Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making an alkali metal oxyanion comprising iron. In one aspect of the invention, hydrothermal methods are used with a nanoscale iron precursor in order to provide desirably low particle size and high purity and crystallinity.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 20, 2013
Publication date:
May 29, 2014
Applicants:
Universite de Montreal, Clariant (Canada) Inc.
Inventors:
Guoxian Liang, Dean MacNeil, Cheng Lifeng
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