Patent ID: 9394176
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B29C,C01B

Claim Text:
1. A method for making a carbon nanotube film, the method comprising: providing a plurality of carbon nanotube arrays transferred onto a plurality of substitute substrates, the plurality of carbon nanotube arrays having an ability to have the carbon nanotube film drawn therefrom, and the carbon nanotube film comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes joined end to end; placing the plurality of substitute substrates side by side to contact and combine side surfaces of the plurality of carbon nanotube arrays with each other by van der Waals attractive force to form an assembling array, the assembling array is larger than each of the plurality of carbon nanotube arrays; drawing a plurality of carbon nanotube segments joined end to end by van der Waals attractive force from the assembling array.