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US 2011/0218109 A1Published application
Clathrate compounds
OwnerShengqiang Bai, Lidong Chen +4inventors
InventorsShengqiang Bai, Lidong Chen, Lin He, Li Wang, Wenbin Zhang, Yanfei Zhou
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Abstract
A clathrate compound of formula (I): M8AxBy-x (I) wherein: M is an alkaline earth metal, a rare earth metal, an alkali metal, Cd, or a combination thereof, A is Ga, Al, In, Zn or a combination thereof; B is Ge, Si, Sn, Ni or a combination thereof; and 12≦x≦16, 40≦y≦43, x and y each is or is not an integer. Embodiments of the invention also include method of making and using the clathrate compound.
Claims28
A clathrate compound of formula (I)
- M8AxBy-x (I)
- wherein:
- M is an alkaline earth metal, a rare earth metal, an alkali metal, Cd, or a combination thereof;
- A is Ga, Al, In, Zn or a combination thereof;
- B is Ge, Si, Sn, Ni or a combination thereof;
- and
- 12≦x≦16, 40≦y≦43.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.