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Granted Patent B2
US 11,780,731 · App. 17/037,306 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Carbon nanotube wire

Inventor: Sawa Sakai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
C01B32/158H01B1/04B82Y30/00C01B2202/34C01B2202/36C01P2004/50C01P2006/10
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Patent No.
US 11,780,731
App. No.
17/037,306
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a carbon nanotube wire includes a carbon nanotube aggregate constituted of a plurality of carbon nanotubes. In the plurality of carbon nanotubes, a mean length of the plurality of carbon nanotubes is not larger than 150 μm, a CV value of the mean length is not smaller than 0.40, a mean diameter of the plurality of carbon nanotubes is smaller than 4 nm, a CV value of the mean diameter is not smaller than 0.18, and a proportion of carbon nanotubes with lengths not smaller than 3 μm is not less than 60%.

Claims (7)

1. A carbon nanotube wire comprising a carbon nanotube aggregate constituted of a plurality of carbon nanotubes, wherein

in the plurality of carbon nanotubes, a mean length of the plurality of carbon nanotubes is not larger than 150 μm, a coefficient of variation (CV) value of the mean length is not smaller than 0.40, a mean diameter of the plurality of carbon nanotubes is smaller than 4 nm, a CV value of the mean diameter is not smaller than 0.3 and not larger than 0.88, and a proportion of carbon nanotubes with lengths not smaller than 3 μm is not less than 60%.

2. The carbon nanotube wire according to claim 1 , wherein the mean length of the plurality of carbon nanotubes is not smaller than 1 μm.

3. The carbon nanotube wire according to claim 1 , wherein a density in the carbon nanotube wire is not lower than 0.5 g/cm 3 .

4. The carbon nanotube wire according to claim 1 , wherein in the plurality of carbon nanotubes, the CV value of the mean length is not larger than 1.2, the mean diameter is not smaller than 1 nm, the CV value of the mean diameter is not larger than 0.80, and the proportion of carbon nanotubes with lengths not smaller than 3 μm is not more than 95%.

5. The carbon nanotube wire according to claim 1 , wherein in the plurality of carbon nanotubes, the CV value of the mean length is not smaller than 0.70, the mean diameter is not smaller than 1.2 nm, the CV value of the mean diameter is not smaller than 0.50 and not larger than 0.80, and the proportion of carbon nanotubes with lengths not smaller than 3 μm is not less than 70% and not more than 95%.

6. The carbon nanotube wire according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon nanotube wire is a single wire.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2020
From: SAKAI, SAWA
To: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053939/0768 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2020
From: SAKAI, SAWA
To: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053924/0205 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-069826 · Mar 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019014193 · Mar 29, 2019
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