Method to Massively Manufacture Carbon Fibers through Graphene Composites and the Use Thereof
OwnerTingying Zeng, Kevin Zeng Qiinventors
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Abstract
This invention innovates a low cost method to synthesize carbon fibers through graphene composites, which are fabricated through chemical treatment of graphite. This invention also is related to the applications of thereof carbon fibers in different fields. Several examples of such fields would be to use carbon fibers to manufacture carbon fiber tubes, pipes or risers, or car/airplane/computer parts, bicycles, and sports supplies and many additional applications.
Claims20
1) A method of forming carbon fibers comprising the steps of:
- mixing a quantity of graphene oxide in a solvent having a surfactant;
- adding a polymer to the solvent-graphene oxide mixture;
- stirring the mixture to reach an approximately uniform viscosity;
- adding a quantity of nano-cellulose fibers to the mixture;
- forming fibers from the mixture of graphene oxide, solvent, polymer, and nano-cellulose fibers;
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- heating the formed fibers in air to a temperature between approximately 200-500 Celsius.
8) The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of heating the formed fibers in a hydrogen gas environment to approximately 2000 Celsius for two hours after the step of heating the formed fibers to approximately 1200 Celsius for two hours.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.