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US 2003/0216482 A1Published application
Metal-doped organic gels and method thereof
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsJoe H. Satcher JR., Theodore F. Baumann
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a sol-gel polymerization process for synthesizing metal-doped organic gels. The process polymerizes metal salts of hydroxylated benzenes or hydroxylated benzene derivatives with alkyl or aryl aldehydes to form metal-doped, wet, organic gels. The gels can then be dried by supercritical solvent extraction to form metal-doped aerogels or by evaporation to form metal-doped xerogels. The aerogels and xerogels can then be pyrolyzed.
Claims10
A process for synthesizing metal-doped organic gels comprising:
- polymerizing a metal salt of a hydroxylated benzene or a hydroxylated benzene derivative with an aldehyde, wherein said polymerization is a sol-gel polymerization under aqueous conditions, to form a metal-doped, wet, organic gel.
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