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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2016
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Susan Ellen Habas, Arvada, CO (US);
Jun Wang, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Daniel A. Ruddy, Arvada, CO (US);
Frederick Raymond Gabriel Baddour, Denver, CO (US);
Joshua Schaidle, Arvada, CO (US);
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method that includes heating a mixture that includes a metal phenylphosphine-containing precursor that includes at least one of Mo(PPh)(CO), Pd(PPh), Ru(PPh)Cl, Ru(PPh)(CO)Cl, Co(PPh)(CO)(NO), and/or Rh(PPh)(CO)Cl, a surfactant, and a solvent. The heating is to a target temperature to form a heated mixture containing a metal phosphide nanoparticle that includes at least one of MoP, RuP, CoP, RhP, and/or PdP, and the metal phosphide nanoparticle is not hollow.