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- Title
Uncertainties in Electric Circuit Analysis of Anisotropic Electrical Conductivity and Piezoresistivity of Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites.
- Authors
Lomov, Stepan V.; Gudkov, Nikita A.; Abaimov, Sergey G.
- Abstract
Electrical conductivity and piezoresistivity of carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposites are analyzed by nodal analysis for aligned and random CNT networks dependent on the intrinsic CNT conductivity and tunneling barrier values. In the literature, these parameters are assigned with significant uncertainty; often, the intrinsic resistivity is neglected. We analyze the variability of homogenized conductivity, its sensitivity to deformation, and the validity of the assumption of zero intrinsic resistivity. A fast algorithm for simulation of a gauge factor is proposed. The modelling shows: (1) the uncertainty of homogenization caused by the uncertainty in CNT electrical properties is higher than the uncertainty, caused by the nanocomposite randomness; (2) for defect-prone nanotubes (intrinsic conductivity ~104 S/m), the influence of tunneling barrier energy on both the homogenized conductivity and gauge factor is weak, but it becomes stronger for CNTs with higher intrinsic conductivity; (3) the assumption of infinite intrinsic conductivity (defect-free nanotubes) has strong influence on the homogenized conductivity.
- Subjects
ELECTRIC circuit analysis; ELECTRIC conductivity; NODAL analysis; ACTIVATION energy; NANOTUBES; NANOCOMPOSITE materials; CARBON nanotubes
- Publication
Polymers (20734360), 2022, Vol 14, Issue 22, p4794
- ISSN
2073-4360
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/polym14224794