Printing of highly conductive carbon nanotubes fibres from aqueous dispersion

Publication date: 15 February 2017
Source:Materials & Design, Volume 116
Author(s): Dawid Janas, Stefanie K. Kreft, Krzysztof K.K. Koziol
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) fibres were printed from liquid suspension. The resulting fibres are highly conductive, with conductivity close to the one of standard CNT fibres, flexible and very versatile. The printed fibres are comparable to fibres that can be gained from direct spinning, carpet spinning and spinning from superacids, but offer broader range of composition and are simpler and safer to produce as no high-temperature equipment and dangerous chemicals need to be used. Any CNT material can be implemented, allowing the use of a variety of CNT structures, different densities of the fibres and various shapes for the final product.

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