US 7,393,516 B2
Preparation of metal chalcogenides from reactions of metal compounds and chalcogen
Dong-Kyun Seo, 2215 E. Granite View Dr., Phoenix, Ariz. 85048 (US); Nora Iancu, 9456 N. 83rd Pl., Scottsdale, Ariz. 85258 (US); and Liming Wu, Building 12th, #302, Fujian Institute of Research on the Strucure of Matter, Yangqiao Xilu #155, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (China)
Appl. No. 10/544,266
PCT Filed Feb. 02, 2004, PCT No. PCT/US2004/002929
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jan. 10, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/073021, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2004.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/511482, filed on Oct. 15, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/444078, filed on Jan. 31, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0239882 A1, Oct. 26, 2006
Int. Cl. C01B 17/00 (2006.01); C01B 19/00 (2006.01); C01G 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 423—508  [423/509; 423/511; 423/518; 423/561.1; 423/565; 423/566.1; 423/592.1; 977/762; 977/773; 977/775; 977/777] 19 Claims
 
1. A method, comprising:
providing a first material which includes at least one metal element;
providing a second material, in powder form, which includes at least one chalcogen element;
reacting the first and second materials together to provide a third material which includes a compound consisting of the chalcogen and metal elements; and
wherein the second material includes a compound material of the chalcogen and at least one element selected from groups 13-15 of the periodic table of the elements.