ELECTROCHEMICAL PRODUCTION OF AMORPHOUS OR CRYSTALLINE METAL OXIDES WITH PARTICLE SIZES IN THE NANOMETER RANGE

摘要

Amorphous and/or crystalline oxides of metals of the third to fifth main group or subgroups of the periodic table are obtained in particulate form by an electrochemical process. The process is characterized in that ions of the metal dissolved in an organic electrolyte are electrochemically reduced on a cathode in the presence of an oxidizing agent.