IP Library Granted Patent US 9,056,778
Granted Patent B2
US 9,056,778 · App. 13/862,274 · Granted Jun 16, 2015

Nano-graphite plate structure

Inventors: Mark Y. Wu (Wujie Township, Yilan County, TW); Cheng-Yu Hsieh (Wujie Township, Yilan County, TW); Geng-Wei Lin (Wujie Township, Yilan County, TW); Ping-Yun Yeh (Wujie Township, Yilan County, TW)
Assignee: Enerage Inc.
C01B31/0438B82Y30/00Y10S977/734Y10S977/753Y10S977/932Y10S977/948Y10T428/2991Y10T428/2995Y10T428/2998Y10T428/2982
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Patent No.
US 9,056,778
App. No.
13/862,274
Granted
Jun 16, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a nano-graphite plate structure with N graphene layers stacked together, where N is 30 to 300. The nanometer nano-graphite structure has a tap density of 0.1 g/cm 3 to 0.01 cm 3 , a thickness of 10 nm to 100 nm, and a lateral dimension of 1 μm to 100 μm. The ratio of the lateral dimension to the thickness is between 10 and 10,000. The oxygen content is less than 3 wt %, and the carbon content is larger than 95 wt %. The nano-graphite plate structure has both the excellent features of the graphene and the original advantages of easy processability of the natural graphite so as to be broadly used in various application fields.

Claims (13)

1. A nano-graphite plate structure, comprising:

N graphene layers stacked together, and N is 30 to 300; and

at least one surface modifying layer formed on a surface of the nano-graphite plate structure and comprising at least one surface modifying agent,

wherein the nano-graphite plate structure has a tap density within a range of 0.1 g/cm 3 and 0.01 g/cm 3 , a thickness within a range of 10 nm and 100 nm, and a lateral dimension within a range of 1 μm and 100 μm, and a ratio of the lateral dimension to the thickness is between 10 and 10,000, and

wherein the surface modifying agent in the nano-graphite plate structure is within a rang of 0.02 and 20.0 wt %.

2. The nano-graphite plate structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the nano-graphite structure has an oxygen content less than 3 wt %, and a carbon content larger than 95 wt %.

3. The nano-graphite plate structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the nano-graphite structure has a specific surface area larger than 20 m 2 /g.

4. The nano-graphite structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the surface modifying agent in the nano-graphite plate structure is within a range of 0.1 and 10.0 wt %.

5. The nano-graphite plate structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the surface modifying agent includes at least one of coupling agent, fatty acid and resin.

6. The nano-graphite plate structure as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the coupling agent has a chemical structure of M x (R) y (R′) z , M is a metal element, R is a hydrophilic functional group, and R′ is a hydrophobic functional group, 0≦x≦6, 1≦y≦20, and 1≦z≦20.

7. The nano-graphite plate structure as claimed in claim 6 , wherein R is selected from a group consisting of alkoxyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, acyloxy, amide, alkyleneoxy and alkylene-carboxyl functional groups, M is selected from a group consisting of aluminum, titanium, zirconium and silicon, R′ is selected from a group consisting of vinyl, fatty-alkyleneoxyl, styryl, methylacryloxyl, acryloxyl, fatty-amino, chloroproply, fatty-thiol, fatty-thioxo, isocyanato, fatty-phenolyl, fatty-carboxyl, fatty-hydroxyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, fatty-formyl, fatty-acetyl and benzoyl functional groups.

8. The nano-graphite plate structure as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the fatty acid is selected from a group consisting of stearic acid and oleic acid.

9. The nano-graphite plate structure as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the resin is selected from a group consisting of epoxy resin, polyurethane resin, silicone resin, phenolic resin and polyester resin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2013
From: WU, MARK Y.; HSIEH, CHENG-YU; LIN, GENG-WEI; YEH, PING-YUN
To: ENERAGE INC.
Reel/Frame 030217/0576 →
Continuity (1)
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