Conducting polymer-carbon nanotubes composites

Authors

May Tahhan, University of WollongongFollow
N. Barisci, University of WollongongFollow
Gordon G. Wallace, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

78013

Publication Details

This paper was originally published as: Tahhan, M, Barisci N and Wallace, GG, Conducting polymer-carbon nanotubes composites, Proceedings of the 2001 1st IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, 28-30 October 2001, 229-232. Copyright IEEE 2001.

Abstract

During the course of this work, three different approaches to the formation of conducting polymer/carbon nanotube (CP/CNT) composites were investigated. The first approach involved the preparation of CNT dispersions using Poly methoxy aniline-5-sulfonic acid (PMAS) as a stabilizer. The second approach investigated involved the use of CNT as the dopant in the electropolymerization of CPs. The third approach involved the electrochemical deposition of a thin polymer film onto the surface of CNT paper. These CNT/CP composites were characterized to determine capacitance, conductivity and mechanical strength.