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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jacob Benjamin Mack, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Samuel Mark Pennell, Chicago, IL (US);
David C. Dunand, Evanston, IL (US);
Assignee:
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 38/12 (2006.01); B22F 3/10 (2006.01); B22F 3/11 (2006.01); B22F 9/04 (2006.01); C01B 3/00 (2006.01); C01B 3/0084 (2026.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/1143 (2013.01); B22F 3/1017 (2013.01); B22F 9/04 (2013.01); C01B 3/0084 (2013.01); C22C 38/12 (2013.01); B22F 2009/043 (2013.01); B22F 2301/35 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention in one aspect relates to an iron-based foam usable for an electrochemical device, comprising a composition comprising iron and a refractory element processed to form the iron-based foam having a hierarchical porous structure with self-assembled channels for gas flow reactions and internal space to accommodate volumetric changes on oxidation.