Patent ID: 11858816
Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC C  B  H  Y | IPC B  C  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of making a dendritically porous three-dimensional graphite foam comprising:
(a) placing a conductive substrate in an electrolyte solution, wherein the electrolyte solution is in electrical communication with an electrode;
(b) applying an electric current via the electrode sufficient to grow metal dendrites on the surface of the conductive substrate;
(c) annealing the metal dendrites and conductive substrate;
(d) depositing carbon upon the annealed metal dendrites and the conductive substrate;
(e) removing the annealed metal dendrites and conductive substrate to obtain a three-dimensional graphite foam comprising porous graphite dendrites radiating from a porous core.