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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120082614 | AA STACKED GRAPHENE-DIAMOND HYBRID MATERIAL BY HIGH TEMPERATURE TREATMENT OF DIAMOND AND THE FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF There is provided a fabrication method for an AA stacked graphene-diamond hybrid material by converting, through a high temperature treatment on diamond, a diamond surface into graphene. According to the present invention, if various types of diamond are maintained at a... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120049127 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PTFE TAPE The present invention is directed to a fluoropolymer tape having an electrically conductive surface. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) tape and method for producing an electrically conductive tape by blending vapor-... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120009115 | METHOD FOR MAKING COHESIVE ASSEMBLIES OF CARBON Cohesive assemblies comprising carbon are prepared by obtaining carbon in the form of powder, particles, flakes, or loose agglomerates, dispersing the carbon in a liquid halogen by mechanical mixing and/or sonication, and substantially removing the liquid halogen, typic... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110318258 | METHOD FOR MAKING CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURE A method for making a carbon nanotube structure is introduced. The method includes the following steps. A carbon nanotube precursor including a number of carbon nanotubes is provided. The carbon nanotube precursor is placed in a chamber with low oxygen environment. The ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110311432 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GRAPHENE A method for manufacturing graphene is disclosed, which comprises the following steps: putting graphite material and an organic solvent, a surfactant, or a combination thereof in a reaction tank and introducing a supercritical fluid in the reaction tank to allow the org... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110311431 | CRYSTALLINE CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL WITH CONTROLLED INTERLAYER SPACING AND METHOD OF PREPARING SAME A crystalline carbon material with controlled interlayer spacing and a method of manufacturing the crystalline carbon material are disclosed. The crystalline carbon material has peaks of a (002) plane at 2θ=23°±5.0° and 2θ=26.5°±1.0° when X-ray diffraction is me... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110189078 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS TREATMENT OF PARTICULATE MATTER An apparatus for continuous high temperature gas treatment of particulate matter including a starting material supply port (1) through which starting particulate matter is supplied from an upper part of the apparatus; a treatment, gas supply port (2) throu... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110112339 | Dehydrochlorination Of Hydrochlorofluorocarbons Using Pre-Treated Activated Carbon Catalysts The present disclosure provides methods for pre-treating activated carbon before it is used in a dehydrochlorination process. The methods can comprise mixing the activated carbon with an acid, an oxidizing agent in a liquid phase, or an oxidizing agent in a gas phase. A... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110104553 | AUTOGENIC PRESSURE REACTIONS FOR BATTERY MATERIALS MANUFACTURE A lithium- or lithium-ion electrochemical cell of the present invention comprises a lithium-containing cathode, an anode, and a non-aqueous lithium-containing electrolyte therebetween; wherein one or more of the anode and the cathode comprises at least one particulate c... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110039184 | CARBON NANOSPHERE WITH AT LEAST ONE OPENING, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, CARBON NANOSPHERE-IMPREGNATED CATALYST USING THE CARBON NANOSPHERE, AND FUEL CELL USING THE CATALYST A carbon nanosphere has at least one opening. The carbon nanosphere is obtained by preparing a carbon nanosphere and treating it with an acid to form the opening. The carbon nanosphere with at least one opening has higher utilization of a surface area and electrical con... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110002839 | Carbon Heat-Treatment Process Methods for producing devolatilized and/or activated carbon in a reactor or reaction vessel of a heat treatment system from a suitable carbonaceous feedstock by introducing the feedstock into the reactor tangentially at a rotational velocity of at least 90 RPM. The meth... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100310447 | CARBON-CONTAINING MATRIX WITH FUNCTIONALIZED PORES A composition of matter comprises a carbon-containing matrix. The carbon-containing matrix may comprise one or more carbon materials selected from the group comprising graphite crystalline carbon materials, carbon powder, carbon fibers, artificial graphite powder, and c... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100254888 | CARBON NANO TUBE PROCESSING METHOD, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CARBON NANO TUBE DISPERSION LIQUID, CARBON NANO TUBE POWDER An apparatus 1A for processing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) includes: a processing chamber 3 for housing to-be-processed liquid 2 with CNT raw material 5 to be fragmented being suspended in a solvent 4; and a pulse irradiation light source ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100214722 | PROCESS OF PRODUCING ACTIVATED CARBON FOR ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR ELECTRODE The present invention provides a process of producing an activated carbon for an electric double layer capacitor, which can produce easily and inexpensively an activated carbon free from fusing of carbon particles during activation and having a small diameter, a uniform... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100172818 | Method of preparing carbon nanotube complexes A method of fabricating carbon nanotube complex is disclosed, which comprises, (A) dispersing carbon nanotubes in a solvent; (B) adding a filler to the above solution to give a precursor solution; (C) performing light illumination on the precursor solution; (D) washing ... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100092371 | AEROGELS BASED ON CARBON NANOTUBES A method for preparing a carbon aerogel from agglomerated carbon nanotubes, includes the following steps: (A) preparing an aqueous dispersion of carbon nanotubes in water in the presence of a dispersing agent; (B) forming a foam from the nanotubes aqueous dispersion of ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100068125 | METHOD OF REFINING CARBON PARTS FOR PRODUCTION OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON A method of refining carbon parts for the production of polycrystalline silicon, comprises the steps of, replacing an inside gas of a reactor, in which the carbon parts are placed, with an inert gas, drying the carbon parts by raising a temperature in the reactor to a d... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100044646 | Supercritical fluid process for producing nano graphene platelets The present invention provides a process for producing pristine or non-oxidized nano graphene platelets (NGPs) that are highly conductive. The process comprises: (i) subjecting a graphitic material to a supercritical fluid at a first temperature and a first pressure for... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100047154 | METHOD FOR PREPARING GRAPHENE RIBBONS Disclosed is a method for fabricating graphene ribbons, comprising: preparing a graphitic material comprising stacked graphene helices; and cutting the graphitic material in a short form by applying energy to the graphitic material; and simultaneously or afterward, deco... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100034726 | Process Producing Activated Carbon Having A High Catalytic Activity Process for producing activated carbon having a high catalytic activity, in which a carbonaceous material is brought into contact with nitrogen compounds, wherein the carbonaceous material is partially gasified with a mixture of steam, nitrogen and CO2 at tem... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100014216 | Porous Coke and Method of Producing the Porous Coke In a method of manufacturing a porous coke suitable as a charge-storing material in electrochemical capacitors, one manufactures or provides a non-calcined isotropic coke with spherical or onion-shaped morphology and low graphitizability as a starting material. The star... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100009204 | CARBON NANOFIBERS, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE MATERIAL A carbon fiber composite material includes an elastomer and carbon nanofibers uniformly dispersed in the elastomer. The carbon nanofibers are produced by a vapor growth method and then heated at a temperature that is in a range from 1100 to 1600° C. and is higher than ... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090317320 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COPRODUCTION OF ACTIVATED CARBON AND STEAM/ELECTRICITY A system and method for producing activated carbon comprising carbonizing a solid carbonaceous material in a carbonization zone of an activated carbon production apparatus (ACPA) to yield a carbonized product and carbonization product gases, the carbonization zone compr... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090299078 | SPECIFICALLY TAILORED ENDOHEDRAL METALLOFULLERENES Disclosed are several different processes that can be utilized to prepare endohedral metallofullerenes with specific characteristics. Processes can be utilized to prepare monoadducts including cycloaddition of functional groups to the [6,6] double bond of a pyrene-type ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090286308 | Process for assembling two surfaces or one surface with a molecule of interest The present invention relates to a process for assembling at least one zone of a first surface with at least one zone of a second surface or with a molecule of interest, comprising a step that consists in placing the said zone of the said first surface in contact with t... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090220767 | Nanocarbon-activated carbon composite The present invention relates to carbon-carbon composite material comprising a carbonaceous carrier and nanosize carbon structures (e.g. CNT or CNF), wherein the nanosize carbon structures are grown on the carbonaceous carrier. The carrier may be porous, as in activated... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090214412 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBON MATERIAL AND ALKALI ACTIVATION APPARATUS Provided is a production process for a carbon material comprising an alkali activation reaction step in which a carbon precursor containing an activator selected from alkali metal compounds is heated under flow of inert gas. The above alkali activation reaction is carri... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090214413 | ORDERED MESOPOROUS CARBONS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME The present invention relates to an ordered mesoporous carbon and method for manufacturing the ordered mesoporous carbon which is made from a surfactant, a carbon precursor, water (possibly mixed with an acid) and a water immiscible oil. In addition, the present inventi... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090202423 | Atomic carbon material and method for preparation thereof An atomic carbon material and a preparation method thereof having ion adsorption ability superior to fullerenes and nano-tubes are provided. This atomic carbon material is in a state existing as an organic compound and in a state close to an atom with a diameter of 1 nm... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090142251 | METHOD FOR TREATING CARBON NANOTUBES, CARBON NANOTUBES AND CARBON NANOTUBE DEVICES A method for treating carbon nanotubes is provided. In the method for treating carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the CNTs are treated with SO3 gas at an elevated temperature, for example, at a temperature in the range of 385° C. to 475° C.... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090142253 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING ACTIVATED CARBON An activated carbon producing system includes a heating furnace for thermally decomposing multi-layer film including a polyvinyl alcohol layer and cellulose triacetate (TAC) layers formed on surfaces of the polyvinyl alcohol layer, to produce carbonized material by carb... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090142252 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING ACTIVATED CARBON An activated carbon producing system includes a carbonizer for carbonizing cellulose triacetate as cellulose acylate to create carbonized material. A pulverizer pulverizes the carbonized material to obtain granules. An activation device activates the granules to create ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090081114 | Continuous Operation Type Active Charcoal Producing Apparatus and Process A vertical multi-stage fluidized bed apparatus including a plurality of horizontal perforated partitioning plates disposed therein so as to partition the apparatus is provided, wherein an upper horizontal perforated partitioning plate is set to have a larger aperture ra... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090043137 | DEHYDROCHLORINATION OF HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBONS USING PRE-TREATED ACTIVATED CARBON CATALYSTS The present disclosure provides methods for pre-treating activated carbon before it is used in a dehydrochlorination process. The methods can comprise mixing the activated carbon with an acid, an oxidizing agent in a liquid phase, or an oxidizing agent in a gas phase. A... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20080274358 | Carbon Materials A graphite body comprises aligned graphite flakes bonded with a binder, in which the graphite has an average particle size of >200 μm. Methods of forming such highly oriented graphite material include:—
| 11/06/2008 |
| 20080213154 | Divided Solid Composition Composed of Grains Provided with Continuous Metal Deposition, Method for the Production and Use Thereof in the Form of a Catalyst This invention relates to a solid divided composition comprising grains whose mean size is greater than 25 μm and less than 2.5 mm, wherein each grain is provided with a solid porous core and a homogeneous continuous metal layer consisting of at least one type of trans... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080206124 | Method of producing nano-scaled graphene and inorganic platelets and their nanocomposites Disclosed is a method of exfoliating a layered material (e.g., graphite and graphite oxide) to produce nano-scaled platelets having a thickness smaller than 100 nm, typically smaller than 10 nm, and often between 0.34 nm and 1.02 nm. The method comprises: (a) subjecting... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080165470 | Functional Carbon Material and Method of Producing the Same An object of the present invention is to provide carbon material with a catalytic precursor, which can have improved conductivity, specific surface area and capacitance per volume by applying another carbon matter of high conductivity to a surface of activated carbons, ... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080152577 | Ordered mesoporous carbons and method for manufacturing same The present invention relates to an ordered mesoporous carbon and method for manufacturing the ordered mesoporous carbon which is made from a surfactant, a carbon precursor, water (possibly mixed with an acid) and a water immiscible oil. In addition, the present inventi... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080135398 | Method For Manufacturing Carbonaceous Material A method is provided for manufacturing a carbonaceous material in which fine carbon particles structured from clumps of numerous tube-shaped graphite sheets are aggregated, wherein the carbonaceous material can be readily obtained at a high yield and having a fine carbo... | 06/12/2008 |