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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2003
Hisashi Kajiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigemitsu Tsutsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuaki Miyakoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for manufacturing a carbonaceous material are provided. The carbonaceous material manufacturing apparatus includes a reaction tube and a gas supply portion. An anode and a cathode defining an arc discharge portion is placed in the reaction tube, and a capturer is located provided as well to capture carbonaceous materials generated. At the location of the capturer, an RF heater is disposed around the reaction tube. In a carbonaceous material manufacturing method, carbonaceous materials generated in the arc discharge portion are transported from a gas supply portion into the reaction tube by the gas supplied into the reaction tube, then heated by a RF heater in the capturer where the carbonaceous materials are not exposed to the atmospheric air, to thereby promote removal of impurities and growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes.