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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
Breton S.p.a., Castello di Godego, IT;
Vito Di Noto, Cadoneghe, IT;
Enrico Negro, Camposampiero, IT;
Keti Vezzu′, Rovolon, IT;
Federico Bertasi, Bardolino, IT;
Graeme Nawn, Treviso, IT;
Luca Toncelli, Bassano del Grappa, IT;
Stefano Zeggio, Castagnole di Paese, IT;
Fabio Bassetto, Creazzo, IT;
BRETON S.P.A., Castello di Godego (TV), IT;
Abstract
The invention relates to electrocatalysts comprising a carbonitride (CN) shell featuring good electrical conductivity, coordinating suitable catalytically active sites. In a preferred aspect of the invention, the aforesaid carbonitride shell coordinates nanoparticles or aggregates of nanoparticles, on which the active sites of the electrocatalyst are located. In a preferred form of the invention, said carbonitride shell covers suitable cores with good electrical conductivity. Said electrocatalysts are obtained through a process involving the pyrolysis of suitable precursors; in one aspect of the invention, the preparation process requires certain further steps. In one preferred aspect, the steps comprise one or more of the following: chemical treatments; electrochemical treatments; further pyrolysis processes.