Nano-skeletal catalyst
AssigneeSDCmaterials, Inc.
InventorMaximilian A. Biberger
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Abstract
A method of producing a catalyst material with nano-scale structure, the method comprising: introducing a starting powder into a nano-powder production reactor, the starting powder comprising a catalyst material; the nano-powder production reactor nano-sizing the starting powder, thereby producing a nano-powder from the starting powder, the nano-powder comprising a plurality of nano-particles, each nano-particle comprising the catalyst material; and forming a catalyst precursor material from the nano-powder, wherein the catalyst precursor material is a densified bulk porous structure comprising the catalyst material, the catalyst material having a nano-scale structure.
Claims25
A method of producing a catalyst material with nano-scale structure, the method comprising:
- providing a starting powder into a nano-powder production reactor, the starting powder comprising a catalyst material;
- nano-sizing the starting powder by using a plasma flow in the nano-powder production reactor, thereby producing a nano-powder from the starting powder, the nano powder comprising a plurality of nano-particles, each nano-particle comprising the catalyst material;
- forming a catalyst precursor material from the nano-powder by using a bonding device, wherein the catalyst precursor material is a densified bulk porous structure comprising the catalyst material, the catalyst material having a nano-scale structure, wherein the bulk porous structure of the catalyst precursor material further comprises a filler material;
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- further comprising removing a substantial portion of the filler material from the bulk structure of the catalyst precursor to form a nano-scale skeletal structure comprising the catalyst material, such that the catalyst material is activated to form a nano-skeletal catalyst.
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