Patent ID: 9129723
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B32B,C23C,H01B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making a bulk carbon nanotube and metallic composite strip, the method comprising: forming a first bulk carbon nanotube material layer including a plurality of carbon nanotubes; depositing a metal film across the bulk carbon nanotube material layer, the metal film penetrating into the interstices between individual carbon nanotubes to reduce an electrical resistance between the plurality of carbon nanotubes to fabricate a first bulk carbon nanotube and metallic composite; fabricating a second bulk carbon nanotube and metallic composite; and coupling the first and second bulk carbon nanotube and metallic composites using at least one of an ultrasonic welding process and an ultrasonic additive manufacturing process to form a bulk carbon nanotube and metallic composite strip.