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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2024
Applicant:
Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Inventors:
Alexander Azenkeng, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Jason D. Laumb, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Assignee:
Energy & Environmental Research Center, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03B 9/00 (2006.01); B03B 7/00 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); C01B 32/184 (2017.01); C01B 32/194 (2017.01); C09K 11/65 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B03B 9/005 (2013.01); B03B 7/00 (2013.01); C01B 32/184 (2017.08); C01B 32/194 (2017.08); C09K 11/65 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01B 2204/02 (2013.01); C01B 2204/22 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01); C01P 2006/40 (2013.01); C01P 2006/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
Upgraded coal, method of forming the same, and graphene films and quantum dots made therefrom. A method of upgrading coal includes cleaning coal to form a cleaned coal residue. The method also includes (A) reacting the cleaned coal residue with an oxidizable inorganic metallic agent, or (B) reacting the cleaned coal residue with a reducing agent, or a combination thereof, to form the upgraded coal.