Issue 12, 2010

Multifunctional single-walled carbon nanotube–cellulose composite paper

Abstract

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have been used as fillers to produce electrically conductive composite papers. While conductive composite papers have been made using other fillers, they either suffer from instability or low conductivity. Using simple papermaking techniques, we have made SWCNT–cellulose composite paper which possesses a conductivity of 3 × 10−2 S cm−1 and is comparable to or exceeds other reports of carbon nanotube–cellulose papers made by layer-by-layer assembly. These composite papers are multifunctional, having both improved electrical conductivity and enhanced flame retardant properties over the control paper.

Graphical abstract: Multifunctional single-walled carbon nanotube–cellulose composite paper

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Nov 2009
Accepted
16 Jan 2010
First published
12 Feb 2010

J. Mater. Chem., 2010,20, 2400-2407

Multifunctional single-walled carbon nanotube–cellulose composite paper

R. E. Anderson, J. Guan, M. Ricard, G. Dubey, J. Su, G. Lopinski, G. Dorris, O. Bourne and B. Simard, J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 2400 DOI: 10.1039/B924260K

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