Nanoengineering Stable Carbon Nanotube Aerogels

纳米工程稳定碳纳米管气凝胶

• 批准号: 0620338
• 负责人: Jian Chen
• 金额: $ 39.51万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0620338&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Nanoengineering; Stable; Carbon; Nanotube; Aerogels

This proposal was received in response to NSF 05-1788, category Unsolicited. This research project aims to advance the fundamental knowledge and process technology for manufacturing of novel stable carbon nanotube (CNT) aerogels. By combining the extraordinary properties of CNTs with those of aerogels, a new class of materials will become accessible with far reaching possibilities. Stable CNT aerogels will not only avoid the limitations of traditional carbon aerogels and CNTs, but also have unmatched multifunctional material properties in a single material system, which will potentially lead to highly diversified applications in multifunctional composites, fuel cells, super capacitors, 3-D batteries, solar cells, advanced catalyst supports, energy absorption materials, chemical and biological sensors, power-generating and energy-storing structural composites, hydrogen storage, etc. The major innovation is to create synergistic marriage of two outstanding materials (i.e. aerogels and CNTs) via judicious nanoengineering. The nanoengineering approach includes two key aspects: 1) Rational engineering of CNT surfaces; 2) 3-D assembly of CNTs through chemical cross-linking.The development of a robust nanoengineering process for the fabrication of stable CNT aerogels and the advances in fundamental understanding of this new class of materials will lead to a variety of energy- and materials-related applications. This project provides unique educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. This proposed research, if successful, will enable the PI to initiate broad collaborations with researchers at universities, NASA, DOE, DOD as well as various companies in order to reduce discoveries into real applications and products.

该提案是针对NSF 05-1788的响应，即未经请求的。该研究项目旨在促进制造新型稳定碳纳米管（CNT）气凝胶的基本知识和过程技术。通过将CNT的非凡特性与Aerogels相结合，新的材料将在遥远的可能性中获得。 Stable CNT aerogels will not only avoid the limitations of traditional carbon aerogels and CNTs, but also have unmatched multifunctional material properties in a single material system, which will potentially lead to highly diversified applications in multifunctional composites, fuel cells, super capacitors, 3-D batteries, solar cells, advanced catalyst supports, energy absorption materials, chemical and biological sensors, power-generating and energy-storing structural composites,氢存储等。主要的创新是通过出色的纳米工程来建立两种杰出材料（即气凝和CNT）的协同婚姻。纳米工程方法包括两个关键方面：1）CNT表面的合理工程； 2）CNT通过化学交联的3-D组装。用于制造稳定的CNT Aerogels的稳健纳米工程工艺以及对这一新材料的基本了解的进步将导致各种能源和材料相关的应用。该项目为本科生和研究生提供了独特的教育机会。这项拟议的研究（如果成功）将使PI能够与大学，NASA，DOE，DOD以及各种公司的研究人员进行广泛的合作，以减少对实际应用和产品的发现。