Semiconductor Processing Applications

In order to protect integrated circuits or hard disk read heads during production, it is critical to have wafer handing hardware such as cassettes to be anti-electrostatic. A small loading of carbon nanotubes in plastic components ensures the acceptance in the semiconductor clean room environments.

Auto Applications

Utilizing the superior electrical properties of carbon nanotubes, fuel system components, such as fuel lines and pump modules, incorporated with the nanotubes, guarantee charge dissipation to prevent fire and explosion.

Many auto external body parts (e.g. mirror housing, and door handles) are made of plastic today. Incorporating carbon nanotubes in the plastic body parts allows existing electro-static painting process.

Battery and super-capacitor applications

In Li-ion batteries, Li ions go in an out of the graphite electrodes during charging and discharging. There will be expansion and contraction of the electrode materials, resulting in a large amount of stress. The stress will force the electrode materials fall apart, decreasing electrochemical activities (or battery capacity) over time. It had been found that addition of carbon nanotubes into the electrodes significantly improves the number of charge/discharge cycles that a Li-ion battery can withstand.

Other Applications