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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2018
Applicant:
United States of America As Represented BY Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Zhiyong Cai, Madison, WI (US);
Qiangu Yan, Starkville, MS (US);
Jilei Zhang, Starkville, MS (US);
Jinghao Li, Madison, WI (US);
Bruno Sisto Marcoccia, Charlotte, NC (US);
James David Freiberg, Baraboo, WI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 32/184 (2017.01); B01J 13/06 (2006.01); C01B 32/194 (2017.01); B01J 13/02 (2006.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B01J 23/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 32/184 (2017.08); B01J 13/02 (2013.01); B01J 13/06 (2013.01); C01B 32/194 (2017.08); B01J 23/70 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); Y02P 20/145 (2015.11); Y10S 977/734 (2013.01); Y10S 977/842 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of synthesizing a graphene-based material comprises exposing graphene-encapsulated metal nanoparticles, each nanoparticle comprising a graphene shell surrounding a metal core, to a cracking and welding gas composition under conditions sufficient to crack graphene shells and to reconstruct cracked graphene shells to form the graphene-based material.