Patent ID: 9017780
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B05D,B32B,B82Y,C01B,C04B,C23C,D03D,D04H,H01M,Y02E,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An array of carbon nanopipes comprising: a carbon nanopipe comprising a durable graphitizable carbon wall of thickness of about 10-500 nm formed by exposing a silica fiber network to a carbon precursor vapor and thereby depositing a carbon film onto the silica fiber network at a temperature suitable for complete pyrolysis of the carbon precursor and removing the silica fibers; further including an array or aperiodic ensemble of multiple said carbon nanopipes formed by deposition onto the fiber network; wherein the silica fibers are three-dimensionally interwoven fibers having diameters of about <1 μm; wherein the array of multiple carbon nanopipes comprises said carbon nanopipes that are three-dimensionally interwoven; wherein the carbon precursor is selected from the group consisting of benzene, naphthalene, and acetonitrile; and wherein said carbon nanopipes have an outer diameter >100 nm.