IP Library Granted Patent US 11,512,424
Granted Patent B2
US 11,512,424 · App. 16/757,863 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Carbon fiber and method of manufacturing same

Inventors: Takeshi Igarashi (Tokyo, JP); Tomoyuki Takei (Tokyo, JP); Yu Gao (Tokyo, JP); Masumi Kuritani (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
D06M11/74C01B32/05C08J5/06D06M2101/40
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Patent No.
US 11,512,424
App. No.
16/757,863
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A carbon fiber is obtained by sequentially performing: a step (I) of dissolving a fullerene mixture including fullerenes C 60 and C 70 in an organic solvent to prepare a fullerene solution; a step (II) of immersing a material carbon fiber in the fullerene solution; and a step (III) of extracting the carbon fiber from the fullerene solution and drying the extracted carbon fiber.

Claims (28)

1. A method of manufacturing a carbon fiber having fullerenes C 60 and C 70 adsorbed thereon, the method comprising sequentially performing:

dissolving a fullerene mixture including fullerenes C 60 and C 70 in an organic solvent to prepare a fullerene solution;

immersing a material carbon fiber in the fullerene solution; and

extracting the carbon fiber from the fullerene solution and drying the extracted carbon fiber,

wherein the fullerene mixture is a mixture containing 50% by mass to 90% by mass of C 60 and 10% by mass to 50% by mass of C 70 .

2. The method of manufacturing the carbon fiber according to claim 1 , wherein the material carbon fiber is a polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fiber.

3. The method of manufacturing the carbon fiber according to claim 1 , a time of immersing the material carbon fiber is 5 seconds to 24 hours.

4. A method of manufacturing a carbon fiber having fullerenes C 60 and C 70 adsorbed thereon, the method comprising sequentially performing:

dissolving a fullerene mixture including fullerenes C 60 and C 70 in an organic solvent to prepare a fullerene solution;

immersing a material carbon fiber in the fullerene solution; and

extracting the carbon fiber from the fullerene solution and drying the extracted carbon fiber,

wherein a total concentration of the fullerenes C 60 and C 70 in the fullerene solution is 1 ppm by mass to 1000 ppm by mass.

5. The method of manufacturing the carbon fiber according to claim 4 , wherein the material carbon fiber is a polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fiber.

6. The method of manufacturing the carbon fiber according to claim 4 , a time of immersing the material carbon fiber is 5 seconds to 24 hours.

7. A method of manufacturing a carbon fiber having fullerenes C 60 and C 70 adsorbed thereon, the method comprising sequentially performing:

dissolving a fullerene mixture including fullerenes C 60 and C 70 in an organic solvent to prepare a fullerene solution;

immersing a material carbon fiber in the fullerene solution; and

extracting the carbon fiber from the fullerene solution and drying the extracted carbon fiber,

wherein the organic solvent is an alkyl halide.

8. The method of manufacturing the carbon fiber according to claim 7 , wherein the material carbon fiber is a polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fiber.

9. The method of manufacturing the carbon fiber according to claim 7 , a time of immersing the material carbon fiber is 5 seconds to 24 hours.

10. A method of manufacturing a carbon fiber having fullerenes C 60 and C 70 adsorbed thereon, the method comprising sequentially performing:

dissolving a fullerene mixture including fullerenes C 60 and C 70 in an organic solvent to prepare a fullerene solution;

immersing a material carbon fiber in the fullerene solution; and

extracting the carbon fiber from the fullerene solution and drying the extracted carbon fiber,

wherein a temperature of the solution during the immersing of the material carbon fiber is 10° C. to 60° C.

11. The method of manufacturing the carbon fiber according to claim 10 , wherein the material carbon fiber is a polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fiber.

12. The method of manufacturing the carbon fiber according to claim 10 , a time of immersing the material carbon fiber is 5 seconds to 24 hours.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067434/0947 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 14, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066599/0037 →
DECLARATION OF SUCCESSION Recorded Mar 8, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063011/0157 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2022
From: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
To: MITSUBISHI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061997/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2020
From: IGARASHI, TAKESHI; TAKEI, TOMOYUKI; GAO, YU; KURITANI, MASUMI
To: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
Reel/Frame 052452/0697 →