Abstract: The invention relates to additives for enhancing the electrical conductivity and physical and mechanical properties of rubber compounds, including, inter alia, the elastic modulus, tensile strength, tear resistance and abrasion resistance of composite elastomer-based materials (rubbers), and to composite elastomer-based materials (rubbers). The invention proposes an additive containing from 1 to 20 wt % carbon nanotubes, from 3 to 90 wt % high-viscosity organic rubber, and from 8 to 95 wt % low-molecular-weight organic dispersion medium. The present invention also proposes a method for producing the additive.

Abstract: The invention solves the problem of creating a rubber composition that can be used in a solid tyre of an extremely simple and manufacturable design to provide safe and hygienic operation of the tyre without accumulating a static electric charge and without leaving black marks on a floor surface. An electrically conductive rubber composition for non-marking solid tyres is proposed, which composition comprises (1) a rubber or a mixture of at least two rubbers, (2) oxide fillers and modifiers, (3) organic plasticisers and modifiers, (4) a curing system and (5) carbon nanotubes, wherein the total amount of carbon nanotubes and carbon of other allotropic modifications constitutes from 0.05 to 1.5 wt % relative to the amount of rubber. A non-marking solid tyre made from the electrically conductive rubber composition is also proposed.

Abstract: Provided is a composition, comprising single-walled carbon nanotube, a binder, and a specific solvent, wherein the binder contains a fluorine-containing polymer containing a vinylidene fluoride unit.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode mixture containing a single-walled carbon nanotube, a negative electrode active material, and a binder, in which the negative electrode mixture contains, as the negative electrode active material, a negative electrode active material that exhibits a potential of 2.5 V or less vs. Li when alloyed with Li or bonded with Li, and the binder contains a fluorine-containing copolymer containing vinylidene fluoride unit and a unit of an other monomer other than vinylidene fluoride.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for an electrochemical device, containing a single-walled carbon nanotube, a binder, and a solvent, wherein the binder comprises a fluorine-containing copolymer comprising a repeating unit (a) based on vinylidene fluoride, and at least one repeating unit (b) selected from the group consisting of a repeating unit (b1) and a repeating unit (b2).

Abstract: A binder containing a mixed powder including a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a single-walled carbon nanotube. A weight ratio of the polytetrafluoroethylene resin to the single-walled carbon nanotube is 99.9:0.1 to 80:20. Also disclosed is a composition for producing an electrode in a form of a powder including the binder and an electrode active material substantially free of a liquid medium; an electrode mixture including the composition for producing an electrode; an electrode using the electrode mixture; a secondary battery having the electrode; a method for producing the binder; and a method for producing the electrode.

Abstract: A composite material includes electro-deposited manganese dioxide particles of up to 110 micron in size and in a form of ?-modification of manganese dioxide; and single-walled carbon nanotubes with a diameter of 1 to 2 nm and a length of 1 to 5 ?m, wherein a content of the carbon nanotubes is 0.0001 to 0.1 wt % of the composite material. Optionally, the particles have an average size of about 40-60 microns. Optionally, the carbon nanotubes form a coating on a surface of the particles and extend inward from the surface. Optionally, the single-wall carbon nanotubes form a three-dimensional conductive network in the material.

Abstract: A composition for an electrochemical device, the composition containing a single-walled carbon nanotube, a binder and a solvent. The binder contains a fluorine-containing copolymer containing a vinylidene fluoride unit and a fluorinated monomer unit other than the vinylidene fluoride unit, and the content of the vinylidene fluoride unit in the fluorine-containing copolymer is 50.0 mol % or more relative to total monomer units. Also disclosed is a positive electrode mixture including the composition and a positive electrode structure including a current collector and the positive electrode mixture layer provided on one or both sides of the current collector.

Abstract: A composite material includes electro-deposited manganese dioxide particles of up to 110 micron in size and in a form of ?-modification of manganese dioxide; and single-walled carbon nanotubes with a diameter of 1 to 2 nm and a length of 1 to 5 ?m, wherein a content of the carbon nanotubes is 0.0001 to 0.1 wt % of the composite material. Optionally, the particles have an average size of about 40-60 microns. Optionally, the carbon nanotubes form a coating on a surface of the particles and extend inward from the surface. Optionally, the single-wall carbon nanotubes form a three-dimensional conductive network in the material.

Abstract: A method for producing nanostructured carbon material, including (a) combusting hydrocarbon fuel in an oxygen-enriched environment to produce combustion products having a temperature of 1,000-3,150° C.; (b) forming a postcombustion gas stream having a velocity of 40-800 m/s; (c) forming a working mixture by introducing hydrocarbon feedstock and a catalyst precursor for carbon nanostructures growth into the postcombustion gas stream; (d) introducing the working mixture into a reaction zone, wherein the reaction zone is maintained at a temperature of 900-2,300° C., and wherein the catalyst precursor is decomposed into catalyst particles, while the hydrocarbon feedstock is decomposed to form carbon nanostructures and gaseous products; and (e) separating carbon nanostructures from the gaseous products of the decomposition of hydrocarbon feedstock.

Abstract: A metal foil has a surface with an added conductive layer comprising carbon nanotubes, wherein the conductive layer is applied so that the carbon nanotubes are arranged on the foil surface randomly and in an amount of 100 ng/cm2-10 ?g/cm2. A method for manufacturing the metal foil with a conductive layer of carbon nanotubes includes mixing carbon nanotubes with a solvent to form a suspension, applying the resulting suspension onto the metal foil surface so that the amount of carbon nanotubes on the surface is 100 ng/cm2-10 ?g/cm2 and they are arranged randomly, and then drying the suspension.

Abstract: A method of producing carbon nanotubes, comprising, in a reaction chamber: evaporating at least a partially melted electrode comprising a catalyst by an electrical arc discharge; condensing the evaporated catalyst vapors to form nanoparticles comprising the catalyst; and decomposing gaseous hydrocarbons in the presence of the nanoparticles to form carbon nanotubes on the surface of the nanoparticles. Also a system for producing carbon nanotubes, comprising: a reactor comprising two electrodes, wherein at least one of the electrodes is at least a partially melted electrode comprising a catalyst, the reactor adapted for evaporating the at least partially melted electrode by an electrical arc discharge and for condensing its vapors to form nanoparticles comprising the catalyst, wherein the electrodes are disposed in a reaction chamber for decomposing gaseous hydrocarbons in the presence of the nanoparticles to form carbon nanotubes on the surface of the nanoparticles.

Abstract: A method of producing carbon nanotubes, comprising, in a reaction chamber: evaporating at least a partially melted electrode comprising a catalyst by an electrical arc discharge; condensing the evaporated catalyst vapors to form nanoparticles comprising the catalyst; and decomposing gaseous hydrocarbons in the presence of the nanoparticles to form carbon nanotubes on the surface of the nanoparticles. Also a system for producing carbon nanotubes, comprising: a reactor comprising two electrodes, wherein at least one of the electrodes is at least a partially melted electrode comprising a catalyst, the reactor adapted for evaporating the at least partially melted electrode by an electrical arc discharge and for condensing its vapors to form nanoparticles comprising the catalyst, wherein the electrodes are disposed in a reaction chamber for decomposing gaseous hydrocarbons in the presence of the nanoparticles to form carbon nanotubes on the surface of the nanoparticles.

Abstract: A method of producing carbon nanotubes, comprising, in a reaction chamber: evaporating at least a partially melted electrode comprising a catalyst by an electrical arc discharge; condensing the evaporated catalyst vapors to form nanoparticles comprising the catalyst; and decomposing gaseous hydrocarbons in the presence of the nanoparticles to form carbon nanotubes on the surface of the nanoparticles. Also a system for producing carbon nanotubes, comprising: a reactor comprising two electrodes, wherein at least one of the electrodes is at least a partially melted electrode comprising a catalyst, the reactor adapted for evaporating the at least partially melted electrode by an electrical arc discharge and for condensing its vapors to form nanoparticles comprising the catalyst, wherein the electrodes are disposed in a reaction chamber for decomposing gaseous hydrocarbons in the presence of the nanoparticles to form carbon nanotubes on the surface of the nanoparticles.