Aerogel/fullerene hybrid materials for energy storage applications
US5698140A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 2, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/249987
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hybrid material comprising an extremely porous, carbon-bearing substrate, such as a carbon-bearing aerogel, and fullerene molecules loaded in the pores of the substrate. The hybrid compound is obtained by several approaches, including chemical vapor infiltration of fullerenes into finished carbon-containing aerogels; infiltration of fullerenes during the solvent displacement step of aerogel preparation; and addition of fullerenes to solgel starting materials.
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