Methods and systems for producing mesophasic (between liquid and solid phases) carbon materials from plastic waste. The method and system includes a 2-stage pyrolysis reactor, including first and second pyrolysis stages where a carbon feedstock material is subjected to pyrolysis. The first pyrolysis stage may subject the carbon feedstock material to pyrolysis at a first temperature in a range of 500° C. to 700° C., and the second pyrolysis stage may operate at a second temperature in a range of 800° C. to 1000° C., providing secondary gas phase reactions (SGR). A residence time of the carbon feedstock material in the reactor may be no more than 10 seconds. After pyrolysis and SGR, a sparging and thermal treatment stage may convert pyrolysis tar products to an anisotropic pitch product suitable for use in production of carbon fiber or bulk graphite for use in fabrication of graphite electrodes.

A negative electrode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery is disclosed which contains a mass of graphite particle spherical aggregates in which a plurality of flat graphite particles are aggregated. The mass of the graphite particle spherical aggregates has an average circularity, D.sub.90/D.sub.10, and a crystallite size Lc (004) within a predetermined range, and the proportion of the graphite particle spherical aggregates in which the largest flat graphite particle observed on the outermost surface has a circle equivalent diameter of 2 μm to 12 μm in graphite particle spherical aggregates having a circle equivalent diameter of 10 μm or more when observed by SEM is 80% or more.

A graphite membrane includes graphene layers, wherein the graphite membrane is an independent graphite membrane having a thickness of 10 nm to 12 μm, an area of 5×5 mm.sup.2 or more, an electrical conductivity of 8000 S/cm or more, and an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 200 nm or less on a surface of the graphite membrane.

A graphite membrane includes graphene layers, wherein the graphite membrane is an independent graphite membrane having a thickness of 10 nm to 12 μm, an area of 5×5 mm.sup.2 or more, an electrical conductivity of 8000 S/cm or more, and an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 200 nm or less on a surface of the graphite membrane.

Disclosed is AA′ graphite with a new stacking feature of graphene, and a fabrication method thereof. Graphene is stacked in the sequence of AA′ where alternate graphene layers exhibiting the AA′ stacking are translated by a half hexagon (1.23 Å). AA′ graphite has an interplanar spacing of about 3.44 Å larger than that of the conventional AB stacked graphite (3.35 Å) that has been known as the only crystal of pure graphite. This may allow the AA′ stacked graphite to have unique physical and chemical characteristics.

A method of producing graphite may include beneficiating an amount of coal to form a coal char, grinding the coal char to produce a crushed char and placing the crushed char in a porous container. Then, the method includes immersing the porous container in a molten salt bath. The molten salt bath includes a graphite anode. The method further includes applying an electrical potential across the porous container and the graphite anode such that a graphite deposit forms on the graphite anode. The graphite anode is removed from the molten salt bath and the graphite deposit is separated from the graphite anode to produce graphite fragments.

An anode active material for lithium secondary battery includes a secondary particle formed by agglomerating primary particles, an average diameter of the primary particles is in a range from 5 μm to 15 μm, and an average diameter of the secondary particle is in a range from 10 μm to about 25 μm. The primary particles include an artificial graphite, and an I(110)/I(002) of the secondary particle is in a range from about 0.0075 to 0.012.

Compositions and methods directed to the synthesis and use of silicon carbide with, biomedical applications is provided. The method of synthesis includes providing a polydimethysiloxane (PDM'S) substrate, and irradiating at least a portion of the substrate with a laser under conditions sufficient to produce silicon carbide comprising 3C silicon carbide (3C-SiE). The composition can be used to modulate biological activity through electrical, chemical and heat stimuli.

Compositions and methods directed to the synthesis and use of silicon carbide with, biomedical applications is provided. The method of synthesis includes providing a polydimethysiloxane (PDM'S) substrate, and irradiating at least a portion of the substrate with a laser under conditions sufficient to produce silicon carbide comprising 3C silicon carbide (3C-SiE). The composition can be used to modulate biological activity through electrical, chemical and heat stimuli.

A method for preparing a modified graphite includes performing crushing on coal-based needle coke to obtain a first material, performing shaping fine powder removal on the first material to obtain a second material, performing heat treatment on the second material in a reaction kettle and then cooling the second material after the heat treatment to room temperature to obtain a third material, and performing graphitization on the third material in a graphitization furnace and then cooling the third material after the graphitization to room temperature to obtain the modified graphite.