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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Applicants:
Can Erkey, South Windsor, CT (US);
Hiroaki S. Hara, West Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Can Erkey, South Windsor, CT (US);
Hiroaki S. Hara, West Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 3/00 (2006.01); B01J 23/42 (2006.01); B01J 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Metallic aerogel compositions comprising an aerogel, e.g., RF or carbon aerogel, having metallic particles dispersed on its surface are disclosed. The aerogel compositions can have a uniform distribution of small metallic particles, e.g., 1 nanometer average particle diameter. Also disclosed are processes for making the aerogel compositions comprising contacting an aerogel with a supercritical fluid containing a metallic compound. The aerogel compositions are useful, for example in the manufacture of fuel cell electrodes.