High-power non-enzymatic glucose biofuel cells based on three-dimensional platinum nanoclusters immobilized on multiwalled carbon nanotubes

2014 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
pp. 159-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Zhao ◽  
Louzhen Fan ◽  
Dongmei Gao ◽  
Jingling Ren ◽  
Bo Hong
2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (24) ◽  
pp. 3413-3431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kadir Bilisik ◽  
Nesrin Karaduman ◽  
Gulhan Erdogan ◽  
Erdal Sapanci ◽  
Sila Gungor

The in-plane shear properties of nanostitched three-dimensional (3D) carbon/epoxy composites were investigated. Adding the stitching fiber or multiwalled carbon nanotubes or nanostitched fiber into carbon fabric preform slightly improved the shear strength and modulus of stitched and stitched nanocomposites. The in-plane shear fracture of the base and nanostructures was extensive delamination and tensile fiber failures in the sheared region. But, the stitched and stitched nanocomposites had angular deformation of the stitching yarns in the fiber scissoring areas, shear hackles in the matrix and successive fiber breakages in the interlayers. Probably, this mechanism prohibited extensive interlayer opening in the nanostitched composites. The results exhibited that introducing the stitching fiber (1.44%) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (0.03125%) in the base structure enhanced its transverse fracture properties as a form of confined delamination area. Therefore, the damaged tolerance properties of the stitched nanocomposites were enhanced.


2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Ribeiro ◽  
RB Pipes ◽  
ML Costa ◽  
EC Botelho

Polyphenylene sulfide-based nanocomposites filled with unmodified multiwalled carbon nanotubes from 0.5 wt% to 8.0 wt% have been prepared by melt mixing technique with a single-screw extruder and hot press. Transmission electronic microscopy and scanning electron microscopy analysis were carried out in order to assess the multiwalled carbon nanotubes dispersion throughout the polyphenylene sulfide matrix. Electrical conductivity of the polymer was dramatically enhanced by about 11 decades between 2.0 wt% and 3.0 wt% of nanotubes, suggesting the formation of three-dimensional conductive network within the polymeric matrix. The storage modulus (G′) of neat polyphenylene sulfide presented an increase by two orders of magnitude when 2.0 wt% of pristine multiwalled carbon nanotubes was considered, with the formation of an interconnected nanotube structure, indicative of “pseudo-solid-like” behavior. In addition, percolation networks were formed when the loading levels achieve up to 1.5 wt% for multiwalled carbon nanotubes/polyphenylene sulfide composites.


2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (10) ◽  
pp. 106112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Zulhakimi Ab Razak ◽  
Zatul Saliza Saleh ◽  
Fauzan Ahmad ◽  
Carol Livan Anyi ◽  
Sulaiman W. Harun ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (60) ◽  
pp. 55071-55078 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhichun Yang ◽  
Waqar Ahmad ◽  
Liang Chu ◽  
Majid Raissan Al-bahrani ◽  
Fanfan Tu ◽  
...  

A novel strategy of fast solvent induced assembly is used to synthesize a three-dimensional (3D) nanocomposite of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and TiO2, as the counter electrode (CE) of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).


2007 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 55-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soo Jin Park ◽  
Se Hyuk Im ◽  
John M. Rhee ◽  
Young Seak Lee

Electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs) are promising high power energy sources for many different applications where high power density, high cycle efficiency and long cycle life are needed. However, because the energy density of EDLCs is small compared to that of rechargeable batteries one needs to increase the capacitance of EDLCs. The nanofiber diameters range from 50 nm to 400 nm, depending on the concentration of polymer solution types, tip-to-collector distance, applied voltage, and viscosity of the solution. The main advantage of the electrospinning process is that it is a simple means to prepare continuous fibers with unusually large surface to volume ratios and pore structure surfaces. So, feature of nanofiber webs are the high specific surface area developed by creating pores on the nanofiber surface. In this work, the multiwalled carbon nanotubes embedded polyacrylonitrile solutions in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) were electrospun to be webs consisting of 350 nm ultrafine nanofibers, which were used to produce a series of activated carbon nanofibers with developed mesoporosity and high electrical conductivity through stabilization, carbonization-activation processes.


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