Patent ID: 8283503

Claim:
A method of forming a tellurium alkoxide, comprising: providing a tellurium halide and a non-tellurium alkoxide in a liquid organic solvent, the liquid organic solvent comprising less moles of alcohol, if any, than moles of tellurium halide in the liquid organic solvent, the tellurium halide comprising at least one of TeCl 4 , TeF 4 , and TeBr 4 , the non-tellurium alkoxide comprising at least one of a sodium alkoxide and a potassium hydroxide; reacting the tellurium halide and the non-tellurium alkoxide within the liquid organic solvent to form a reaction product halide and a tellurium alkoxide; removing the liquid organic solvent from the reaction product halide and the tellurium alkoxide to leave a liquid and/or solid mixture comprising the reaction product halide and the tellurium alkoxide; and heating the mixture to gasify the tellurium alkoxide from the reaction product halide.