A method for producing a carbon material, the method including a step of performing a carbonization treatment by heating an organic polymer material to a temperature higher than 400 C. in a non-oxidizing atmosphere containing a gaseous substance (A) composed of at least one of acetylene and an acetylene derivative.

The present invention provides a production method of copper-carbon nanofibers, which can realize oxidation-resistant characteristics and process simplification, the production method comprising the steps of: forming a metal precursor-organic nanofiber comprising a metal precursor and an organic substance; and forming a metal-carbon nanofiber by performing a selective oxidation heat treatment to the metal precursor-organic nanofiber so as to simultaneously oxidize carbon of the organic substance and reduce the metal precursor to a metal, wherein the metal has a lower oxidation resistance than the carbon; the selective oxidation heat treatment is performed through a singly heat treatment step, not a plurality of heat treatment steps; and metal-carbon nanofibers with different structures may be formed according to the amount of partial oxygen pressure under which the selective oxidation heat treatment is performed.

A polymer comprising repeating units derived from a first monomer, typically acrylonitrile, and repeating units derived from a second monomer different from the first monomer, wherein the second monomer is a compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated organic anion and an organic cation containing a CN imine group; a process for producing carbon fibers using the said polymer; and carbon fibers made therefrom, are described herein.

To provide a carbon fiber having low contact resistance and high conductivity. To provide a carbon fiber that satisfies the following Requirements. A diameter of the carbon fiber is 0.5-6.5 m. A length of the carbon fiber is 5-65 m. The carbon fiber has waviness. The carbon fiber has protruding portions. A protruding height of the protruding portions is 20-300 nm. The number of protruding portions is 3-25 per 1 m length (a length along the carbon fiber) of the carbon fiber. The carbon fiber contains carbon black. A primary particle diameter of the carbon black is 21-69 nm.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a carbon fiber that can be suitably used as a transparent conductive material for forming transparent flexible conductive films and the like, more particularly, to a method for producing a carbon fiber having an outermost surface composed of edges of graphenes, and to a carbon fiber produced by the production method. The production method comprises a step of pre-baking a fiber of an organic compound so as to contain remaining hydrogen, and a step of putting the pre-baked fiber of the organic compound in a closed vessel made of a heat resistant material and subjecting the pre-baked fiber together with the vessel to hot isostatic pressing treatment using a compressed gas atmosphere, wherein a maximum ultimate temperature in the hot isostatic pressing treatment is 1000 to 2000 C.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a carbon fiber that can be suitably used as a transparent conductive material for forming transparent flexible conductive films and the like, more particularly, to a method for producing a carbon fiber having an outermost surface composed of edges of graphenes, and to a carbon fiber produced by the production method. The production method comprises a step of pre-baking a fiber of an organic compound so as to contain remaining hydrogen, and a step of putting the pre-baked fiber of the organic compound in a closed vessel made of a heat resistant material and subjecting the pre-baked fiber together with the vessel to hot isostatic pressing treatment using a compressed gas atmosphere, wherein a maximum ultimate temperature in the hot isostatic pressing treatment is 1000 to 2000 C.

A method of producing carbon fiber, yarns, and nonwoven carbon fiber cloths, includes forming suitable polymeric precursor microfibers and/or nanofibers using a centrifugal spinning process and decomposing at least a portion of the polymeric precursor fibers to form carbon fibers. The decomposition may be accomplished by treating the polymeric precursor fibers with acid vapor from an aqueous acid solution at a temperature of less than 250 C.

A stretching apparatus of fibre tows in a pressurized steam environment comprises a plurality of stretching chests (1) and associated supporting structures (3, 4, 6) arranged side by side, at the same level, on a holding frame. The stretching chests (1) are each formed by two opposed metallic half-chests (1b, 1t), delimiting a stretching chamber (2). The stretching chamber (2) has a generally rectangular section of a low height and opens outwards in correspondence of the two transversal edges of the stretching chest (1) through tow entry and exit openings. Inside the stretching chambers (2) the tows are treated with saturated or overheated steam at high temperature and pressure and simultaneously undergo a mechanical stretching operation.

A carbon fiber layer having a carbon coating is provided. The disclosed carbon fiber layer having a carbon coating includes: a carbon fiber layer in which a plurality of carbon fibers are arrayed; and a thin carbon film layer, comprising carbon, coated on the surface of the carbon fiber layer.

A carbon fiber layer having a carbon coating is provided. The disclosed carbon fiber layer having a carbon coating includes: a carbon fiber layer in which a plurality of carbon fibers are arrayed; and a thin carbon film layer, comprising carbon, coated on the surface of the carbon fiber layer.