Conducting polymer-carbon nanotubes composites

M. Tahhan, University of Wollongong
N. Barisci, University of Wollongong
G. G. Wallace, University of Wollongong

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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.