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Chu Y, Sun L, Wang J, Han Z, Wei C, Han C, Yan H. Carbon Nanotube Films with Fewer Impurities and Higher Conductivity from Aqueously Mono-Dispersed Solution via Two-Step Filtration for Electric Heating. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 14:911. [PMID: 38869536 PMCID: PMC11173405 DOI: 10.3390/nano14110911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2024] [Revised: 05/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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With the intensification of global climate problems, electric heating has recently attracted much attention as a clean and low-carbon heating method. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are an ideal medium for electric heating applications due to their excellent mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. The preparation of electrothermal films based on an aqueous CNT dispersion as a raw material is environmentally friendly. However, in the traditional one-step filtration method, the residual excess dispersant and the small aspect ratio of the CNTs in the preparation process limit the performance of electrothermal CNT films. In this paper, we report a two-step filtration method that removes the free dispersant and small CNTs in the first filtration step and obtains denser CNT films by controlling the pores of the filter membrane in the second filtration step. The results suggest that, compared to the CNT1 film obtained from one-step filtration, the CNT1-0.22 film, obtained from two-step filtration using 1 and 0.22 μm membranes, has a smoother and flatter surface, and the surface resistance is 80.0 Ω sq-1, which is 29.4% lower. The convective radiation conversion efficiency of the CNT1-0.22 film is 3.36 mW/°C, which is 36.1% lower. We anticipate that such CNT films could be widely applied in building thermal insulation and underfloor heating.
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- Yingying Chu
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Institute of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; (Y.C.); (J.W.); (Z.H.); (C.W.); (C.H.); (H.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Institute of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; (Y.C.); (J.W.); (Z.H.); (C.W.); (C.H.); (H.Y.)
- Beijing Guyue New Materials Research Institute, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Institute of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; (Y.C.); (J.W.); (Z.H.); (C.W.); (C.H.); (H.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Institute of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; (Y.C.); (J.W.); (Z.H.); (C.W.); (C.H.); (H.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Institute of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; (Y.C.); (J.W.); (Z.H.); (C.W.); (C.H.); (H.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Institute of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; (Y.C.); (J.W.); (Z.H.); (C.W.); (C.H.); (H.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Institute of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; (Y.C.); (J.W.); (Z.H.); (C.W.); (C.H.); (H.Y.)
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Sang Y, Cui C, Zhao Y, Zhang X, Zhang Z, Wang F, Liu R, Sui C, He X, Wang C. A single carbon nanotube-entangled high-performance buckypaper with tunable fracture mode. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:4135-4143. [PMID: 38226650 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04555b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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It is well known that the traditional buckypaper (BP) is composed of a certain number of short carbon nanotubes (CNTs) intertwined with each other and sliding always happens when the BP is under tensile and impact loading, which results in inferior mechanical properties compared to single CNTs. In this work, a highly-entangled single-wire BP (SWBP) structure is constructed by a modified self-avoiding random walk approach. The in-plane mechanical properties and impacting behaviors of the SWBPs with different entanglement degrees and interface frictions are systematically investigated via newly developed coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CGMD) simulation. A coarse-grained method can effectively reflect the inter-tube van der Waals (vdW) interactions and the mechanical behaviors of CNTs, including tension, bending and adhesion. In this work, from the tensile simulations of the SWBP, the results showed that the self-locking mechanism between entangled CNTs could significantly enhance the tensile resistance of the film. Besides, the mechanical properties of the SWBP are highly dependent on the entanglement degree and the interface friction between CNTs. Furthermore, two distinct fracture modes, ductile fracture and brittle fracture, are revealed, which can be efficiently controlled by changing the related friction between CNTs. From the impacting simulations, it is found that the impacting performance can be effectively tuned by adjusting the entanglement degree of the film. In addition, the kinetic energy of the projectile could be rapidly dissipated through the stretching and bending of CNTs in the SWBP. This work provides an in-depth understanding of the effect of interface friction and entanglement degree on the mechanical properties of the buckypaper and provides a reference for the preparation of strong CNT-based micromaterials.
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- Yuna Sang
- School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
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- School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
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- School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- Faculty of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
- Shenzhen STRONG Advanced Materials Research Institute Co., Ltd, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
- Shenzhen STRONG Advanced Materials Research Institute Co., Ltd, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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Zhang Q, Cui J, Zhao S, Zhang G, Gao A, Yan Y. Development of Electromagnetic-Wave-Shielding Polyvinylidene Fluoride-Ti 3C 2T x MXene-Carbon Nanotube Composites by Improving Impedance Matching and Conductivity. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:417. [PMID: 36770378 PMCID: PMC9921545 DOI: 10.3390/nano13030417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 01/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Absorption-dominated electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding is attained by improving impedance matching and conductivity through structural design. Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-Ti3C2Tx MXene-single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) composites with layered heterogeneous conductive fillers and segregated structures were prepared through electrostatic flocculation and hot pressing of the PVDF composite microsphere-coated MXene and SWCNTs in a layer-by-layer fashion. Results suggest that the heterogeneous fillers improve impedance matching and layered coating, and hot compression allows the MXene and SWCNTs to form a continuous conducting network at the PVDF interface, thereby conferring excellent conductivity to the composite. The PVDF-MXene-SWCNTs composite showed a conductivity of 2.75 S cm-1 at 2.5% MXene and 1% SWCNTs. The EMI shielding efficiency (SE) and contribution from absorption loss to the total EMI SE of PVDF-MXene-SWCNTs were 46.1 dB and 85.7%, respectively. Furthermore, the PVDF-MXene-SWCNTs composite exhibited excellent dielectric losses and impedance matching. Therefore, the layered heteroconductive fillers in a segregated structure optimize impedance matching, provide excellent conductivity, and improve absorption-dominated electromagnetic shielding.
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- Qimei Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
- School of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Chizhou University, Chizhou 247000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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Wang T, Wang X, Pendse A, Gao Y, Wang K, Bae C, Kim S. High-efficient multifunctional electrochemical membrane for lithium polysulfide redox flow batteries. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wang T, Lee J, Wang X, Wang K, Bae C, Kim S. Surface‐engineered Nafion/
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nanocomposite membrane with improved voltage efficiency for vanadium redox flow battery. J Appl Polym Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/app.51628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Tongshuai Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy New York USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy New York USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois USA
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Bulmer JS, Kaniyoor A, Elliott JA. A Meta-Analysis of Conductive and Strong Carbon Nanotube Materials. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2008432. [PMID: 34278614 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202008432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A study of 1304 data points collated over 266 papers statistically evaluates the relationships between carbon nanotube (CNT) material characteristics, including: electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties; ampacity; density; purity; microstructure alignment; molecular dimensions and graphitic perfection; and doping. Compared to conductive polymers and graphitic intercalation compounds, which have exceeded the electrical conductivity of copper, CNT materials are currently one-sixth of copper's conductivity, mechanically on-par with synthetic or carbon fibers, and exceed all the other materials in terms of a multifunctional metric. Doped, aligned few-wall CNTs (FWCNTs) are the most superior CNT category; from this, the acid-spun fiber subset are the most conductive, and the subset of fibers directly spun from floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition are strongest on a weight basis. The thermal conductivity of multiwall CNT material rivals that of FWCNT materials. Ampacity follows a diameter-dependent power-law from nanometer to millimeter scales. Undoped, aligned FWCNT material reaches the intrinsic conductivity of CNT bundles and single-crystal graphite, illustrating an intrinsic limit requiring doping for copper-level conductivities. Comparing an assembly of CNTs (forming mesoscopic bundles, then macroscopic material) to an assembly of graphene (forming single-crystal graphite crystallites, then carbon fiber), the ≈1 µm room-temperature, phonon-limited mean-free-path shared between graphene, metallic CNTs, and activated semiconducting CNTs is highlighted, deemphasizing all metallic helicities for CNT power transmission applications.
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- John S Bulmer
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK
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Khan FSA, Mubarak NM, Tan YH, Khalid M, Karri RR, Walvekar R, Abdullah EC, Nizamuddin S, Mazari SA. A comprehensive review on magnetic carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube-based buckypaper for removal of heavy metals and dyes. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 413:125375. [PMID: 33930951 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Industrial effluents contain several organic and inorganic contaminants. Among others, dyes and heavy metals introduce a serious threat to drinking waterbodies. These pollutants can be noxious or carcinogenic in nature, and harmful to humans and different aquatic species. Therefore, it is of high importance to remove heavy metals and dyes to reduce their environmental toxicity. This has led to an extensive research for the development of novel materials and techniques for the removal of heavy metals and dyes. One route to the removal of these pollutants is the utilization of magnetic carbon nanotubes (CNT) as adsorbents. Magnetic carbon nanotubes hold remarkable properties such as surface-volume ratio, higher surface area, convenient separation methods, etc. The suitable characteristics of magnetic carbon nanotubes have led them to an extensive search for their utilization in water purification. Along with magnetic carbon nanotubes, the buckypaper (BP) membranes are also favorable due to their unique strength, high porosity, and adsorption capability. However, BP membranes are mostly used for salt removal from the aqueous phase and limited literature shows their applications for removal of heavy metals and dyes. This study focuses on the existence of heavy metal ions and dyes in the aquatic environment, and methods for their removal. Various fabrication approaches for the development of magnetic-CNTs and CNT-based BP membranes are also discussed. With the remarkable separation performance and ultra-high-water flux, magnetic-CNTs, and CNT-based BP membranes have a great potential to be the leading technologies for water treatment in future.
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- Fahad Saleem Ahmed Khan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, 98009 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, 98009 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, 98009 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Graphene & Advanced 2D Materials Research Group (GAMRG), School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, No. 5, Jalan University, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Petroleum, and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Brunei Darussalam
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Jalan Sunsuria, Bandar Sunsuria, 43900 Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Process Engineering, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
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Electrically conductive cotton fabric coatings developed by silica sol-gel precursors doped with surfactant-aided dispersion of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes fillers in organic solvent-free aqueous solution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 586:120-134. [PMID: 33162044 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.10.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS From the end of the twentieth century, the growing interest in a new generation of wearable electronics with attractive application for military, medical and smart textiles fields has led to a wide investigation of chemical finishes for the production of electronic textiles (e-textiles). EXPERIMENTS Herein, a novel method to turn insulating cotton fabrics in electrically conductive by the deposition of three-dimensional hierarchical vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNT) is proposed. Two VACNT samples with different length were synthesized and then dispersed in 4-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid combined with silica-based sol-gel precursors. The dispersed VACNT were separately compounded with a polyurethane thickener to obtain homogeneous spreadable pastes, finally coated onto cotton surfaces by the "knife-over-roll" technique. FINDINGS Shorter VACNT-based composite showed the best electrical conductivity, with a sheet resistance value less than 4.0 · 104 ± 6.7 · 103 Ω/sq. As demonstrated, developed e-textiles are suitable for application as humidity sensing materials in wearable smart textiles by exhibiting adequate response time for end-users and repeatability at several exposure cycles, still maintaining excellent flexibility. The proposed environmentally-friendly and cost-effective method can be easily widened to the scalable production of CNT-containing conductive flexible coatings, providing additional support to the development of real integration between electronics and textiles.
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Huang Z, Dyson PJ. Depletion Effect-mediated Association of Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites and Their Application as Inexpensive Electrode Support Materials. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:5353-5358. [PMID: 32568553 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The association between carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and polymers to afford functional composites has been attributed to enthalpic interactions, neglecting the entropic depletion effect, in which bound solvents are released during the association process. Here, we show that association between multiwalled CNTs and common polymers is governed by the depletion effect, generating a corresponding entropic free energy up to ca. 13 kJ mol-1 at room temperature, while the enthalpic contribution is insignificant or even negative. Notably, association between the polymers and the CNTs takes place preferentially at the highly stacked CNT junctions, leading to mechanical reinforcement without impacting conductivity. Consequently, high-performance composite membranes were fabricated from inexpensive multiwalled CNTs and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and were used as electrode supports for platinum (Pt) nanoparticles, affording specific currents 6-7-fold higher than that of Pt foil in the hydrogen evolution reaction and displaying outstanding stability.
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- Zhangjun Huang
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Danish M, Luo S. A New Route to Enhance the Packing Density of Buckypaper for Superior Piezoresistive Sensor Characteristics. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 20:E2904. [PMID: 32443850 PMCID: PMC7287720 DOI: 10.3390/s20102904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Transforming individual carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into bulk form is necessary for the utilization of the extraordinary properties of CNTs in sensor applications. Individual CNTs are randomly arranged when transformed into the bulk structure in the form of buckypaper. The random arrangement has many pores among individual CNTs, which can be treated as gaps or defects contributing to the degradation of CNT properties in the bulk form. A novel technique of filling these gaps is successfully developed in this study and termed as a gap-filling technique (GFT). The GFT is implemented on SWCNT-based buckypaper in which the pores are filled through small-size MWCNTs, resulting in a ~45.9% improvement in packing density. The GFT is validated through the analysis of packing density along with characterization and surface morphological study of buckypaper using Raman spectrum, particle size analysis, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and optical microscopy. The sensor characteristics parameters of buckypaper are investigated using a dynamic mechanical analyzer attached with a digital multimeter. The percentage improvement in the electrical conductivity, tensile gauge factor, tensile strength and failure strain of a GFT-implemented buckypaper sensor are calculated as 4.11 ± 0.61, 44.81 ± 1.72, 49.82 ± 8.21 and 113.36 ± 28.74, respectively.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China;
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Martinez-Rubi Y, Ashrafi B, Jakubinek MB, Zou S, Laqua K, Barnes M, Simard B. Fabrication of High Content Carbon Nanotube-Polyurethane Sheets with Tailorable Properties. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:30840-30849. [PMID: 28829567 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b09208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We have fabricated carbon nanotube (CNT)-polyurethane (TPU) sheets via a one-step filtration method that uses a TPU solvent/nonsolvent combination. This solution method allows for control of the composition and processing conditions, significantly reducing both the filtration time and the need for large volumes of solvent to debundle the CNTs. Through an appropriate selection of the solvents and tuning the solvent/nonsolvent ratio, it is possible to enhance the interaction between the CNTs and the polymer chains in solution and improve the CNT exfoliation in the nanocomposites. The composition of the nanocomposites, which defines the characteristics of the material and its mechanical properties, can be precisely controlled. The highest improvements in tensile properties were achieved at a CNT:TPU weight ratio around 35:65 with a Young's modulus of 1270 MPa, stress at 50% strain of 35 MPa, and strength of 41 MPa, corresponding to ∼10-fold improvement in modulus and ∼7-fold improvement in stress at 50% strain, while maintaining a high failure strain. At the same composition, CNTs with higher aspect ratio produce nanocomposites with greater improvements (e.g., strength of 99 MPa). Electrical conductivity also shows a maximum near the same composition, where it can exceed the values achieved for the pristine nanotube buckypaper. The trend in mechanical and electrical properties was understood in terms of the CNT-TPU interfacial interactions and morphological changes occurring in the nanocomposite sheets as a function of increasing the TPU content. The availability of such a simple method and the understanding of the structure-property relationships are expected to be broadly applicable in the nanocomposites field.
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- Yadienka Martinez-Rubi
- Security and Disruptive Technologies, National Research Council Canada , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Aerospace, National Research Council Canada , Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Security and Disruptive Technologies, National Research Council Canada , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Measurement Science and Standards, National Research Council Canada , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Aerospace, National Research Council Canada , Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Security and Disruptive Technologies, National Research Council Canada , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Security and Disruptive Technologies, National Research Council Canada , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Buckypapers of 4,4′-oxydianiline-modified polyvinylchloride and functional nano-filler obtained by resin infusion method. IRANIAN POLYMER JOURNAL 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s13726-016-0415-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Matsumoto N, Chen G, Yumura M, Futaba DN, Hata K. Quantitative assessment of the effect of purity on the properties of single wall carbon nanotubes. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:5126-5133. [PMID: 25732951 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr07618d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We quantitatively demonstrate the importance of high purity for the application of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), materials solely composed of one surface, by examining the effects of carbon impurities on the electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties of both as-grown SWCNT forests and processed buckypaper. While decreases in properties were expected, our results showed the extreme sensitivity of SWCNT properties to carbonaceous impurities either through scattering in the individual SWCNTs or an inhibition of the ability to form inter-SWCNT junctions. Each property showed a nonlinear decrease (as high as 40%) with the addition of low levels of carbon impurities (∼15 wt%), which demonstrates that purity is as important as the crystalline structure.
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- Naoyuki Matsumoto
- Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (TASC), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
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Piao M, Joo MK, Choi JH, Shin JM, Moon YS, Kim GT, Dettlaff-Weglikowska U. Evaluation of power generated by thermoelectric modules comprising a p-type and n-type single walled carbon nanotube composite paper. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra13893k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Thermoelectric modules were fabricated from p-type and n-type SWCNT composite papers, and were demonstrated as efficient thermoelectric materials.
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- Mingxing Piao
- School of Electrical Engineering
- Korea University
- Seoul
- South Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering
- Korea University
- Seoul
- South Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering
- Korea University
- Seoul
- South Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering
- Korea University
- Seoul
- South Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering
- Korea University
- Seoul
- South Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering
- Korea University
- Seoul
- South Korea
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