificity resulting from the ordering of metal ion sites and metal ion defects within the unit cell. Therefore, the metal composite oxides according to the present invention are useful in an electrochemical device requiring an ionic conductor or ionic conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Seung Tae Hong, Yun Ho Roh, Eung Je Lee, Mi Hyae Park
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Publication number: 20080242815Abstract: The invention provides a process which enables, in preparation of acrolein by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of propylene in the presence of molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas or in preparation of acrylic acid by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of acrolein in the presence of molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas, using single kind of atalyst, to suppress occurrence of localized extraordinarily high temperature spots (hot spots) in the catalyst layer and can stably maintain high acrolein or acrylic acid yield for a long time. The process is characterized by use of an oxide catalyst containing molybdenum as an essential component and having relative standard deviation of its particle size in a range of 0.02 to 0.20.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventor: Naohiro Fukumoto
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Publication number: 20080233033Abstract: This invention relates to a Polyoxometalate (POM) represented by the formula: (An)m+[HqM16X8W48O184(OH)32]m? or solvates thereof, wherein: A represents a cation, n is the number of the cations A, m is the charge of the polyoxoanion, q is the number of protons and varies from 0 to 12, M represents a transition metal, and X represents a heteroatom selected from P, As and mixtures thereof. This invention also relates to a process to produce such POMs and to a process for the homogeneous or heterogeneous oxidation of organic substrates comprising contacting the organic substrate with such POMs.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Ulrich Kortz, Sib Sankar Mal
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Publication number: 20080206125Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst system for the selective conversion of hydrocarbons into multi-walled carbon nanotubes and hydrogen comprising a compound of the formula: (Ni,Co)FeyOz(Al2O3)w wherein ‘y’ represents the molar fraction of Fe relative to Co and Ni and wherein 0.11?y?9.0, 1.12?z?14.5, and 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2006Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: Nanocyl S.A.Inventors: Ricardo Prada Silvy, Christophe Pirlot, Benedicte Culot
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Publication number: 20080163994Abstract: The present invention relates to a security feature for security papers, value documents and the like having an acid-labile feature substance as the core and a shell consisting substantially of metal oxide, the security feature exhibiting greater stability against the action of acids compared with the acid-labile feature substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2005Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Rainer Hoppe, Thomas Giering
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Patent number: 7381394Abstract: Methods of producing a safe and hygienic method for industrially and efficiently producing a perovskite-type composite oxide are provided that can maintain the catalytic activity of a noble metal at a high level. Methods include preparing a precursor of the perovskite-type composite oxide by mixing organometal salts of elementary components of the perovskite-type composite oxide and heat treating the precursor. The precursor may be prepared by mixing all elementary components constituting the perovskite-type composite oxide, or by mixing one or more organometal salts of part of the elementary components with the other elementary components prepared as alkoxides, a coprecipitate of salts, or a citrate complex of the respective elements.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2003Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignees: Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., Hokko Chemical Industry Co. Ltd.Inventors: Hirohisa Tanaka, Kimiyoshi Kaneko
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Publication number: 20080124265Abstract: An anode in a Direct Carbon Fuel Cell (DCFC) operating in a temperature range between 500 and 1200 degrees Celsius is provided. The anode material has high catalytic activity and selectivity for carbon oxidation, sufficient oxygen non-stoichiometry, rapid oxygen chemical diffusion, wide thermodynamic stability window to withstand reducing environment, sufficient electronic conductivity and tolerance to sulfur and CO2 environments. The anode has doped ruthenate compositions A1?xA?xRuO3, AB1?yRuyO3, or A1?xA?xB1?yRuyO3. A and A? may be divalent, trivalent, or tetravalent cation, and B is a multivalent cation. A is among lanthanide series elements La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Er or Yb, and dopant A? is from Group IIA, IIIB, or IVB elements. The doped ruthenates can also be a (AB1?yRuyO3) structure or an ordered Ruddlesden-Popper series ((A1?xAx?)n+1(B1?yRuy)nO3n+1) structure where n=1 or 2. The dopant B is among Group IVB, VB, VIB, VIII, IB, and IIB elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventor: Turgut M. Gur
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Publication number: 20080121584Abstract: Methods of making unique water treatment compositions are provided. In one embodiment, a method of making a doped metal oxide or hydroxide for treating water comprises: disposing a metal precursor solution and a dopant precursor solution in a reaction vessel comprising water to form a slurry; and precipitating the doped metal oxide or hydroxide from the slurry.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicants: INFRAMAT CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTONInventors: Huimin Chen, Dennis A. Clifford
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Patent number: 7368095Abstract: The present invention provides a composite oxide for a high performance solid oxide fuel cell which can be fired at a relatively low temperature, and which has little heterogeneous phases of impurities other than the desired composition. The composite oxide is the one having a perovskite type crystal structure containing rare earth elements, and having constituent elements homogeneously dispersed therein. A homogeneous composite oxide having an abundance ratio of heterogeneous phases of at most 0.3% by average area ratio, and a melting point of at least 1470° C., is obtained by using metal carbonates, oxides or hydroxides, and reacting them with citric acid in an aqueous system.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2002Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumio Munakata, Kenji Furuya, Masaharu Hatano, Yoshinori Fujie, Manabu Suhara
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Patent number: 7357910Abstract: Method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles. The method includes generating an aerosol of solid metallic microparticles, generating plasma with a plasma hot zone at a temperature sufficiently high to vaporize the microparticles into metal vapor, and directing the aerosol into the hot zone of the plasma. The microparticles vaporize in the hot zone into metal vapor. The metal vapor is directed away from the hot zone and into the cooler plasma afterglow where it oxidizes, cools and condenses to form solid metal oxide nanoparticles.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2002Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Jonathan Phillips, Daniel Mendoza, Chun-Ku Chen
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Patent number: 7354565Abstract: The present invention discloses a relaxor material lead iron tungstate which has been synthesized in doped and undoped conditions by single and two step heat treatment. The relaxor material is seen to exhibit almost negligible hysteresis and a transducer made thereby shows pressure measurement capability over a wide range from 0.5 MPa to 415 MPa with accuracy of ±0.05%.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2002Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignees: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Indian Institute of Technology - DelhiInventors: Kamlesh Kumar Jain, Vinay Kumar, Subhash Chand Kashyap