| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Only skin regions with about 100 nm thick of bulk cellulose are graphitized by a simple heat treatment at high temperatures (skin effect) though they are precursors of nongraphitizing carbon. In the case of cellulose nanofibers (Cel-NFs) with about 100 nm thick or less, highly crystallized carbon nanofibers (Car-NFs) should be prepared by the high temperature heat treatment because the skin effect is expected to reach the center of each Car-NF. The Cel-NF aggregates were obtained from nanocellulose such as bacteria cellulose through careful dispersion in solutions and extraction, and Car-NFs were prepared from the aggregates by carbonization and heat treatments at high temperature. The crystallized Car-NFs were obtained from the highly dispersed Cel-NFs with about 50 nm thick by the high temperature heat treatments. The highly crystallized Car-NFs prepared from Cel-NFs will be applied to many fields because of inexpensive and environment friendly.
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