Method and apparatus for the production of carbon nanostructures
US8048485B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 17, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 1, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/742
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method and apparatus for the continuous production of carbon nanostructures so as to improve their quality and quantity. Such structures have potential application as hydrogen storage means in new energy sources. The carbon nanostructures (20) are grown in a continuous or semi-continuous manner on a continuous, elongate, heated substrate (15) to form a coated substrate the process involving movement of the substrate through one or more deposition chambers (2,3). The substrate may be an electrically heated wire (15).
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