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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Michael Francis Dube, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Thomas Albert Perfetti, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Rick Lehman, Princeton, NJ (US);
Bob Horvath, Princeton, NJ (US);
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a carbon material from the stalk or roots of a plant of thespecies is provided herein, wherein the method includes i) receiving a tobacco material comprising at least one of a stalk material and a root material of a harvested plant of thespecies; and ii) pyrolyzing the tobacco material to remove volatiles and to form a tobacco-derived carbon material. Optionally, the method can further include activating the tobacco-derived carbon material. The tobacco-derived carbon material can be incorporated into a tobacco product. A carbon material derived from pyrolyzing a tobacco material in the form of at least one of a tobacco stalk material and a tobacco root material of a harvested plant of thespecies is also provided herein.