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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
May. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lowell D Lamb, Tucson, AZ (US);
Donald R Huffman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
The Arizona Board of Regents, on behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B / ; C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252502 ; 252500 ; 252510 ; 4234 / ; 423D / ; 427113 ; 4283055 ; 4283179 ; 4283184 ;
Abstract
A hybrid material comprising an extremely porous, carbon-bearing substrate, such as a carbon-bearing aerogel, and fullerene molecules loaded in the pores of the substrate. The hybrid compound is obtained by several approaches, including chemical vapor infiltration of fullerenes into finished carbon-containing aerogels; infiltration of fullerenes during the solvent displacement step of aerogel preparation; and addition of fullerenes to solgel starting materials.