On November 18, 2019, Toray Japan announced that the company has created the world's first porous carbon fiber with a nano-scale continuous pore structure.
Toray has combined its excellent polymer technology, carbon fiber technology, water treatment technology and other separation membrane technologies to create a porous carbon fiber with continuous pore structure.
Another possibility is to form hollow fiber-like porous carbon fibers in the center of the fibers.
Toray will open a research and innovation center in December this year. Through cooperation with academic institutions and key partners in different fields, the center will become a global headquarters for strategic innovation. The company will work with several partners to use its new materials to promote the commercialization of more advanced gas separation membranes.