Metal-plated carbon material and manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsYutaka Handa, Hiroki Kondo, Satoko Hongo, Yusuke Yoshikawa
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Abstract
A metal-plated carbon material includes: a carbon material; and a metal layer covering a surface of the carbon material, in which, in the metal layer, crystal grains forming the metal layer have an average crystal grain size of 110 nm or less. A method of manufacturing a metal-plated carbon material, includes: a metal complex fixation step of immersing a carbon material in a supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid containing an organometallic complex of a first metal; and a first energization deposition step of energizing the metal-complex-fixed carbon material in an electroless plating solution containing a second metal.
Claims9
A metal-plated carbon material comprising:
- a carbon material;
- and
- a metal layer covering a surface of the carbon material, wherein
- in the metal layer, crystal grains forming the metal layer have an average crystal grain size of 110 nm or less, and
- the carbon material is selected from the group consisting of a carbon fiber, an aggregate thereof, a carbon nanotube twisted yarn, and an aggregate thereof.
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