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Title: Continuous growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes using chemical vapor deposition

Abstract

The invention relates to a chemical vapor deposition process for the continuous growth of a carbon single-wall nanotube where a carbon-containing gas composition is contacted with a porous membrane and decomposed in the presence of a catalyst to grow single-wall carbon nanotube material. A pressure differential exists across the porous membrane such that the pressure on one side of the membrane is less than that on the other side of the membrane. The single-wall carbon nanotube growth may occur predominately on the low-pressure side of the membrane or, in a different embodiment of the invention, may occur predominately in between the catalyst and the membrane. The invention also relates to an apparatus used with the carbon vapor deposition process.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1163851
Patent Number(s):
8840724
Application Number:
12/236,144
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
C - CHEMISTRY C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL C23C - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2008 Sep 23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Grigorian, Leonid, Hornyak, Louis, Dillon, Anne C, and Heben, Michael J. Continuous growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes using chemical vapor deposition. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Grigorian, Leonid, Hornyak, Louis, Dillon, Anne C, & Heben, Michael J. Continuous growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes using chemical vapor deposition. United States.
Grigorian, Leonid, Hornyak, Louis, Dillon, Anne C, and Heben, Michael J. Tue . "Continuous growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes using chemical vapor deposition". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1163851.
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