US 12,012,425 B2
Nickel nanoparticle functionalized fibrous hierarchical zeolite and method of making the same
Robert Peter Hodgkins, Dhahran (SA); Omer Refa Koseoglu, Dhahran (SA); Jean-Marie Maurice Basset, Thuwal (SA); Kuo-Wei Huang, Thuwal (SA); Anissa Bendjeriou-Sedjerari, Thuwal (SA); Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan, Thuwal (SA); Moussab Harb, Thuwal (SA); and Manoj Kumar Gangwar, Thuwal (SA)
Assigned to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal (SA); and Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA); and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal (SA)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/412,748.
Prior Publication US 2023/0104591 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C07F 15/04 (2006.01); C01B 39/38 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01)
CPC C07F 15/04 (2013.01) [C01B 39/38 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01P 2002/72 (2013.01); C01P 2004/04 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A functionalized fibrous hierarchical zeolite comprising:
a framework comprising aluminum atoms, silicon atoms, oxygen atoms, and a plurality of silanol groups comprising the silica atoms and the oxygen atoms, the framework further comprising a plurality of micropores and a plurality of mesopores, wherein:
the functionalized fibrous hierarchical zeolite is functionalized with at least one terminal hydroxyl,
at least one oxygen atom of at least one of the plurality of silanol groups associates with a plurality of nanoparticles comprising nickel, thereby immobilizing the plurality of nanoparticles on the framework.