NANOMATERIAL AND METHOD FOR GENERATING NANOMATERIAL
Nanomaterial and methods for generating nanomaterial are described wherein a reaction, for example, decomposition, for generating nanomaterial occurs utilizing a hot wall reactor.
1 . A method for generating nanomaterial, the method comprising:
providing a flow of a precursor material through an inlet of a hot wall reactor;
heating the precursor material in the hot wall reactor; and
producing nanomaterial by decomposition of the precursor material.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the decomposition occurs in the hot wall reactor.
3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the decomposition occurs after the precursor material exits an outlet of the hot wall reactor.
4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the hot wall reactor is selected from an induction generator, an electromagnetic generator, and combinations thereof.
5 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising heating the precursor material in the presence of a gas selected from argon, nitrogen, helium, hydrogen, and combinations thereof.
6 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising introducing a gas selected from argon, nitrogen, helium, hydrogen, and combinations thereof at an outlet of the hot wall reactor.
7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the nanomaterial comprises a metal, a non-oxide metal, an alloy, or combinations thereof.
8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the non-oxide metal comprises a boride, a sulfide, a nitride, a carbide, a phosphide, or combinations thereof.
9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the nanomaterial is in the form of nanoparticles, nanostructures, or combinations thereof.
10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the precursor material comprises a metal halide, boron trichloride, a hydride, ammonia, a carbon based precursor, methane, carbon tetrachloride, phosphorous pentachloride, phosphorous trichloride, hydrogen sulfide.
11 . (canceled)
12 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising collecting the nanomaterial.
13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein collecting the nanomaterial comprises depositing the nanomaterial onto a substrate.
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16 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising cooling the precursor material or the nanomaterial after exiting the outlet of the hot wall reactor.
17 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising heating the precursor material or the nanomaterial after exiting the outlet of the hot wall reactor.
18 . Nanomaterial made according to claim 1 .
19 . A composite comprising the nanomaterial made according to claim 1 on a substrate.
20 . A composite comprising a nanomaterial film made according to claim 1 on a substrate.
21 . The composite according to claim 20 , wherein the nanomaterial film is amorphous, nanocrystalline, multi-crystalline, or combinations thereof.
22 . The composite according to claim 20 , wherein the nanomaterial film comprises hydrogen, chlorine, or combinations thereof.
23 . A composite comprising a nanomaterial alloy film or nanomaterial film made according to claim 1 ; and doped with boron or phosphorous.
24 . A composite comprising nanomaterial nanowires made according to claim 1 .
25 . A nanomaterial film comprising nanocrystalline nanomaterial; and hydrogen, chlorine, or combinations thereof.
26 - 29 . (canceled)