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  • Carbon materials metal/metal oxide nanoparticle composite and battery anode composed of the same
    Patent number: 7094499
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite material for use as an anode for a lithium-ion battery is disclosed. The steps include selecting a carbon material as a constituent part of the composite, chemically treating the selected carbon material to receive nanoparticles, incorporating nanoparticles into the chemically treated carbon material and removing surface nanoparticles from an outside surface of the carbon material with incorporated nanoparticles. A material making up the nanoparticles alloys with lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventor: Ching-Cheh Hung