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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Anna Douglas, Nashville, TN (US);
Cary Pint, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 32/162 (2017.01); C25B 15/08 (2006.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 32/162 (2017.08); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C25B 15/08 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2442 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of making a plurality of carbon nanotubes, the methods comprising applying a current across a catalytically passive anode and a catalytic cathode; wherein the catalytic cathode comprises a catalyst and the catalyst comprises Fe, Co, Mo, Cr, Cu, or a combination thereof; wherein the catalytically passive anode and the catalytic cathode are in electrochemical contact with a molten carbonate electrolyte and a source of CO2; thereby forming a plurality of carbon nanotubes on the catalytic cathode.