US 11,944,956 B2
Room temperature liquid metal catalysts and methods of use
Isai Lopez, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Gabriella Amberchan, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Bakthan Singaram, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Scott Oliver, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Jeremy Barnett, Santa Cruz, CA (US); and Beatriz Ehlke Santi Grott, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/607,424
Filed by THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/030725
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/223489, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/842,420, filed on May 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219144 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B01J 23/08 (2006.01); B01J 35/02 (2006.01); B01J 35/12 (2006.01); B01J 37/04 (2006.01); C01B 3/08 (2006.01); C07C 5/03 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 23/08 (2013.01) [B01J 35/023 (2013.01); B01J 35/12 (2013.01); B01J 37/04 (2013.01); C01B 3/08 (2013.01); C07C 5/03 (2013.01); C07C 2521/04 (2013.01); C07C 2523/08 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
 
1. A catalyst composition comprising gallium and aluminum at an atomic ratio from about 2:1 to about 5:1 of gallium to aluminum, wherein aluminum includes particles having an average size from about 5 nm to about 30 nm diameter dispersed in gallium.