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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2012
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Mariappan Parans Paranthaman, Knoxville, TN (US);
Zhonghe Bi, Cookeville, TN (US);
Craig A. Bridges, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Gilbert M. Brown, Knoxville, TN (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
Compositions and methods of making are provided for treated mesoporous metal oxide microspheres electrodes. The compositions comprise (a) microspheres with an average diameter between 200 nanometers (nm) and 10 micrometers (μm); (b) mesopores on the surface and interior of the microspheres, wherein the mesopores have an average diameter between 1 nm and 50 nm and the microspheres have a surface area between 50 m/g and 500 m/g, and wherein the composition has an electrical conductivity of at least 1×10S/cm at 25° C. and 60 MPa. The methods of making comprise forming a mesoporous metal oxide microsphere composition and treating the mesoporous metal oxide microspheres by at least one method selected from the group consisting of: (i) annealing in a reducing atmosphere, (ii) doping with an aliovalent element, and (iii) coating with a coating composition.