US 11,938,545 B2
Ultralight conductive metallic aerogels
Fang Qian, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Thomas Han, Livermore, CA (US); and Marcus Worsley, Hayward, CA (US)
Assigned to LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC, Livermore, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/616,260
Filed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 22, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/039115
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 22, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/237337, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/524,344, filed on Jun. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0157657 A1, May 21, 2020
Int. Cl. B22F 9/24 (2006.01); B22F 1/054 (2022.01); C22C 1/08 (2006.01); H01B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B22F 9/24 (2013.01) [B22F 1/0547 (2022.01); C22C 1/08 (2013.01); H01B 5/00 (2013.01); B22F 2301/255 (2013.01); Y10T 428/12153 (2015.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A metal aerogel, comprising:
a plurality of metal nanowires formed into a porous three-dimensional structure, wherein the metal nanowires have welded junctions at intersections of the metal nanowires,
wherein pores in the structure are anisotropic.