Method of depositing nanoscale materials within a nanofiber network and networked nanofibers with coating
AssigneeWellstat BioCatalysis, LLC
InventorEvgeniya Freydina
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Abstract
Provided herein is a method of manufacturing a nanoscale coated network, which includes providing nanofibers, capable of forming a network in the presence of a liquid vehicle and providing a nanoscale solid substance in the presence of the liquid vehicle. The method may also include forming a network of the nanofibers and the nanoscale solid substance and redistributing at least a portion of the nanoscale solid substance within the network to produce a network of nanofibers coated with the nanoscale solid substance. Also provided herein is a nanoscale coated network with an active material coating that is redistributed to cover and electrochemically isolate the network from materials outside the network.
Claims22
A method of coating a network, comprising:
- providing a network of nanofibers in the presence of a liquid vehicle;
- providing an electrochemically active nanoscale solid substance;
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- redistributing at least a portion of the nanoscale solid substance within the network,
- wherein the providing the network of nanofibers comprises:
- providing a conductive network of one or more carbon nanotubes in electrical contact with one or more other carbon nanotubes comprises:
- coating one or more carbon nanotubes with nanoscale solid substance to form one or more coated carbon nanotubes;
- providing non-coated carbon nanotubes, and
- wherein the redistributing at least a portion of the nanoscale solid substance within the network comprises:
- redistributing at least a portion of the nanoscale solid substance by moving nanoscale solid substance from the one or more coated carbon nanotubes to the non-coated carbon nanotubes, wherein the non-coated carbon nanotubes become coated when electrochemical activity of the one or more coated carbon nanotubes and non-coated carbon nanotubes reach equilibrium from the redistribution of the nanoscale solid substance.
A method of forming an electrode, comprising:
- providing a first set of conductive nanofibers;
- providing a second set of conductive nanofibers, wherein the first set of conductive nanofibers or the second set of conductive nanofibers comprise non-oxidized carbon nanotubes;
- coating the first set of conductive nanofibers with an active material to form coated conductive nanofibers, wherein the second set of conductive nanofibers are non-coated conductive nanofibers;
- forming a network of conductive nanofibers comprising between 10 and 90 wt. % of the coated conductive nanofibers and the remainder of the network comprising the non-coated conductive nanofibers;
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- redistributing at least a portion of the active material within the network.
A coated nanofiber network, comprising:
- one or more first carbon nanotubes;
- one or more second carbon nanotubes, wherein at least one of the one or more second carbon nanotubes is in electrical contact with another of the one or more second carbon nanotubes to form a carbon nanotube network;
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- an active material that covers at least a portion of the carbon nanotube network to form the coated carbon nanotube network, wherein the active material coating surrounds, but does not interfere with the electrical contact between the one or more second carbon nanotubes, and wherein the coated carbon nanotube network has a volume of porosity of 50 to 90 vol. %, wherein the active material is formed by providing the active material coating and redistributing the active material coating to cover and electrochemically isolate the one or more first carbon nanotubes and the one or more second carbon nanotubes from materials outside the coated carbon nanotube network, wherein the active material coating is redistributed by electrical charge and discharge of the active material coating or recrystallizing the active material coating.
A coated nanotube network electrode, comprising:
- a carbon nanotube network comprising:
- first carbon nanotubes;
- and
- second carbon nanotubes;
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- an active material that covers at least a portion of the carbon nanotube network, wherein the coated nanotube network electrode has a cell resistance of less than 200 ohms-cm, wherein the active material if formed by providing the active material and redistributing the active material to cover and electrochemically isolate the first carbon nanotubes and second carbon nanotubes from materials outside the carbon nanotube network, wherein the active material is redistributed by electrical charge and discharge of the active material or recrystallizing the active material.
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