Carbon allotropes
AssigneeLyten, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Cook, Hossein-Ali Ghezelbash, Bryce H. Anzelmo, David Tanner, Shreeyukta Singh
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Abstract
A nanoparticle or agglomerate which contains connected multi-walled spherical fullerenes coated in layers of graphite. In different embodiments, the nanoparticles and agglomerates have different combinations of: a high mass fraction compared to other carbon allotropes present, a low concentration of defects, a low concentration of elemental impurities, a high Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET) specific surface area, and/or a high electrical conductivity. Methods are provided to produce the nanoparticles and agglomerates at a high production rate without using catalysts.
Claims10
An apparatus, comprising:
- a reaction zone configured to receive a hydrocarbon gas;
- a heating element disposed within the reaction zone and configured to heat the hydrocarbon gas, the reaction zone configured to thermally crack the hydrocarbon gas at a cracking temperature;
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- an output coupled to the reaction zone, the output configured to output a plurality of carbon aggregates generated in response to thermally cracking the hydrocarbon gas at the cracking temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.