Electrocatalytic materials and methods for manufacturing same
AssigneeClick Materials Corp.
InventorsSimon Trudel, Curtis Berlinguette
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Abstract
The present invention provides an electrocatalytic material and a method for making an electrocatalytic material. There is also provided an electrocatalytic material comprising amorphous metal or mixed metal oxides. There is also provided methods of forming an electrocatalyst, comprising an amorphous metal oxide film.
Claims15
An electrocatalytic material comprising an amorphous metal oxide film.
A method of forming an electrocatalyst, comprising an amorphous metal oxide film comprising the steps of:
- i. providing a substrate;
- ii. coating the substrate with a metallo-organic precursor solution;
- iii. converting the metallo-organic precursor to zero oxidation state metal;
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- iv. oxidizing the zero oxidation state material to a metal oxide to form the amorphous metal oxide film,
- wherein the metallo-organic precursor solution comprises a precursor selected from the group consisting of an iron precursor, a cobalt precursor, a nickel precursor, and mixtures thereof.
A method of forming an electrocatalyst comprising an amorphous metal oxide film comprising the steps of:
- i. providing a substrate;
- ii. coating the substrate with a metallo-organic precursor solution;
- iii. converting the metallo-organic precursor to a prepared state metal;
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- iv. oxidizing the prepared state material to a metal oxide to form the amorphous metal oxide film.
Use of a metal oxide film in electrocatalysis.
A system for electrocatalysis comprising an electrocatalytic material comprising an amorphous metal oxide film, wherein the metal oxide film comprises a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of iron oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel oxide, iridium oxide and mixtures thereof.
A system for electrocatalysis comprising an electrocatalytic material comprising an amorphous metal oxide film, wherein the metal oxide film comprises a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of iridium doped iron oxide, niobium doped iron oxide and molybdenum doped iron oxide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.