US Patent Issued to Kun Shan University on Feb. 17 for "Preparation and application of three-dimensional carbon nanotubes grown from soil clay and graphene oxide" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,671, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Kun Shan University (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Preparation and application of three-dimensional carbon nanotubes grown from soil clay and graphene oxide" was invented by Hao-Lin Hsu (Tainan, Taiwan) and Shuhn-Shyurng Hou (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing a three-dimensional carbon nanotube composite structure comprises: providing a substrate; subjecting the substrate to nickel ion modification treatment to form at least one nickel ion nuclear seed on the substrate; providing a hydrogen gas to pass through the substrate and heating the substrate to a reduction tempera...