CARBON-CONTAINING MATRIX WITH FUNCTIONALIZED PORES

• US 20100310447A1
• Filed: 06/03/2010
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Applied Nanotech, Inc. (Nano Magic, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Applied Nanotech, Inc. (Nano Magic, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jiang, Nan, Yaniv, Zvi, Novak, James
• Application Number:
  US12/793,659
• Publication Number:
  US 20100310447A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 423/448
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2325/02 Details relating to pores or porosity of the membranes
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 69/10 Supported membranes; Membrane supports
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 69/147 containing embedded adsorbents
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 71/021 Carbon
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 30/00 Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites
• CPC Class Codes: C01B 3/001 characterised by the uptaking medium; Treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C01B 3/0021 Carbon, e.g. active carbon, carbon nanotubes, fullerenes; Treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C01B 3/0078 Composite solid storage mediums, i.e. coherent or loose mixtures of different solid constituents, chemically or structurally heterogeneous solid masses, coated solids or solids having a chemically modified surface region
• CPC Class Codes: C01B 3/0084 Solid storage mediums characterised by their shape, e.g. pellets, sintered shaped bodies, sheets, porous compacts, spongy metals, hollow particles, solids with cavities, layered solids
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2111/00793 as filters or diaphragms
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2235/5276 Whiskers, spindles, needles or pins
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2235/6021 Extrusion moulding
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2235/604 Pressing at temperatures other than sintering temperatures
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2235/9607 Thermal properties, e.g. thermal expansion coefficient
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 35/52 based on carbon, e.g. graphite
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 35/522 Graphite C04B35/536 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 35/532 containing a carbonisable binder
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 38/0054 the pores being microsized or nanosized
• CPC Class Codes: F17C 11/005 for hydrogen
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/02 Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/242 : Hydrogen storage electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/583 : Carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/04216 : characterised by the choice for a specific material, e.g. carbon, hydride, absorbent
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 : Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/32 : Hydrogen storage
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/50 : Fuel cells

Abstract

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 combinations thereof. In addition, the carbon-containing matrix comprises a plurality of pores. The composition of matter also comprises a reactive additive that is not a metal pressure disposed within at least a portion of the plurality of pores.

Claims

1. A composition of matter comprising:

a carbon-containing matrix comprising a plurality of pores; and

a reactive additive that is not a metal that is pressure disposed within at least a portion of the plurality of pores, the reactive additive partially filling the at least the portion of the plurality of pores.

2. The composition of matter of claim 1, wherein the carbon-containing matrix is constructed from at least one type of carbon material selected from the group comprising graphite crystalline carbon materials, carbon powder, artificial graphite powder, carbon fibers, and combinations thereof.

3. The composition of matter of claim 1, wherein H₂ gas is disposed within the at least a portion of the plurality of pores.

4. The composition of matter of claim 1, wherein the reactive additive comprises an electrical conductor.

5. The composition of matter of claim 1, wherein the reactive additive is disposed as a coating within the at least a portion of the plurality of pores.

6. The composition of matter of claim 1, wherein the carbon-containing matrix comprises activated carbon.

7. The composition of matter of claim 1, wherein the reactive additive is formed from a high pressure impregnation reaction.

8. The composition of matter of claim 1, wherein the reactive additive is disposed within the at least a portion of the plurality of pores by high pressure impregnation.

9. An article of manufacture formed by machining the composition of matter of claim 1 into a thin plate.

10. A method of making the composition of matter of claim 1 comprising:

providing the carbon-containing matrix and a reactive additive pre-cursor; and

initiating a reaction to form the reactive additive within the at least a portion of the plurality of pores of the carbon-containing matrix.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the carbon-containing matrix and reactive additive pre-cursor are pressurized to a pressure greater than about 500 psi.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the reaction is initiated by raising a temperature of the carbon-containing matrix and the reactive additive pre-cursor to the range of 200°

C. to 1000°

C.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the carbon-containing matrix includes a plurality of plates.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of plates have a thickness of less than about 1 mm.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising curing the composition of matter of claim 1.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising forming a filter from the composition of matter of claim 1.

17. A method of making the composition of matter of claim 1 comprising:

providing the carbon-containing matrix and a reactive additive that is not a metal; and

pressurizing the carbon-containing matrix and the reactive additive to a pressure greater than about 500 psi at a temperature in the range of 200°

C.-1000°

C.

18. A composition of matter made by a method comprising:

providing a carbon-containing matrix including a plurality of pores and a plurality of reactive additive pre-cursors, the carbon-containing matrix comprising one or more materials selected from the group comprising graphite crystalline carbon materials, carbon powder, artificial graphite powder, carbon fibers, and combinations thereof; and

initiating a plurality of reactions between the plurality of reactive additive pre-cursors, carbon of the carbon-containing matrix, and combinations thereof, to dispose a plurality of reactive additives that are not metals within at least a portion of the plurality of pores of the carbon-containing matrix, each of the plurality of reactions is initiated by applying corresponding pressures and temperatures required to initiate each respective reaction.

19. An article of manufacture comprising:

a carbon-containing matrix formed as a filter for liquids, the carbon-containing matrix including a plurality of pores and the carbon-containing matrix constructed from one or more materials selected from the group comprising graphite crystalline carbon materials, carbon powder, artificial graphite powder, carbon fibers, and combinations thereof.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 19, wherein a reactive additive that is not a metal is disposed within at least a portion of the plurality of pores of the carbon-containing matrix.

21. The article of manufacture of claim 20, wherein the reactive additive is disposed as a coating within the at least a portion of the plurality of pores.

22. The article of manufacture of claim 20, wherein the reactive additive is formed from a high pressure impregnation reaction.

23. The article of manufacture of claim 20, wherein the reactive additive is disposed within the at least a portion of the plurality of pores by high pressure impregnation.