Patent number: 11028271
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a metal chalcogenide having a surface and a ligand, where the ligand is covalently bound to the surface. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the metal chalcogenide may be defined by MXz, where Z is between 1 and 3, inclusively, M (a metal) includes at least one of Sc, Zr, Hf, Zr, Ti, Nb, Ta, V, Mo, Cr, Re, W, S, Pt, Fe, Cu, Sb, In, Zn, Cd, P, and/or Mn, and X (a chalcogenide) includes at least one of S, Se, and/or Te.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 6, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 8, 2021
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
Inventors:
Hanyu Zhang, Eric Edward Benson, Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Elisa Margaret Link