The effect of milled carbon fibre filler on electrical conductivity in highly conductive polymer composites

2017 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 153-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabilah Afiqah Mohd Radzuan ◽  
Mohd Yusuf Zakaria ◽  
Abu Bakar Sulong ◽  
Jaafar Sahari
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Carbon Fibre ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Conductive Polymer ◽  
Fibre Filler ◽  
Conductive Polymer Composites

Electrical properties of extruded milled carbon fibre and polypropylene

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (22) ◽  
pp. 3187-3195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabilah Afiqah Mohd Radzuan ◽  
Abu Bakar Sulong ◽  
Mahendra Rao Somalu
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Composite Material ◽  
Carbon Fibre ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Polymer Composite ◽  
Conductive Polymer ◽  
Filler Loading ◽  
Contact Model ◽  
Conductive Polymer Composites ◽  
Effective Media

A milled carbon fibre and polypropylene polymer composite at high filler loading was developed to produce conductive polymer composites for high conductive applications. Current research of conductive polymer composite material has reported about in-plane conductivity that was often higher than through-plane conductivity, which contradicted with the target of applications that required higher electrical conductivity in the through-plane direction. Therefore, electrical conductivity in parallel and transverse to extrusion directions were investigated. The general-effective media and modified fibre contact model were adapted to predict the electrical conductivity of the composite material. The experimental conductivity data of polypropylene/milled carbon fibre composites for transverse and parallel directions were not correlated with the general-effective media model with 2.009 and 0.663 S/cm, respectively, at the highest filler loading of 80 wt.%. This disagreement was due to various critical exponential, t values (2–3.25) that were obtained in this study. However, the modified fibre contact model seemed to have good agreement with the experimental data in the parallel to extrusion direction. This model was unable to predict electrical conductivity in the transverse direction due to lack of orientation occurring in that direction. The electrical conductivity increased as the filler loading increased as explained in percolation theory. Predicting the electrical conductivity of conductive polymer composites material is still in the preliminary stages where the researcher often obtains fluctuating agreement with the experimental values. Thus, contact between filler and orientation is considered as the main factor that influences the electrical conductivity and mechanical strength of the conductive polymer composites material.

Development of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Conductive Polymer Composites for PEM Fuel Cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 729 ◽  
pp. 260-265
Author(s):  
M. Olah ◽  
Ferenc Ronkay
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Filler Content ◽  
Conductive Polymer ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Pem Fuel Cells ◽  
Conductive Polymer Composites ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Matrix Compound ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Investigation of conductive polymer composites have been carried out using polypropylene (PP) and polyphenylene sulfonate (PPS) for matrix compound and graphite, carbon black and multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) for fillers. The comparison of these matrix materials with respect to the resulting electrical conductivity were investigated in depth. The effect of quantity of nanotubes and their dispersion on electrical conductivity and formability was also investigated. It has been found that PPS composites show much higher conductivity, however the high temperature needed for forming, and high viscosity in case of high filler content (50 wt% <) make the processing difficult, therefore the injection molding of the resulting material is currently not possible. Furthermore in contradiction to the literature the addition of MWCNT did not raise the conductivity significantly, therefore the focus have been kept on filler content instead.

Novel conductive polymer composites based on poly(butylene terephtalate) filled with carbon fibers

e-Polymers ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liubov Bardash ◽  
Gisèle Boiteux ◽  
Gérard Seytre ◽  
Chady Hakme ◽  
Nicolas Dargère ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Fibre ◽  
Percolation Threshold ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Carbon Fibers ◽  
Conductive Polymer ◽  
Processing Conditions ◽  
Butylene Terephthalate ◽  
Conductive Polymer Composites ◽  
Cyclic Butylene Terephthalate ◽  
Conducting Polymer Composites

AbstractPoly(butylene terephthalate) (cPBT) synthesized from cyclic Butylene Terephthalate oligomers (CBT) was used as a matrix for carbon fibre (CF) conducting polymer composites (CPC). DSC, rheological studies and measurements of torque of CBT/CF were performed in order to optimise the processing conditions of CPC. DC and AC measurements were carried out for these composites and have shown a low percolation threshold for cPBT/CF.

scholarly journals Mechanically Enhanced Electrical Conductivity of Polydimethylsiloxane-Based Composites by a Hot Embossing Process

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolong Gao ◽  
Yao Huang ◽  
Xiaoxiang He ◽  
Xiaojing Fan ◽  
Ying Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Percolation Threshold ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Flexible Electronics ◽  
Conductive Polymer ◽  
Hot Embossing ◽  
Electrical Percolation ◽  
Flexible Polymer ◽  
Conductive Polymer Composites ◽  
Conducting Filler

Electrically conductive polymer composites are in high demand for modern technologies, however, the intrinsic brittleness of conducting conjugated polymers and the moderate electrical conductivity of engineering polymer/carbon composites have highly constrained their applications. In this work, super high electrical conductive polymer composites were produced by a novel hot embossing design. The polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composites containing short carbon fiber (SCF) exhibited an electrical percolation threshold at 0.45 wt%, and reached a saturated electrical conductivity of 49 S/m at 8 wt% of SCF. When reduced the sample thickness from 1.0 mm to 0.1 mm by the hot embossing process, a compression-induced percolation threshold occurred at 0.3 wt%, while the electrical conductivity was further enhanced to 378 S/m at 8 wt% SCF. Furthermore, the additional of a second nanofiller of 1 wt%, such as carbon nanotube or conducting carbon black further increased the electrical conductivity of the PDMS/SCF (8 wt%) composites to 909 S/m and 657 S/m, respectively. The synergy of the densified conducting filler network by the mechanical compression and the hierarchical micro-/nanoscale filler approach has realize super high electrical conductive yet mechanical flexible polymer composites for modern flexible electronics applications.

Effect of Electrical Conductivity and Physical Performance about Vulcanization System in Conductive Silicon Rubber

2014 ◽  
Vol 577 ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
Yue Xian Zhang ◽  
Bin Li
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Conductive Polymer ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Silicon Rubber ◽  
Conductive Polymer Composites ◽  
Rubber Composite ◽  
Influence Degree

Vulcanization methods of conductive silicon rubber are described in this paper. Several common vulcanization agents are also be introduced. The conductivity and mechanical properties of the conductive silicon rubber composite materials are effected by vulcanization systems. The influence degree is introduced by respectively using different vulcanization method, vulcanizing time and vulcanizing temperature. The research progress of vulcanization system of conductive polymer composites is elaborated.

scholarly journals Dielectrical properties of composites LDPE+CB

2010 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-191
Author(s):  
Blanka Skipina ◽  
Dusko Dudic ◽  
Dusan Kostoski ◽  
Jablan Dojcilovic
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Conductive Polymer ◽  
Dissipation Factor ◽  
Filler Concentration ◽  
Electrical Insulator ◽  
Conductive Polymer Composites ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Filler Particles ◽  
Dielectrical Properties

There is currently great interest in the technological properties of conductive polymer composites because their cost-performance balance. They have a wide range of industrial applications -in anti-static materials, self regulating heaters, current overload and overheating protection devices, and materials for electromagnetic radiation shielding. Measurements of the electrical properties of polymer composites are one of the most convenient and sensitive methods for studying polymer structure. A polymer composite differs substantially from a free polymer in a wide range of properties. The presence of filler affects both the electrical, as well as mechanical properties. One of the most important characteristics of conductive polymer composites is that their electrical conductivity increases nonlinearly with the increase of the concentration of filler particles. When the concentration of filler particles reaches a certain critical value, a drastic transition from an electrical insulator to a conductor is exhibited. This conductivity behavior resulting in a sudden insulator-conductor transition is ascribed to a percolation process, and the critical filler concentration at which the conductivity jump occurs is called ?percolation threshold?. In the past few years, a lot of studies have been carried out to analyze the percolation phenomenon and mechanisms of the conductive behavior in conductive polymer composites. It has been established that the electrical conductivity of conductive polymer composites uncommonly depends on the temperature. Some of such composites show a sharp increase and/or decrease in electrical conductivity at specific temperatures. The conductive temperature coefficient (CTC) of conductive polymer composites has been widely investigated. In these work we investigated how concentration of the CB affects the dielectrical properties of the composite LDPE+CB. The ac electrical conductivity, ?ac, for such composites was measured. The temperature and frequency dependence of the dissipation factor were analyzed. It was found that the ac conductivity and dissipation factor were highly affected by the concentration of the filler.

scholarly journals The Influence of Compounding Parameters on the Electrical Conductivity of LDPE/Cu Conductive Polymer Composites (CPCs)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2080 (1) ◽  
pp. 012008
Author(s):  
Farah Badrul ◽  
Khairul Anwar Abdul Halim ◽  
MohdArif Anuar Mohd Salleh ◽  
Azlin Fazlina Osman ◽  
Nor Asiah Muhamad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Conductive Polymer ◽  
Conductive Filler ◽  
Filler Loading ◽  
Electrically Conductive ◽  
Statistical Software ◽  
Conductive Polymer Composites ◽  
The Matrix

Abstract Low-linear density (LDPE) and copper (Cu) were used as main polymer matrix and conductive filler in order to produce electrically conductive polymer composites (CPC). The selection of the matrix and conductive filler were based on their due to its excellence properties, resistance to corrosion, low cost and electrically conductive. This research works is aimed to establish the effect of compounding parameter on the electrical conductivity of LDPE/Cu composites utilising the design of experiments (DOE). The CPCs was compounded using an internal mixer where all formulations were designed by statistical software. The scanning electron micrograph (SEM) revealed that the Cu conductive filler had a flake-like shape, and the electrical conductivity was found to be increased with increasing filler loading as measured using the four-point probe technique. The conductivity data obtained were then analysed by using the statistical software to establish the relationship between the compounding parameters and electrical conductivity where it was found based that the compounding parameters have had an effect on the conductivity of the CPC.

Three-dimensional porous stretchable and conductive polymer composites based on graphene networks grown by chemical vapour deposition and PEDOT:PSS coating

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (15) ◽  
pp. 3169-3172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengting Chen ◽  
Shasha Duan ◽  
Ling Zhang ◽  
Zhihui Wang ◽  
Chunzhong Li
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Vapour Deposition ◽  
Conductive Polymer ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Chemical Vapour ◽  
Electrical Performance ◽  
Retention Capacity ◽  
Cvd Graphene ◽  
Conductive Polymer Composites

The porous CVD graphene–PEDOT:PSS–PDMS composite has outstanding electrical performance, including higher electrical conductivity and better resistance retention capacity than the CVD graphene–PDMS composite.

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