Carbon Hybrid Materials-Design, Manufacturing, and Applications.

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have extraordinary properties and are used for applications in various fields of engineering and research. Due to their unique combination of properties, such as good electrical and thermal conductivity and mechanical strength, there is an increasing demand to produce CNTs with enhanced and customized properties. CNTs are produced using different synthesis methods and have extraordinary properties individually at the nanotube scale.

Flexible and Lightweight Carbon Nanotube Composite Filter for Particulate Matter Air Filtration.

Particulate Matter (PM) has become an important source of air pollution. We proposed a flexible and lightweight carbon nanotube (CNT) composite air filter for PM removal. The developed CNT filtering layers were fabricated using a floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition (FC-CVD) synthesis process and then combined with conventional filter fabrics to make a composite air filter.

Electrochemically Activated CNT Sheet as a Cathode for Zn-CO Batteries.

High demand for electrochemical storage devices is increasing the need for high-performance batteries. A Zn-CO battery offers a promising solution for CO reduction as well as energy storage applications. For this study, a Zn-CO battery was fabricated using a Carbon Nanotube (CNT) sheet as a cathode and a Zn plate as an anode.

Chlorosulfonic Acid Stretched Carbon Nanotube Sheet for Flexible and Low-Voltage Heating Applications.

The carbon nanotube (CNT) is celebrated for its electrothermal property, which indicates the capability of a material to transform electrical energy into heat due to the Joule effect. The CNT nanostructure itself, as a one-dimensional material, limits the electron conduction path, thereby creating a unique heating phenomenon. In this work, we explore the possible correlation between CNT alignment in sheets and heating performance.

Carbon Nanotube Sheet-Synthesis and Applications.

Decades of extensive research have matured the development of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Still, the properties of macroscale assemblages, such as sheets of carbon nanotubes, are not good enough to satisfy many applications. This paper gives an overview of different approaches to synthesize CNTs and then focuses on the floating catalyst method to form CNT sheets.