Ut-battelle, Inc.

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.

University of Tennessee Research Foundation

Jinshui Zhang

Sheng Dai

Xiao-Guang Sun

Huimin Luo

Shannon Mark Mahurin

Xueguang Jiang

Rui Qiao

A nanoconfined metal-containing electrolyte comprising a layer of enclosed nanostructures in which each enclosed nanostructure contains a liquid metal-containing electrolyte, wherein said enclosed nanostructures are in physical contact with each other. Metal-ion batteries containing the nanoconfined electrolyte in contact with an anode and cathode of the battery are also described. Methods for producing the nanoconfined electrolyte are also described.

Nanoconfined electrolytes and their use in batteries

A method of thermally insulating a surface, the method comprising applying a coating of a thermally insulating composition onto said surface, wherein said thermally insulating composition comprises: (i) hollow spherical nanoparticles having a mean particle size of less than 800 nm in diameter and a particle size distribution in which at least 90% of the hollow spherical nanoparticles have a size within &#xb1;20% of said mean particle size, and a first layer of cationic or anionic molecules attached to said surfaces of the hollow spherical nanoparticles; and (ii) a second layer of molecules of opposite charge to the first layer of molecules, wherein said second layer of molecules of opposite charge are ionically associated with said first layer of molecules, wherein the molecules in said second layer have at least eight carbon atoms.

Porous thermally insulating compositions containing hollow spherical nanoparticles

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Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America

Jinshui Zhang