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Title: Mechanically robust, electrically conductive ultralow-density carbon nanotube-based aerogels

Abstract

A method of making a mechanically robust, electrically conductive ultralow-density carbon nanotube-based aerogel, including the steps of dispersing nanotubes in an aqueous media or other media to form a suspension, adding reactants and catalyst to the suspension to create a reaction mixture, curing the reaction mixture to form a wet gel, drying the wet gel to produce a dry gel, and pyrolyzing the dry gel to produce the mechanically robust, electrically conductive ultralow-density carbon nanotube-based aerogel. The aerogel is mechanically robust, electrically conductive, and ultralow-density, and is made of a porous carbon material having 5 to 95% by weight carbon nanotubes and 5 to 95% carbon binder.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1129066
Patent Number(s):
8685287
Application Number:
12/652,616
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2010 Jan 05
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Worsley, Marcus A, Baumann, Theodore F, and Satcher, Jr., Joe H. Mechanically robust, electrically conductive ultralow-density carbon nanotube-based aerogels. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Worsley, Marcus A, Baumann, Theodore F, & Satcher, Jr., Joe H. Mechanically robust, electrically conductive ultralow-density carbon nanotube-based aerogels. United States.
Worsley, Marcus A, Baumann, Theodore F, and Satcher, Jr., Joe H. Tue . "Mechanically robust, electrically conductive ultralow-density carbon nanotube-based aerogels". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1129066.
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