SBIR Phase II: Nanocomposite Carbon and Graphitic Foams Produced via a Catalytic Approach

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）二期项目将优化和扩大所提出的快速后处理和纳米复合技术的处理，以使微孔碳和石墨泡沫分别具有优越的绝缘和导电性能。热导率和绝缘性能可定制为非常高或非常低。对优化和规模化研究后的纳米复合碳和纳米复合石墨泡沫的热力学性能进行表征。这项工作的结果将证明，与传统技术相比，氧化稳定时间可以减少一个数量级，同时提高机械性能。较低的加工成本和优越的热机械性能可能导致微孔纳米复合碳和石墨泡沫广泛应用于各种应用，包括高温绝缘，空间结构和热管理应用，如热交换器。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will optimize and scale up the processing of the proposed rapid post-processing and nanocomposite technique for microcellular carbon and graphitic foams to possess superior insulating and conducting properties, respectively. Thermal conductivity and insulation properties may be tailored to either very high or very low. Thermal-mechanical properties of the nanocomposite carbon and nanocomposite graphitic foams after the optimization and scale up research will be characterized. The results of this work will demonstrate that the oxidation stabilization time may be reduced by an order of magnitude, meanwhile enhancing the mechanical properties, as compared to the conventional technique. Lower processing cost and superior thermal-mechanical properties may result in widespread uses of microcellular nanocomposite carbon and graphitic foams for various applications including high-temperature insulation, space structures, and thermal management applications like heat exchangers.