Abstract: A hollow carbon sphere having a carbon shell and an inner core is disclosed. The hollow carbon sphere has a total volume that is equal to a volume of the carbon shell plus an inner free volume within the carbon shell. The inner free volume is at least 25% of the total volume. In some instances, a nominal diameter of the hollow carbon sphere is between 10 and 180 nanometers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 6, 2011
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2013
Assignees:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., The Regents of the University of New Mexico, Los Alamos National Lab
Inventors:
Claudia C. Luhrs, Jonathan Phillips, Monique N. Richard, Angela Michelle Knapp
Abstract: Disclosed is a process for making a composite material that contains structured particles. The process includes providing a first precursor in the form of a dry precursor powder, a precursor liquid, a precursor vapor of a liquid and/or a precursor gas. The process also includes providing a plasma that has a high field zone and passing the first precursor through the high field zone of the plasma. As the first precursor passes through the high field zone of the plasma, at least part of the first precursor is decomposed. An aerosol having a second precursor is provided downstream of the high field zone of the plasma and the decomposed first material is allowed to condense onto the second precursor to from structured particles.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 9, 2009
Publication date:
December 9, 2010
Applicants:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Regents of the University of New Mexico, Los Alamos National Lab
Inventors:
Angela Michelle Knapp, Monique N. Richard, Claudia Luhrs, Timothy Blada, Jonathan Phillips
Abstract: A hollow carbon sphere having a carbon shell and an inner core is disclosed. The hollow carbon sphere has a total volume that is equal to a volume of the carbon shell plus an inner free volume within the carbon shell. The inner free volume is at least 25% of the total volume. In some instances, a nominal diameter of the hollow carbon sphere is between 10 and 180 nanometers.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 24, 2009
Publication date:
August 26, 2010
Applicants:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Los Alamos National Lab
Inventors:
Claudia Luhrs, Jonathan Phillips, Monique N. Richard, Angela Michelle Knapp