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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2009
Marwan S. Al-haik, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jonathan Phillips, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Claudia Luhrs, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Mahmoud Reda Taha, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Marwan S. Al-Haik, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jonathan Phillips, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Claudia Luhrs, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Mahmoud Reda Taha, Albuquerque, NM (US);
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
Methods of manufacturing a carbon structure including exposing a carbon fiber substrate to oxygen at a first predetermined temperature and activating the carbon fiber substrate by exposure to oxygen at a second predetermined temperature. A catalyst including palladium is deposited on the activated carbon fiber substrate. The deposited catalyst on the carbon fiber structure is exposed to a hydrocarbon at a third predetermined temperature to grow carbon structures thereon. The carbon structures grown can be multimodal in nature with structures that are nano-scale and/or submicron-scale.