System and method of producing a composite product
AssigneesHonda Motor Co., Ltd., Nanosynthesis Plus, Ltd.
InventorsAvetik Harutyunyan, Neal Pierce, Elena Mora Pigos
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Abstract
A method of producing a composite product is provided. The method includes providing a fluidized bed of metal oxide particles in a fluidized bed reactor, providing a catalyst or catalyst precursor in the fluidized bed reactor, providing a carbon source in the fluidized bed reactor for growing carbon nanotubes, growing carbon nanotubes in a carbon nanotube growth zone of the fluidized bed reactor, and collecting a composite product comprising metal oxide particles and carbon nanotubes.
Claims15
An electrode comprising a composite product, wherein the composite product is made by a process comprising:
- providing a fluidized bed of metal oxide particles in a fluidized bed reactor;
- providing a catalyst or catalyst precursor in the fluidized bed reactor;
- providing a carbon source in the fluidized bed reactor for growing carbon nanotubes;
- growing carbon nanotubes in a carbon nanotube growth zone of the fluidized bed reactor to provide in-situ mixing of the carbon nanotubes and the metal oxide particles;
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- collecting the metal oxide particles and carbon nanotubes on only one surface of a porous filter or membrane to provide a homogenous composite product,
- wherein the composite product comprises about 0.7 wt % carbon nanotubes.
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