Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of making a carbon nanotube hybrid material by depositing a catalyst solution onto a carbon-based material, and growing carbon nanotubes on the carbon-based material such that the grown carbon nanotubes become covalently linked to the carbon-based material through carbon-carbon bonds. The catalyst solution includes a metal component (e.g., iron) and a buffer component (e.g., aluminum) that may be in the form of particles. The metal component of the particle may be in the form of a metallic core or metallic oxide core while the buffer component may be on a surface of the metal component in the form of metal or metal oxides. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to the catalytic particles and carbon nanotube hybrid materials. The carbon nanotube hybrid materials of the present disclosure may be incorporated as electrodes (e.g., anodes or cathodes) in energy storage devices.

Provided is a method for efficiently producing a carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersion liquid of highly dispersed CNTs while also suppressing damage to the CNTs. The method for producing a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid includes a dispersing step that includes at least one cycle of dispersing treatment in which pressure is applied to a coarse dispersion liquid containing carbon nanotubes and a dispersion medium, the coarse dispersion liquid is fed under pressure, and shear force is applied to the coarse dispersion liquid such as to disperse the carbon nanotubes. A plurality of repetitions of the dispersing step are performed while altering the pressure that is applied to the coarse dispersion liquid. In at least one instance, the pressure applied to the coarse dispersion liquid is altered by at least 10 MPa between consecutive repetitions of the dispersing step.

An apparatus for producing an aligned carbon nanotube includes: at least one injection section including at least one injection hole from which a raw material gas is injected to a base substrate; an exhaust vent for exhausting the raw material gas; and an exhaust section including a plurality of exhaust vents, the plurality of exhaust vents being provided so as to be closer to the exhaust vent than a plurality of injection holes included in the at least one injection hole of the at least one injection section.

Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of making a carbon nanotube hybrid material by depositing a catalyst solution onto a carbon-based material, and growing carbon nanotubes on the carbon-based material such that the grown carbon nanotubes become covalently linked to the carbon-based material through carbon-carbon bonds. The catalyst solution includes a metal component (e.g., iron) and a buffer component (e.g., aluminum) that may be in the form of particles. The metal component of the particle may be in the form of a metallic core or metallic oxide core while the buffer component may be on a surface of the metal component in the form of metal or metal oxides. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to the catalytic particles and carbon nanotube hybrid materials. The carbon nanotube hybrid materials of the present disclosure may be incorporated as electrodes (e.g., anodes or cathodes) in energy storage devices.

A method of producing a carbon nanostructure is provided that enables production of a high-quality carbon nanostructure with a high yield. The method of producing a carbon nanostructure includes supplying a feedstock gas to a catalyst and growing a carbon nanostructure by chemical vapor deposition. A gas X that is derived from the feedstock gas and that comes into contact with the catalyst contains a hydrocarbon A having at least one cyclopentadiene skeleton and a hydrocarbon B having at least one acetylene skeleton. A total volume concentration [A] of the hydrocarbon A is at least 0.06%.

Provided is a carbon nanotube dispersed liquid for lithium ion battery electrodes, containing a dispersion resin (A), carbon nanotubes (B), and water, in which the dispersion resin (A) contains a polar functional group-containing resin (a).

The present disclosure relates to a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid comprising bundle-type carbon nanotubes; a dispersion medium; and a polyvinyl butyral resin having a weight average molecular weight of greater than 50,000, a method for preparing the same, methods for preparing electrode slurry and an electrode using the same, and an electrode and a secondary battery prepared using the carbon nanotube dispersion liquid.

The present invention relates to Composite comprising CNT fibres and an ionic conducting compound forming a homogeneous continuous phase or a two-phase bicontinuous structure and its process of obtainment by impregnation methods. Furthermore the invention relates to its use as part of an energy storage device such as an structural flexible electrochemical capacitor.

An apparatus of the present invention for producing an aligned carbon nanotube includes: at least one injection section including at least one injection hole from which a raw material gas is injected to a base substrate; an exhaust vent for exhausting the raw material gas; and an exhaust section including a plurality of exhaust vents, the plurality of exhaust vents being provided so as to be closer to the exhaust vent than a plurality of injection holes included in the at least one injection hole of the at least one injection section.

CNT foams and methods are provided. The methods may include forming, in a non-solvent liquid, a suspension of CNTs and particles of a pyrolytic polymer; removing the non-solvent liquid; and removing the particles of the pyrolytic polymer to produce a CNT foam having cells that at least substantially correspond to the dimensions of the particles of the pyrolytic polymer. CNT foams having porous structures also are provided.