Patent ID: 9527746
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: C01B,C08K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of making a carbon binder-reinforced carbon fiber composite, said method comprising: (a) providing a carbon fiber; (b) providing a plurality of isolated asphaltenes dispersed or dissolved in a solvent system; (c) contacting said carbon fiber with said plurality of isolated asphaltenes dispersed or dissolved in a solvent system to yield a wetted asphaltene and carbon fiber combination; (d) removing said solvent system from said wetted asphaltene and carbon fiber combination to yield a dried asphaltene and carbon fiber combination; and (e) carbonizing said asphaltenes in said dried asphaltene and carbon fiber combination to thereby yield said carbon binder-reinforced carbon fiber composite, said composite having an initial true density of at least 1.9 grams/cc, said method further comprising repeating (c) through (e).