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US 2010/0140257 A1Published application
Carbon nanotube heater
AssigneesTsinghua Univertiry, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsChen Feng, Kai Liu, Ding Wang, Kai-Li Jiang, Chang-Hong Liu, Shou-Shan Fan
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Abstract
A heater having a heating element includes a planar carbon nanotube structure and at least two electrodes. The at least two electrodes are electrically connected to the planar carbon nanotube structure. The planar carbon nanotube structure includes a plurality of linear carbon nanotube structure.
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An apparatus comprising a planar heater, the planar heater comprising:
- a heating element comprising a planar carbon nanotube structure comprising a plurality of linear carbon nanotube structures;
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- at least two electrodes are electrically connected to the planar carbon nanotube structure.
A planar heater comprising:
- a heating-reflective layer;
- a planar carbon nanotube structure disposed on a surface of the heating-reflective layer, wherein the carbon nanotube structure comprises a plurality of linear carbon nanotube structures, the linear carbon nanotube structure comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes joined end to end by van der Waals attractive force;
- a protecting layer, the protecting layer covering the linear carbon nanotube structures, and the linear carbon nanotube structures are disposed between the heating-reflective layer and the protecting layer;
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- at least two electrodes are electrically connected to the planar carbon nanotube structure.
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A planar heater comprising:
- a planar supporter;
- a heating-reflective layer disposed on a surface of the planar supporter;
- a planar carbon nanotube structure disposed on a surface of the heating-reflective layer, and the heating-reflective layer disposed between the planar supporter and the planar carbon nanotube structure;
- a protecting layer, the protecting layer disposed on a surface of the planar carbon nanotube structure, and the planar carbon nanotube structure disposed between the heating-reflective layer and the protecting layer;
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- at least two electrodes are electrically connected to the carbon nanotube structure, wherein the carbon nanotube structure comprises a plurality of linear carbon nanotube structures each having a diameter ranged from about 0.5 nm to about 1 mm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.