	US 11,859,089 B2
	Production of crystalline carbon structure networks
Rutger Alexander David Van Raalten, Delft (NL); and Daniela Sordi, Delft (NL)
Assigned to CARBONX IP 3 B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed by CARBONX IP 3 B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/383,115.
Application 17/383,115 is a continuation of application No. 16/310,750, granted, now 11,098,200, previously published as PCT/EP2017/065994, filed on Jun. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 16176599 (EP), filed on Jun. 28, 2016; and application No. 17150513 (EP), filed on Jan. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0002557 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. C01B 32/00 (2017.01); C09C 1/50 (2006.01); C01B 32/05 (2017.01); C01B 32/152 (2017.01); C01B 32/158 (2017.01); C01B 32/182 (2017.01)

CPC C09C 1/50 (2013.01) [C01B 32/00 (2017.08); C01B 32/05 (2017.08); C01B 32/152 (2017.08); C01B 32/158 (2017.08); C01B 32/182 (2017.08); C01P 2004/03 (2013.01); C01P 2004/13 (2013.01); C01P 2004/16 (2013.01); C01P 2004/45 (2013.01); C01P 2006/10 (2013.01); C01P 2006/22 (2013.01); C01P 2006/32 (2013.01); C01P 2006/40 (2013.01)]

8 Claims

1. A crystalline carbon structure network, comprising chemically interconnected carbon nanofibers, wherein the carbon nanofibers are chemically interconnected by chemical bonds through a multitude of junctions, including Y- and H-junctions, comprising at least 500 chemically connected nodes, wherein the carbon nanofibers have an average aspect ratio of fiber length-to-thickness of at least 2, wherein the carbon nanofibers forming the network are non-hollow and have an average diameter or thickness of 1-400 nm and/or an average length in the range of 100-10,000 nm, wherein the carbon structure network is porous and forms aggregates with a size of 0.1-100 microns.