Carbon nanotube sheet and production method for carbon nanotube sheet

US2016145105A1 · US · A1

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Publication numberUS-2016145105-A1
Application numberUS-201414895061-A
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Filing dateMay 30, 2014
Priority dateJun 5, 2013
Publication dateMay 26, 2016
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A carbon nanotube sheet includes a carbon nanotube layer containing numerous vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and a fibrous carbonized layer that retains the proximal end portions of the carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotube layer is configured such that the proximal end portions and distal end portions of the carbon nanotubes are inclined and the intermediate portions of the carbon nanotubes are entangled with one another.

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1 . A carbon nanotube sheet comprising a carbon nanotube layer that contains numerous vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and a fibrous carbonized layer that retains proximal end portions of the carbon nanotubes, the carbon nanotube layer being configured such that the proximal end portions and distal end portions of the carbon nanotubes are inclined and intermediate portions of the carbon nanotubes are entangled with one another. 2 . A production method for a carbon nanotube sheet, comprising: a combining step of forming a composite sheet by thermally pressing a thermally carbonized sheet to carbon nanotubes; and a carbonizing step of carbonizing the thermally carbonized sheet in the composite sheet by heating the composite sheet in an atmosphere of inert gas, the thermally carbonized sheet being heated into a fibrous form. 3 . The production method for the carbon nanotube sheet according to claim 2 , wherein bending of the composite sheet in the carbonizing step is restricted by a stiffening member. 4 . The production method for the carbon nanotube sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the carbon nanotubes in the combining step are two layers of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes that are stacked by pressing the layers together. 5 . The production method for the carbon nanotube sheet according to claim 4 , wherein in the to layers of the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, the carbon nanotubes making up the respective layers vary in length and/or density. 6 . The production method for the carbon nanotube sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the pressing of the thermally carbonized sheet to the carbon nanotubes in the combining step is to hold the thermally carbonized sheet with the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes from front and back sides of the sheet. 7 . The production method for the carbon nanotube sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the thermally carbonized sheet is delivered from a location for the combining step to a location for the carbonizing step and is delivered in batches or continuously. 8 . The production method for the carbon nanotube sheet according to claim 3 , wherein the carbon nanotubes in the combining step are two layers of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes that are stacked by pressing the layers together. 9 . The production method for the carbon nanotube sheet according to claim 8 , wherein in the two layers of the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, the carbon nanotubes making up the respective layers vary in length and/or density. 10 . The production method for the carbon nanotube sheet according to claim 3 , wherein the pressing of the thermally carbonized sheet to the carbon nanotubes in the combining step is to hold the thermally carbonized sheet with the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes from front and back sides of the sheet. 11 . The production method for the carbon nanotube sheet according to claim 3 , wherein the thermally carbonized sheet is delivered from a location for the combining step to a location for the carbonizing step and is delivered in batches or continuously.

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What does patent US2016145105A1 cover?
A carbon nanotube sheet includes a carbon nanotube layer containing numerous vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and a fibrous carbonized layer that retains the proximal end portions of the carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotube layer is configured such that the proximal end portions and distal end portions of the carbon nanotubes are inclined and the intermediate portions of the carbon nanotube…
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Inoue Tetsuya, Imasaka Satoshi, Hitachi Shipbuilding Eng Co
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification C01B31/0253. Mapped technology areas include Chemistry & Metallurgy.
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Publication date Thu May 26 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (A1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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