Enhanced mechanical and electrical properties of carbon nanotube buckypaper by in situ cross-linking

The combination of carbon nanotube buckypaper and insulating adhesive for lightning strike protection of the carbon fiber/epoxy laminates

“…Since the BPs have electrical conductivity in the range of 10 3 -10 5 S/m [12][13][14][15][16][17], they are believed to be good candidates for many applications, such as deicers [16], electrodes [18], actuators [11,19], sensors [20], organic light-emitting diodes [21] and electromagnetic shielding [22], etc. In addition, the density of the BPs is as low as 0.25-0.83 g/cm 3 [23-25], compared to the 8.9 g/cm 3 of Cu and 2.7 g/cm 3 of Al.…”

Scalable and high-yield production of exfoliated graphene sheets in water and its application to an all-solid-state supercapacitor

“…Furthermore, the electrical properties of the filtered graphene papers prepared in this study exhibited superior reproducibility (<5%). Notably, the electrical conductivity of the graphene paper prepared in this study was comparable to or even greater than that of pristine carbon nanotube buckypapers [51]. Furthermore, the filtered graphene films also demonstrated excellent structural integrity during bending.…”

Solvent-free functionalization of carbon nanotube buckypaper with amines

“…The phase contrast AFM images, also presented in Figure 9 for comparison, are capable of providing complementary information such as a qualitative estimation of relative stiffness of BP mat M a n u s c r i p t 19 surfaces, which in turn can be correlated with the formation of functionalizing layer on MWCNT sidewalls. As it is known, the regions appearing brighter in the phase image correspond to the stiffer, whereas the darker regions correspond to the softer parts of surfaces [27,28].…”

“…Until now, this attractive possibility remained underexplored, for the following reason: it is difficult to perform liquid-phase chemical treatment of any sort without compromising the integrity of buckypaper. A very limited number of works related to its organic functionalization can be exemplified by the covalent cross-linking of aminated [19] and thiolated [20] MWCNT mats A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t 5 with benzoquinone, and co-immobilization of horseradish peroxidase and methylene blue on chitosan-treated buckypaper [21].…”