Patent ID: 11905607
Assignee: THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 14:
15. The method of claim 14, wherein said providing the step-facet-rich copper catalyst comprises:
dissolving copper chloride and octadecylamine into squalene at about 80° C. under an argon atmosphere for about 0.5 hours until a copper-based stock solution is formed;
mixing oleylamine and trioctylphosphine under heating the mixture to about 200° C. at the argon atmosphere with vigorous agitation to form a mixture;
injecting the copper-based stock solution into the mixture at about 200° C. and maintained for about 5 hours to form a reaction mixture;
cooling the reaction mixture naturally, centrifuging the cooled reaction mixture, followed by washing with n-hexane for a few times;
removing supernatant after said washing and blow drying pellet with argon gas under room temperature to obtain the step-facet-rich copper catalyst in solid form.