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CARBON-BASED CLATHRATE COMPOUNDS

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  • Publication Date:
    November 12, 2020
  • معلومة اضافية
    • Document Number:
      20200354226
    • Appl. No:
      16/810388
    • Application Filed:
      March 05, 2020
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      The present invention provides carbon-based clathrate compounds, including a carbon-based clathrate compound that includes a clathrate lattice with atoms of at least one element selected from the group consisting of carbon and boron as a host cage structure; guest atoms encapsulated within the clathrate lattice; and, substitution atoms that may be substituted for at least one portion of the carbon and boron atoms that constitute the clathrate lattice. In one embodiment, the invention provides a carbon-based clathrate compound of the formula LaB3C3.
    • Assignees:
      Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, DC, US)
    • Claim:
      1. A compound of the formula LaB3C3.
    • Claim:
      2. The compound of claim 1, wherein the compound is a carbon-based clathrate.
    • Claim:
      3. The compound of claim 2, wherein the structure of the carbon-based clathrate is cubic bipartite sodalite.
    • Claim:
      4. The compound of claim 2 comprising a clathrate lattice with atoms selected from the group consisting of carbon and boron as a host cage structure.
    • Claim:
      5. The compound of claim 4, wherein the clathrate lattice is formed of sp3 hybridized carbon and boron.
    • Claim:
      6. The compound of claim 4, wherein Lanthanum is a guest atom encapsulated within the clathrate lattice.
    • Claim:
      7. The compound of claim 5, wherein the clathrate lattice comprises cages, each cage comprising 24 atoms with six four-sided faces and eight six-sided faces.
    • Claim:
      8. The compound of claim 2 having semiconductor properties.
    • Claim:
      9. The compound of claim 2 having a bulk modulus of about 255 GPa.
    • Claim:
      10. The compound of claim 2 having a calculated hardness of about 30 GPa.
    • Claim:
      11. The compound of claim 1, wherein the gap in the F-+L direction is about 1.29 eV.
    • Claim:
      12. A carbon-based clathrate compound comprising: (i) a clathrate lattice with atoms of at least one element selected from the group consisting of carbon and boron as a host cage structure; (ii) guest atoms encapsulated within the clathrate lattice; and, (iii) substitution atoms that may be substituted for at least one portion of the carbon and boron atoms that constitute the clathrate lattice.
    • Claim:
      13. The carbon-based clathrate compound of claim 12, wherein the guest atoms are La.
    • Claim:
      14. The carbon-based clathrate compound of claim 12, wherein the substitution atoms comprise nitrogen.
    • Claim:
      15. The carbon-based clathrate compound of claim 14, wherein the nitrogen atoms are substituted for at least some boron atoms.
    • Claim:
      16. The carbon-based clathrate compound of claim 13, wherein the structure of the carbon-based clathrate compound is cubic bipartite sodalite.
    • Claim:
      17. The carbon-based clathrate compound of claim 12, wherein the clathrate lattice comprises cages, each cage comprising 24 atoms with six four-sided faces and eight six-sided faces.
    • Current International Class:
      01
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edspap.20200354226