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: 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: The invention relates to electrically conductive coatings, in particular to electrically conductive priming coatings of parts before they undergo electrostatic painting, as well as to priming compositions for creating such coatings (priming coatings). The present invention proposes a priming composition for creating a light, electrically conductive priming coating on a part prior to electrostatic painting, said priming composition comprising single-wall and/or double-wall carbon nanotubes at a concentration of greater than 0.005 wt. % and less than 0.1 wt. %, and having a degree of grinding of the priming composition of not more than 20 microns. The technical result of applying such a priming composition is a light, electrically conductive priming coating with a specific surface resistance of less than 109 ?/sq and a light reflection coefficient (LRV) of at least 60%. The present invention also proposes a method for preparing a priming composition and a light, electrically conducting priming coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrically conductive polyurethane composite material and a method for producing same and can be used in the manufacture of articles and coatings from polyurethane composite materials having a desired electrical conductivity. The present method for producing an electrically conductive polyurethane composite material by reacting organic polyisocyanates (A) with one or more compounds (B) containing NCO-reactive groups includes a step of mixing a concentrate of carbon nanotubes with compounds (B) or with polyisocyanates (A) or with a mixture containing organic polyisocyanates (A) and compounds (B) at an input energy of less than 0.5 kW·h per 1 kg of mixture and a carbon nanotube content of less than 0.1 mass. % relative to the sum of the masses of (A) and (B).

Abstract: The invention relates to electrotechnical industry, more particularly to lithium-ion batteries, and even more particularly to lithium-ion batteries with silicon-containing negative electrode (anode). The invention provides a method for producing an anode slurry (paste), an anode slurry (paste), a method for producing an anode for a lithium-ion battery, an anode for a lithium-ion battery, and a lithium-ion battery with a high initial specific capacity and a long cycle life with a large number of charge-discharge cycles over which the battery retains at least 80% of its initial capacity. This result becomes possible due to the presence in the anode material of bundles of single-walled and/or double-walled carbon nanotubes having a length of less than 5 ?m, together with bundles of single-walled and/or double-walled carbon nanotubes having a diameter of more than 500 nm and a length of more than 10 ?m.

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: 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: Method for producing single wall carbon nanotubes, including obtaining a vapor containing nanoparticles of a catalytic substance in an evaporation chamber; obtaining a working mixture in a mixing node at 650-1,400° C. by delivering the vapor to the mixing node from the evaporation chamber in a carrier gas flow, and introducing gaseous hydrocarbons into the mixing node so that the working mixture includes the carrier gas, hydrocarbons, and the nanoparticles, with the nanoparticles having an average size of 1-10 nm, and single wall carbon nanotubes forming on the nanoparticles; feeding the working mixture at 650-1,400° C. to the reaction chamber, the reaction chamber having a distance of at least 0.5 m between its opposite walls; discharging the single wall carbon nanotubes from the reaction chamber in a stream of gaseous products of hydrocarbon decomposition; filtering the single wall carbon nanotubes from the gaseous products of hydrocarbon decomposition.

Abstract: A method for producing a modifier for preparing a composite material based on a thermoplastic polymer where the thermoplastic polymer is mixed with a solvent and salts of alkali metals with the following ratio of components (wt. %): thermoplastic polymer—3-15, solvent—70-94, salts of alkali metals—3-15, until the polymer is fully dissolved, and then carbon nanotubes are added to the mixture in an amount up to 5 wt. % while stirring to produce a dispersion, then a coagulant is added to the dispersion under continuous stirring, the resulting dispersion is then filtered, and the filter cake is rinsed and dried up. The solvent is selected from the group of: alcohol, or N-methylpyrrolidone, or dimethylacetamide. The alkali metal salt is lithium chloride or calcium chloride. The carbon nanotubes are single-wall carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: Method for producing single wall carbon nanotubes, including obtaining a vapor containing nanoparticles of a catalytic substance in an evaporation chamber; obtaining a working mixture in a mixing node at 650-1,400° C. by delivering the vapor to the mixing node from the evaporation chamber in a carrier gas flow, and introducing gaseous hydrocarbons into the mixing node so that the working mixture includes the carrier gas, hydrocarbons, and the nanoparticles, with the nanoparticles having an average size of 1-10 nm, and single wall carbon nanotubes forming on the nanoparticles; feeding the working mixture at 650-1,400° C. to the reaction chamber, the reaction chamber having a distance of at least 0.5 m between its opposite walls; discharging the single wall carbon nanotubes from the reaction chamber in a stream of gaseous products of hydrocarbon decomposition; filtering the single wall carbon nanotubes from the gaseous products of hydrocarbon decomposition.

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 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 system and method for producing carbon nano-structures. The proposed method allows for producing carbon nano-structures on a commercial scale, while reducing the degree of agglomeration and the influence of the walls of the reaction chamber on the process, as well as increasing control over the process of preparation of the nano-structures. A method for producing carbon nano-structure by decomposition of hydrocarbon gases in the reaction chamber in the presence of a catalyst includes preparing a working mixture, wherein the mixture includes nano-particles comprising a catalyst substance, a carrier gas and gaseous hydrocarbons; feeding the reaction mixture into the reaction chamber; discharging carbon nano-structures from the reaction chamber in a stream of gaseous products of hydrocarbon decomposition; and separating carbon nano-structures from gaseous products of hydrocarbon decomposition.