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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kwai S. Chan, San Antonio, TX (US);
Michael A. Miller, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 4/36 (2006.01); H01M 4/134 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/386 (2013.01); H01M 4/362 (2013.01); H01M 4/134 (2013.01);
Abstract
A composition comprising a Type 1 clathrate of silicon having a Siframework cage structure wherein the silicon atoms on said framework are at least partially substituted by carbon atoms, said composition represented by the formula CSiwith 1≦y≦45. The composition of may include one or more guest atoms A within the cage structure represented by the formula ACSiwherein A=H, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Be, Mg, Ca. Sr, Ba, Ra, Eu, Cl, Br, or I or any metal or metalloid element and x is the number of said guest atoms within said cage structure.