Patent ID: 9598287
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: C01B,C01P,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of synthesizing carbon nanorods, comprising the steps of: (a) providing resorcinol/formaldehyde gel samples inside a furnace; (b) maintaining the furnace at room temperature while continuously purging the furnace with an inert gas; (c) heating the furnace up to a temperature of 500° C. and maintaining the temperature at 500° C. for about 3 hours while continuously purging the furnace with the inert gas, thereby producing a carbon gel; (d) cooling the furnace down to room temperature; (e) flowing CO (f) heating the carbon gel up to 700° C. and maintaining the temperature at 700° C. for at least an 1 hour while continuously flowing CO