Redefine Industry Standards with Versatile Ceramic Composite Materials

Introduction

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Abstract
Claims

Provided herein are methods of making composite materials. The methods may include infiltrating a carbon nanoscale fiber network with a ceramic precursor, curing the ceramic precursor, and/or pyrolyzing the ceramic precursor. The infiltrating, curing, and pyrolyzing steps may be repeated one or more times. Composite materials also are provided that include a ceramic material and carbon nanoscale fibers.

I claim:

1. A composite material comprising:

a ceramic material dispersed in a carbon nanoscale fiber network which (a) comprises a plurality of substantially aligned mechanically stretched carbon nanoscale fibers having an aspect ratio greater than 100,000:1, and (b) is in the form of a sheet or a strip,

wherein the composite material (i) includes a volume fraction of the plurality of substantially aligned carbon nanoscale fibers of at least 35%, and (ii) has an electrical conductivity of at least 1.75×10⁴S/m.

2. The composite material of claim 1, wherein the composite material is flexible.

3. The composite material of claim 1, wherein the volume fraction of the plurality of substantially aligned carbon nanoscale fibers in the composite material is about 40% to about 80%.

4. The composite material of claim 1, wherein the electrical conductivity of the composite material is about 2.0×10⁴S/m to about 3.0×10⁴S/m.

5. The composite material of claim 1, wherein the composite material has a tensile strength of at least 400 MPa.

6. The composite material of claim 1, wherein the composite material has a tensile strength of about 450 MPa to about 650 MPa.

7. The composite material of claim 1, wherein the ceramic material comprises silicon carbonitride.

8. The composite material of claim 1, wherein the ceramic material is evenly dispersed in the carbon nanoscale fiber network.

9. The composite material of claim 1, wherein the plurality of substantially aligned carbon nanoscale fibers comprises single-wall carbon nanotubes, multi-wall carbon nanotubes, or a combination thereof.

10. The composite material of claim 1, wherein the mechanically stretched carbon nanoscale fiber network is a buckypaper.

11. The composite material of claim 1, wherein the plurality of substantially aligned carbon nanoscale fibers comprises pristine carbon nanotubes.

Title

Ceramic composite materials and methods

Inventor(s)

Chengying Xu

Assignee(s)

Florida State University Research Foundation Inc

Patent #

10927045

Patent Date

February 23, 2021