Patent ID: 6656339
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B01J,B82Y,C25D,H01J,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of forming a nano-supported catalyst on a substrate, said method comprising the steps of:configuring a substrate with an electrode; immersing said substrate with said electrode into a solvent containing a first metal salt and a second metal salt, wherein said first metal salt and said second metal are soluble in said solvent; and applying a bias voltage to said electrode such that a nano-supported catalyst is at least partly formed from said first metal salt and said second metal salt on said substrate at said electrode, wherein said nano-supported catalyst has an active catalytic particle with at least one dimension that is greater than one tenth of a nanometer and less than about five hundred nanometers; and removing oxygen from said active catalytic particle contained in said nano-supported catalyst.