US 11,926,532 B2
Processes for the production of metal oxides
Mark Brandon Shiflett, Lawrence, KS (US); David Richard Corbin, West Chester, PA (US); Andrew M. Danby, Bishop Wilton (GB); and Bala Subramaniam, Lawrence, KS (US)
Assigned to University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (US)
Filed by University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/572,920.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/135,895, filed on Jan. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0220002 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. C01G 23/053 (2006.01)
CPC C01G 23/053 (2013.01) 11 Claims
 
1. A process for producing a metal oxide, the process comprising combining a metal halide in its liquid phase and an oxidant in liquid CO2 under conditions to oxidize the metal halide in the liquid CO2 to produce a metal oxide therefrom, wherein the metal halide is TiCl4.