Improving the electroconductivity and mechanical properties of cellulosic paper with multi-walled carbon nanotube/polyaniline nanocomposites

Xiaochuang Shen; Yanjun Tang; Dingding Zhou; Junhua Zhang; Daliang Guo; Gustavo Friederichs

doi:10.21967/jbb.v1i1.40

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Xiaochuang Shen, Yanjun Tang, Dingding Zhou, Junhua Zhang, Daliang Guo, Gustavo Friederichs. Improving the electroconductivity and mechanical properties of cellulosic paper with multi-walled carbon nanotube/polyaniline nanocomposites[J]. Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2016, 1(1): 48-54. doi: 10.21967/jbb.v1i1.40

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Xiaochuang Shen, Yanjun Tang, Dingding Zhou, Junhua Zhang, Daliang Guo, Gustavo Friederichs. Improving the electroconductivity and mechanical properties of cellulosic paper with multi-walled carbon nanotube/polyaniline nanocomposites[J]. Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2016, 1(1): 48-54. doi: 10.21967/jbb.v1i1.40

Citation:

Xiaochuang Shen, Yanjun Tang, Dingding Zhou, Junhua Zhang, Daliang Guo, Gustavo Friederichs. Improving the electroconductivity and mechanical properties of cellulosic paper with multi-walled carbon nanotube/polyaniline nanocomposites[J]. Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2016, 1(1): 48-54. doi: 10.21967/jbb.v1i1.40

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Improving the electroconductivity and mechanical properties of cellulosic paper with multi-walled carbon nanotube/polyaniline nanocomposites

doi: 10.21967/jbb.v1i1.40

a. Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China;
b. Key Lab of Pulp and Paper Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan 250353, China;
c. Department of Chemical Engineering & Limerick Pulp and Paper Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, E3B 5A3;
d. Department of Forestry, Santa Catarina State University, Lages-SC, Zip Code 88. 523-000, Brazil

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31100442), Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. LY14C160003), Zhejiang Provincial Top Key Academic Discipline of Chemical Engineering and Technology and 521 Talent Cultivation Program of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (Grant No. 11110132521310) and Open Foundation of the Key Lab of Pulp and Paper Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, Qilu University of Technology (Grant No. KF201403).

Abstract

Abstract

Cellulose is the most abundant renewable polymer in the nature, and cellulosic paper is widely used in our daily life. Conferring electroconductivity to cellulosic paper would allow this conventional material to hold great promise for a wide range of energy-related applications. In the present work, multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)/polyaniline (PANI) nanocomposites were synthesized via in situ oxidation polymerization process and characterized by FT-IR and TEM. Subsequently, the application of the synthesized MWCNT/PANI nanocomposites as a wet-end filler for the production of electro-conductive paper was demonstrated/developed. Results showed that the cellulosic paper was imparted with an electro-conductivity of up to 0.14 S·m^-1 while exhibiting a pronounced improvement in mechanical properties as a function of the added MWCNT/PANI nanocomposites.
- Carbon nano tubes,
- Polyaniline,
- Nanocomposites,
- Oxidative polymerization,
- Wet-lay process,
- Cellulosic paper,
- electro-conductivity,
- Mechanical strength