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US 7,608,556 B2Granted
Carbon nanotubes as catalysts in redox reactions
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsBruce A. Diner, Ming Zheng
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Abstract
Carbon nanotubes have been reversibly and readily oxidized and reduced with common chemicals in solution, thereby allowing the nanotubes to be used as catalysts for chemical reactions and as stable charge storage devices.
Claims12
A process to catalyze a redox reaction comprising:
- contacting at least one carbon nanotube in solution with:
- a) an oxidizing agent and an oxidizable compound or
- b) a reducing agent and a reducible compound wherein the redox reaction is catalyzed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.