Carbon Nanostructure
This invention provides a carbon nanostructure including: carbon containing rod-shaped materials and/or carbon containing sheet-shaped materials which are bound three-dimensionally; and graphene multilayer membrane walls which are formed in the rod-shaped materials and/or the sheet-shaped materials; wherein air-sac-like pores, which are defined by the graphene multilayer membrane walls, are formed in the rod-shaped materials and/or the sheet-shaped materials.
1 . A carbon nanostructure comprising:
carbon containing rod-shaped materials and/or carbon containing sheet-shaped materials which are bound three-dimensionally; and
graphene multilayer membrane walls which are formed in the rod-shaped materials and/or the sheet-shaped materials,
wherein air-sac-like pores, which are defined by the graphene multilayer membrane walls, are formed in the rod-shaped materials and/or the sheet-shaped materials.
2 . The carbon nanostructure as set forth in claim 1 ,
wherein the rod-shaped materials and/or the sheet-shaped materials are configured as an integrated monolith of three-dimensional network structure.
3 . The carbon nanostructure as set forth in claim 1 ,
wherein a diameter of each of the rod-shaped materials and a width of each of the sheet-shaped materials are within a range of 100 nm to 10 μm, respectively.
4 . The carbon nanostructure as set forth in claim 1 ,
wherein the air-sac-like pores are classified into first pores each having a void diameter of 1 nm to 20 nm and second pores each having a void diameter of 10 nm to 80 nm.
5 . The carbon nanostructure as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a BET specific surface area of 80 m 2 /g or more.
6 . The carbon nanostructure as set forth in claim 5 , further comprising a BET specific surface area of 300 m 2 /g or more.