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US 10,541,406 B1Granted
Nanopatterned substrate serving as both a current collector and template for nanostructured electrode growth
AssigneeThe University of Tulsa
InventorsDale Teeters, Mathew Smith
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Abstract
A process of forming and the resulting nano-pitted metal substrate that serves both as patterns to grow nanostructured materials and as current collectors for the resulting nanostructured material is disclosed herein. The nano-pitted substrate can be fabricated from any suitable conductive material that allows nanostructured electrodes to be grown directly on the substrate.
Claims16
A method of fabricating a nanostructure, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. forming an electrically conductive substrate having at least one nano-pit with a continuous circular edge surrounding said at least one nano-pit;
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- b. thereafter depositing at least one material along the continuous circular edge of said at least one nano-pit to form a nanostructure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.