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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Rousseas, Burlingame, CA (US);
William Mickelson, Albany, CA (US);
Alexander K. Zettl, Kensington, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 1/04 (2006.01); D01F 8/18 (2006.01); D01F 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 1/04 (2013.01); D01F 8/18 (2013.01); D01F 11/124 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to boron nitride converted carbon fiber. In one aspect, a method may include the operations of providing boron oxide and carbon fiber, heating the boron oxide to melt the boron oxide and heating the carbon fiber, mixing a nitrogen-containing gas with boron oxide vapor from molten boron oxide, and converting at least a portion of the carbon fiber to boron nitride.