Producing superior composites by winding carbon nanotubes onto a mandrel under a poly(vinyl alcohol) spray

Wei Liu; Xiaohua Zhang; Geng Xu; Philip D. Bradford; Xin Wang; Haibo Zhao; Yingying Zhang; Quanxi Jia; Fuh Gwo Yuan; Qingwen Li; Yiping Qiu; Yuntian Zhu

doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2011.06.089

Producing superior composites by winding carbon nanotubes onto a mandrel under a poly(vinyl alcohol) spray

Wei Liu
, Xiaohua Zhang
, Geng Xu
, Philip D. Bradford
, Xin Wang
, Haibo Zhao
, Yingying Zhang
, Quanxi Jia
, Fuh Gwo Yuan
, Qingwen Li
, Yiping Qiu
, Yuntian Zhu

Department of Materials Design and Innovation

Donghua University
North Carolina State University
CAS - Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Abstract

A simple method for processing high-performance carbon nanotube (CNT)/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) composites by coupling the spraying of a PVA solution with the continuous winding of CNT sheets from an array onto a rotating mandrel is reported. This method allows the CNT composites to have a high CNT volume fraction, while having a high degree of alignment, long CNTs, and good integration with the matrix, which are extremely difficult to realize simultaneously by other processes. As a result, the composites have a toughness, strength and electrical conductivity up to 100 J/g, 1.8 GPa and 780 S/cm, respectively. Such a one-step synthesis process is promising for industrial productions and also works for different types of polymers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4786-4791
Number of pages	6
Journal	Carbon
Volume	49
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2011.06.089
State	Published - Nov 2011

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