Carbon nanotube fibers/filaments formulated from metal nanoparticle catalyst and carbon source
AssigneeThe United States of America as represent by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsTeddy M. Keller, Matthew Laskoski
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method of: providing a mixture of a polymer or a resin and a transition metal compound, producing a fiber from the mixture, and heating the fiber under conditions effective to form a carbon nanotube-containing carbonaceous fiber. The polymer or resin is an aromatic polymer or a precursor thereof and the mixture is a neat mixture or is combined with a solvent. Also disclosed are a carbonaceous fiber or carbonaceous nanofiber sheet having at least 15 wt. % carbon nanotubes, a fiber or nanofiber sheet having the a polymer or a resin and the transition metal compound, and a fiber or nanofiber sheet having an aromatic polymer and metal nanoparticles.
Claims16
A carbon nanotube-containing fiber made by a method comprising:
- providing a material selected from an aromatic polymer and a precursor of an aromatic polymer;
- providing an amount of a transition metal compound;
- dissolving the material and the amount of the transition metal compound in a solvent to produce a solution;
- producing a fiber from the solution;
- wherein the fiber is formed using a spinneret or by electrospinning;
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- heating the fiber under conditions effective to form the carbon nanotube-containing fiber comprising carbon-nanotubes aligned in the same direction as the fiber.
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