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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Toda Kogyo Corp., Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Wataru Oda, Otake, JP;
Kazushige Kawai, Otake, JP;
Tomohiro Honda, Otake, JP;
Seiji Okazaki, Otake, JP;
Norimichi Nagai, Otake, JP;
Tetsuro Toda, Otake, JP;
Assignee:
TODA KOGYO CORP., Hiroshma, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 32/159 (2017.01); B01J 23/745 (2006.01); H01M 4/62 (2006.01); C01B 32/162 (2017.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 32/159 (2017.08); B01J 23/745 (2013.01); C01B 32/162 (2017.08); H01M 4/62 (2013.01); H01M 4/625 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); C01B 2202/02 (2013.01); C01B 2202/30 (2013.01); C01B 2202/36 (2013.01); C01P 2006/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to carbon nanotubes that are excellent in dispersibility and a process for producing the carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes according to the present invention each comprise a wall that comprises a parallel portion and a narrowed portion having a tube outer diameter that is not more than 90% of a tube outer diameter of the parallel portion. Thus, the carbon nanotubes are readily dispersible owing to a high abundance ratio of easily-breaking portions.