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US 12,630,427 B2Granted
Bromine doped carbon-based nanomaterial and methods of forming the same
AssigneeNabors Energy Transition Solutions LLC
InventorsEvan Johnson, Paul Yollin, Dylan Cook
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a carbon-based nanomaterial composition that may be formed from a gas mixture and a bromine powder. The gas mixture may include a carbon-based gas, an oxygen gas, and a hydrogen gas. The carbon-based nanomaterial composition may include bromine doped nanospheres.
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A carbon-based nanomaterial composition formed from a forming mixture comprising a gas mixture and a bromine powder,
- wherein the gas mixture comprises a carbon-based gas, an oxygen gas, and a hydrogen gas,
- wherein the carbon-based nanomaterial composition comprises bromine doped nanospheres, and
- wherein the carbon-based nanomaterial composition comprises a carbon hybridization ratio Psp3/Psp2 of at least about 4.0, where Psp3 is the percent of carbon within the carbon-based nanomaterial composition having a sp3 hybridization and Psp2 is the percent of carbon within the carbon-based nanomaterial composition having a sp2 hybridization.
A method of forming a carbon-based nanomaterial composition, wherein the method comprises:
- supplying a forming mixture comprising a gas mixture and a bromine powder, wherein the gas mixture comprises a carbon-based gas, an oxygen gas, and a hydrogen gas,
- igniting the gas mixture to form the carbon-based nanomaterial composition,
- wherein the carbon-based nanomaterial composition comprises bromine doped nanospheres, and
- wherein the carbon-based nanomaterial composition comprises a carbon hybridization ratio Psp3/Psp2 of at least about 4.0, where Psp3 is the percent of carbon within the carbon-based nanomaterial composition having a sp3 hybridization and Paz is the percent of carbon within the carbon-based nanomaterial composition having a sp2 hybridization.
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A carbon-based nanomaterial composition comprising:
- bromine doped nanospheres,
- a carbon content of at least about 60 at. % and not greater than about 99 at. % based on elemental analysis of the carbon-based nanomaterial composition,
- an oxygen content of at least about 1 at. % and not greater than about 35 at. % based on elemental analysis of the carbon-based nanomaterial composition, and
- a bromine content of at least about 2 at % and not greater than 50 at %.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.