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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2005
Tommy J. Phelps, Knoxville, TN (US);
Robert J. Lauf, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Ji-won Moon, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Yul Roh, Gwangju, KR;
Tommy J. Phelps, Knoxville, TN (US);
Robert J. Lauf, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Ji-Won Moon, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Yul Roh, Gwangju, KR;
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
A method for producing mixed metal oxide compounds includes the steps of: providing a supply of a metal reducing bacteria; providing a culture medium suitable for growth of the bacteria; providing a first mixed metal oxide phase comprising at least a first and a second metal, at least one of the first and second metal being reducible from a higher to a lower oxidation state by the bacteria; and, combining the bacteria, the culture medium, the first mixed metal oxide, and at least one electron donor in a reactor, wherein the bacteria reduces at least one of the first metal and the second metal from the higher to the lower oxidation state to form a second mixed metal oxide phase.