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Investigation of temperature effect on the electrical properties of MWCNTs/epoxy nanocomposites by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

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Pages 31-41 | Received 07 Nov 2018, Accepted 06 Feb 2019, Published online: 15 May 2019
 

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of the temperature exposure on the electrical properties of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/epoxy based nanocomposites for the temperature range from 20°C to 80°C. The impedance response of the nanocomposites up to 1 wt.% MWCNTs concentrations is investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) for the frequency range from 100 Hz to 110 MHz. Temperature investigations show that MWCNTs/epoxy nanocomposites for all MWCNTs concentrations give negative temperature coefficient response due to thermal activation of charge carriers, and the temperature sensitivity increases with the increase of filler concentration. Moreover, it is also found out that substrate type causes different responses due to the different coefficients of thermal expansion and rheologies of the substrates.

Acknowledgments

This work was partially supported by the Ministry of National Education of Turkey, which provides Abdulkadir Sanli with the scholarship. The author gratefully acknowledges Prof. Dr. -Ing. Olfa Kanoun from the Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology, Technische Universität Chemnitz for fruitful discussions and providing materials and the laboratory equipments.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

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