Multifunctional single-walled carbon nanotube–cellulose composite paper

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have been used as fillers to produce electrically conductive composite papers. While conductive composite papers have been made using other fillers, they either suffer from instability or low conductivity. Using simple papermaking techniques, we have made SWCN...

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Published inJournal of materials chemistry Vol. 20; no. 12; pp. 2400 - 2407
Main Authors Anderson, Robin E., Guan, Jingwen, Ricard, Michelle, Dubey, Girjesh, Su, Joseph, Lopinski, Gregory, Dorris, Gilles, Bourne, Orson, Simard, Benoit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2010
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Summary:Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have been used as fillers to produce electrically conductive composite papers. While conductive composite papers have been made using other fillers, they either suffer from instability or low conductivity. Using simple papermaking techniques, we have made SWCNT-cellulose composite paper which possesses a conductivity of 3 x 10(-2) S cm(-1) and is comparable to or exceeds other reports of carbon nanotube-cellulose papers made by layer-by-layer assembly. These composite papers are multifunctional, having both improved electrical conductivity and enhanced flame retardant properties over the control paper.
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ISSN:0959-9428
1364-5501
DOI:10.1039/b924260k