Carbon nanotube wire
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%.
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.