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Definition
Carbon black (subtypes are acetylene black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black and thermal black) is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum products such as FCC tar, coal tar, ethylene cracking tar, and a small amount from vegetable oil.

Carbon black

  • Technology

    Some charge storage devices such as supercapacitors and batteries require high surface area materials that form a double layer with an electrolyte. These materials which serve as the electrode can be carbonaceous materials such as carbon black or carbon nanotubes but must also be interfaced with metal charge collectors resulting in a multi-layer structure. Such a structure often has problematic interfaces between the carbon and metals and due to the metal charge collectors such super-capacitors and batteries cannot be fabricated in a simple room-temperature process.