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Title: Method of forming an electrically conductive cellulose composite

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1032963

An electrically conductive cellulose composite includes a cellulose matrix and an electrically conductive carbonaceous material incorporated into the cellulose matrix. The electrical conductivity of the cellulose composite is at least 10 .mu.S/cm at 25.degree. C. The composite can be made by incorporating the electrically conductive carbonaceous material into a culture medium with a cellulose-producing organism, such as Gluconoacetobacter hansenii. The composites can be used to form electrodes, such as for use in membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
8,062,868
Application Number:
12/728,594
OSTI ID:
1032963
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Inclusion of solid particles in bacterial cellulose journal May 2002
Electrical property of pyrolyzed bacterial cellulose and its intercalation effect journal May 1991
Palladium-bacterial cellulose membranes for fuel cells journal July 2003
Towards electronic paper displays made from microbial cellulose journal November 2004

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