Three-dimensional carbon structures
AssigneeThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York
InventorsBalaji Sitharaman, Gaurav Lalwani
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Abstract
The method of the present disclosure is directed towards the formation of a three-dimensional carbon structure and includes the steps of adding a radical initiator to an amount of carbon starting material, forming a mixture, placing the mixture in a mold, maintaining the mixture and the mold at an elevated temperature for a period of time to form a thermally cross-linked molded mixture and removing the thermally cross-linked molded mixture from the mold. The disclosure also includes a three-dimensional carbon structure, with that structure including a thermally cross-linked carbon base material in a predetermined formation.
Claims20
A method of forming a carbon structure, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a carbon material;
- contacting the carbon material with a radical initiator to form a mixture;
- heating the mixture for a period of time to form the carbon structure, the carbon structure having a pore size in the range of about 1 nanometer to about 325 micrometer.
A carbon structure having an elastic modulus from about 16 MPa to about 84 MPa and a hardness from about 0.7 MPa to about 4.9 MPa.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.