Carbon nanotrees formed by flash CVD method
US7504152B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 17, 2004 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/2982
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A flash CVD process can be employed to grow micron- and nano-sized tree-like structures, particularly carbon structures on graphite electrodes. This process involves fast cyclic resistive heating of electrodes in an atmosphere of inert gas and hydrocarbons at below atmospheric pressure.
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