Production of carbon materials via metal melt spinning
AssigneeThe Johns Hopkins University
InventorsJonah D. Erlebacher, Gina Reba Greenidge
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Abstract
Transforming a first carbon material into a second carbon material includes preparing a solid metal-carbon alloy including a metal and the first carbon material, heat treating the solid metal-carbon alloy to form a first mixture including the metal and the second carbon material, and contacting the first mixture with a quantity of hydrogen halide to yield a quantity of hydrogen gas, a second mixture including the second carbon material, and a metal halide including the metal. The first carbon material is dissolved in the metal, and the second carbon material differs from the first carbon material.
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A method of transforming a first carbon material into a second carbon material, the method comprising:
- preparing a solid metal-carbon alloy comprising a metal and the first carbon material, wherein the first carbon material is dissolved in the metal;
- heat treating the solid metal-carbon alloy, thereby forming a first mixture comprising the metal and the second carbon material, wherein the second carbon material differs from the first carbon material;
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- contacting the first mixture with a quantity of hydrogen halide to yield a quantity of hydrogen gas and a second mixture comprising the second carbon material and a metal halide comprising the metal.
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