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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
May. 29, 2012
Hao Fong, Rapid City, SD (US);
Lifeng Zhang, Greensboro, NC (US);
Yong Zhao, Rapid City, SD (US);
Zhengtao Zhu, Rapid City, SD (US);
Hao Fong, Rapid City, SD (US);
Lifeng Zhang, Greensboro, NC (US);
Yong Zhao, Rapid City, SD (US);
Zhengtao Zhu, Rapid City, SD (US);
South Dakota Board of Regents, Rapid City, SD (US);
Abstract
A method of synthesizing mechanically resilient titanium carbide (TiC) nanofibrous felts comprising continuous nanofibers or nano-ribbons with TiC crystallites embedded in carbon matrix, comprising: (a) electrospinning a spin dope for making precursor nanofibers with diameters less than 0.5 J.Lm; (b) overlaying the nanofibers to produce a nanofibrous mat (felt); and then (c) heating the nano-felts first at a low temperature, and then at a high temperature for making electrospun continuous nanofibers or nano-ribbons with TiC crystallites embedded in carbon matrix; and (d) chlorinating the above electrospun nano-felts at an elevated temperature to remove titanium for producing carbide derived carbon (CDC) nano-fibrous felt with high specific surface areas.