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US 11,629,058 B2Granted
Metal carbides and methods of making the same
AssigneeAlliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
InventorsFrederick G. Baddour, Anurag Kumar, Kurt Michael Van Allsburg, Daniel Ruddy, Susan E. Habas, Andrew Royappa, Brittney E. Petel, Claire Townsend Nimlos
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a metal carbide, where the method includes thermally treating a molecular precursor in an oxygen-free environment, such that the treating produces the metal carbide and the molecular precursor includes where M is the metal of the metal carbide, N* includes nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing functional group, and x is between zero and six, inclusively.
Claims8
A method for producing a metal carbide, the method comprising:
- thermally treating a molecular precursor in an oxygen-free environment, wherein:
- the treating produces the metal carbide,
- the molecular precursor comprises
- M is the metal of the metal carbide,
- A1 comprises a first nitrogen-containing functional group, and
- A2 comprises a second nitrogen-containing functional group.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.