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US 2025/0075341 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for making carbon nanomaterials using a low-lithium electrolyte
AssigneeC2Cnt LLC
InventorsGad Licht, Stuart Licht
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Abstract
The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for producing a GNC product that may comprise carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The method and apparatus employ carbon dioxide (CO2) and a carbonate electrolyte that is low in lithium as reactants in an electrolysis reaction in order to make CNTs. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the low lithium reactant is strontium carbonate, or a graphene-defect agent may be introduced into the electrolysis reaction.
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A method for producing a graphene nanocarbon (GNC) product comprising:
- (a) heating a low-lithium carbonate electrolyte to obtain a molten carbonate electrolyte, the low-lithium carbonate electrolyte comprising a strontium salt present in greater than 30% of a total weight of the electrolyte (wt %);
- (b) positioning the molten carbonate electrolyte between an anode and a cathode in an electrolytic cell;
- (c) applying an electrical current to the cathode and the anode in the electrolytic cell;
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- (d) collecting a carbon nanomaterial (GNC) product from the cathode.
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