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Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2015
Applicants:

Lintec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Lintec of America, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US);

Kinki University, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Raquel Ovalle, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Senku Tanaka, Osaka, JP;

Kanzan Inoue, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Assignees:

Lintec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Lintec of America, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US);

Kinki University, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 32/168 (2017.01); B32B 9/00 (2006.01); B32B 9/04 (2006.01); B32B 37/14 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 32/168 (2017.08); B32B 9/00 (2013.01); B32B 9/04 (2013.01); B32B 37/14 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01B 2202/08 (2013.01); C01B 2202/22 (2013.01); C01P 2006/10 (2013.01); C01P 2006/60 (2013.01); Y10S 977/742 (2013.01); Y10S 977/842 (2013.01); Y10S 977/932 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for producing a carbon nanotube sheet that is excellent in light transmittance and conductivity, and the carbon nanotube sheet. The method includes firstly modifying of modifying a free-standing unmodified carbon nanotube sheet in which a plurality of carbon nanotubes are aligned in a predetermined direction. The firstly modifying includes performing a densification process of bringing the unmodified carbon nanotube sheet into contact with either one of or both of vapor and liquid particles of a liquid substance to produce a modified carbon nanotube sheet that contains the carbon nanotubes which are mainly aligned in a predetermined direction, and that includes a high density portion where the carbon nanotubes are assembled together and a low density portion where density of the carbon nanotubes is relatively lower than density in the high density portion.


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