US 12,403,438 B2
Device and method for continuous synthesis of graphene
Vladimir Mancevski, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Universal Matter Inc., Burlington (CA)
Appl. No. 17/777,389
Filed by Universal Matter Inc., Burlington (CA)
PCT Filed Nov. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/051565
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/092705, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/936,602, filed on Nov. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0401903 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B01J 6/00 (2006.01); C01B 32/184 (2017.01)
CPC B01J 6/008 (2013.01) [C01B 32/184 (2017.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for synthesis of graphene, the device comprising:
a container having a space for holding a carbon source, wherein the container has an entry opening for receiving the carbon source;
at least two electrodes for applying an electrical current through the space for joule heating the carbon source, wherein the space for joule heating the carbon source is between the at least two electrodes, wherein the at least two electrodes are positioned to radially apply an electrical current through the space for joule heating the carbon source; and
a movement component for moving the carbon source, with respect to the container, into the entry opening in a first direction and the at least two electrodes apply the electrical current in a second direction, wherein the first direction is not the same as the second direction.