COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide such a composite material of a carbon nanotube structure and a metal-containing material as to effectively develop characteristics of a carbon nanotube structure, and to provide a manufacturing method therefor.

SOLUTION: The composite material comprises the carbon nanotube structure having a network structure formed by chemically bonding and mutually cross-linking the functional groups of a plurality of carbon nanotubes having the functional groups bonded thereon; and the metal-containing material. The method for manufacturing the composite material comprises: the feeding step of feeding a solution containing a plurality of the carbon nanotubes having the functional groups bonded thereon, to the surface of a substrate; the cross linking step of chemically bonding a plurality of the functional groups to form the carbon nanotube structure having the network structure in which a plurality of the carbon nanotubes are mutually cross-linked; and the combining step of combining the metal-containing material with the carbon nanotube structure.

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