US 11,712,681 B2
Near infrared photocatalyst based on TiO2-coated gold nanoparticles
Laura Fabris, Somerset, NJ (US); Fuat E. Celik, Princeton, NJ (US); Supriya Atta, New Brunswick, NJ (US); and Ashley M. Pennington, Washington, DC (US)
Assigned to RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY, New Brunswick, NJ (US)
Filed by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/855,128.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/836,805, filed on Apr. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0330963 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. B01J 23/52 (2006.01); B01J 35/08 (2006.01); B01J 35/02 (2006.01); B01J 35/00 (2006.01); B01J 21/06 (2006.01); C01B 3/04 (2006.01); B01J 37/02 (2006.01); B01J 37/08 (2006.01); B01J 37/04 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 23/52 (2013.01) [B01J 21/063 (2013.01); B01J 35/004 (2013.01); B01J 35/0033 (2013.01); B01J 35/023 (2013.01); B01J 35/08 (2013.01); B01J 37/0219 (2013.01); B01J 37/0221 (2013.01); B01J 37/0225 (2013.01); B01J 37/0228 (2013.01); B01J 37/0244 (2013.01); B01J 37/04 (2013.01); B01J 37/086 (2013.01); C01B 3/042 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
 
1. A nanostar for photocatalysis, comprising a nanosphere, tips protruding from the nanosphere, and a coating comprising TiO2;
wherein the TiO2 coating encloses the nanosphere and the tips protruding from the nanosphere.