Granted Patent
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US 12,492,309 · App. 18/321,479 · Granted Dec 9, 2025
Spectrally selective zinc oxide particles and methods of making thereof
Assignee:
University of South Florida
C09D5/004C01G9/02C09D7/62G02B5/206C01P2002/52C01P2002/72C01P2002/82C01P2004/03C01P2004/04C01P2004/62C01P2004/64C08K2003/2296C08K2201/005C08K2201/011G02B2207/101
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods of forming a method for forming spectrally selective nanoparticles, the method comprising: heating a growth solution comprising a zinc salt precursor, zinc oxide seed particles, and one or more dopants in a non-pressurized hydrothermal reactor to a first temperature under agitative conditions for a reaction period; cooling the reactor to a second temperature less than the first temperature for a cooling period to form a precipitate of recrystallized doped zinc oxide nanoparticles dispersed in a suspension; and separating and collecting the recrystallized nanoparticles from the suspension, wherein the collected nanoparticles exhibit a spectral selectivity in the atmospheric window; and, also disclosed herein are comprising a population of polycrystalline zinc oxide nanoparticles doped with one or more dopants, wherein the population of nanoparticles is spectrally selective in the atmospheric window.
Claims (9)
1 . A method for forming spectrally selective nanoparticles, the method comprising:
heating a growth solution comprising a zinc salt precursor comprising one or more zinc salts, zinc oxide seed particles, and two or more dopants and wherein the two or more dopants comprise Si 3 N 4 and SiO 2 in a non-pressurized hydrothermal reactor to a first temperature under agitative conditions for a reaction period;
cooling the reactor to a second temperature less than the first temperature for a cooling period to form a precipitate of recrystallized doped zinc oxide nanoparticles dispersed in a suspension; and
separating and collecting the recrystallized nanoparticles from the suspension, wherein the collected nanoparticles exhibit a spectral selectivity in the atmospheric window.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more zinc salts comprise zinc acetate, zinc nitrate hexahydrate, or a combination thereof.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the zinc oxide seed particles comprise doped zinc oxide nanoparticles.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the nanoparticles are substantially polydisperse, substantially polymorphic, and/or substantially polycrystalline.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of separating and collecting the doped zinc oxide nanoparticles comprises decanting the solution, washing the precipitated doped zinc oxide nanoparticles at least once, and substantially drying the doped zinc oxide nanoparticles.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the zinc oxide seed particles are continually suspended in the growth solution for substantially the entire reaction period.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Aug 8, 2023
From: YOUNG, DAVID ALLEN
To: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application
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· May 20, 2022
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