Self-assembled transparent conductive composite films of carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes/poly(vinyl alcohol) electrospun nanofiber mats

Autor: Ding Zhaoqiang, Sun Kan, Christopher Branford-White, Syeda Um-i-Zahra, Hua-Li Nie, Li-Min Zhu, Yanping Zhu, Jing Quan
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Materials Letters. 128:310-313
ISSN: 0167-577X
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.04.165
Popis: Carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs-COOH)/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanofiber mats were fabricated using electrospinning. Due to the hydrophilic and swelling properties of the nanofibers, a transparent film was generated by self-assembly when the nanofibers were immersed in water. The composite film with MWCNTs-COOH fraction 8.76 wt% exhibits electrical conductivity of 1.8×10−4 S/cm, while maintaining 166.98 MPa tensile strength and 61% optical transmittance. The method reported here is simple and feasible for large scale production of CNTs based composite films.
Databáze: OpenAIRE