Process for synthesizing carbon nanotubes on multiple supports

• Main Authors: Dichiara Anthony, Bai Jinbo, Yuan Jinkai
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.10.2017
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CABLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; CONDUCTORS; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; INSULATORS; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; METALLURGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING ORDIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING

The present invention relates to a process for synthesizing carbon nanotubes by continuous chemical vapor deposition at the surface of reinforcements, said reinforcements constituting a mixture A (i) of particles and/or fibers of a material comprising at least one oxygen atom and (ii) of particles and/or fibers of a material chosen from carbides and/or of a material comprising at least one silicon atom, said process comprising the following steps, carried out under a stream of inert gas(es) optionally as a mixture with hydrogen: (i) heating of said mixture of reinforcements A in a reaction chamber at a temperature ranging from 400° C. to 900° C.; (ii) introducing into said chamber a source of carbon consisting of acetylene and/or xylene, and a catalyst comprising ferrocene; (iii) exposing said heated mixture A to the source of carbon and to the catalyst comprising ferrocene for a sufficient time to obtain carbon nanotubes at the surface of the reinforcements constituting said mixture A; (iv) recovering a mixture B at the end of step (iii), optionally after a cooling step, said mixture B consisting of the mixture (A) of reinforcements comprising carbon nanotubes at their surface; (v) optionally, separation (a) of the particles and/or fibers of a material comprising at least one oxygen atom, (b) of the particles and/or fibers of a material chosen from carbides and/or of a material comprising at least one silicon atom.