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- Title
Modeling of Electrical Conductivity for Polymer–Carbon Nanofiber Systems.
- Authors
Khalil Arjmandi, Sajad; Khademzadeh Yeganeh, Jafar; Zare, Yasser; Rhee, Kyong Yop
- Abstract
There is not a simple model for predicting the electrical conductivity of carbon nanofiber (CNF)–polymer composites. In this manuscript, a model is proposed to predict the conductivity of CNF-filled composites. The developed model assumes the roles of CNF volume fraction, CNF dimensions, percolation onset, interphase thickness, CNF waviness, tunneling length among nanoparticles, and the fraction of the networked CNF. The outputs of the developed model correctly agree with the experimentally measured conductivity of several samples. Additionally, parametric analyses confirm the acceptable impacts of main factors on the conductivity of composites. A higher conductivity is achieved by smaller waviness and lower radius of CNFs, lower percolation onset, less tunnel distance, and higher levels of interphase depth and fraction of percolated CNFs in the nanocomposite. The maximum conductivity is obtained at 2.37 S/m by the highest volume fraction and length of CNFs.
- Subjects
PERCOLATION; POLYMERIC nanocomposites; TUNNEL design &; construction
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2022, Vol 15, Issue 19, p7041
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma15197041