نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 استادیار، مهندسی مکانیک، دانشگاه علم و فرهنگ و پژوهشکده توسعه تکنولوژی جهاد دانشگاهی صنعتی شریف، تهران،ایران

2 2 دانشیار، مهندسی مکانیک، دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران، تهران، ایران

3 دانشجوی دکترا، مهندسی مکانیک، پژوهشکده توسعه تکنولوژی جهاد دانشگاهی صنعتی شریف، تهران، ایران

4 استاد، مهندسی مکانیک، دانشگاه تربیت مدرس، تهران، ایران

10.22068/jstc.2018.93235.1471

چکیده

هدف این پژوهش توسعه کامپوزیت‌های زمینه پلیمری رسانا می باشد به‌طوری‌که مقدار این رسانایی بالاتر از حد استاندارد موسسه انرژی آمریکا باشد. در این صورت کامپوزیت‌های توسعه داده شده می‌توانند در ساخت الکترودها مورد استفاده قرار بگیرند. بدین منظور ذرات هادی دوده، نانولوله کربنی و گرافیت منبسط‌شده با درصدهای وزنی مختلف (5، 10، 15، 20، 25، 35 درصد ) به رزین اپوکسی اضافه شده و هدایت الکتریکی نمونه‌ها مطابق استاندارد روش چهار نقطه‌ای اندازه‌گیری شده است. متوسط آستانه تراوایی الکتریکی برای پلیمرهای حاوی ذرات دوده، نانو لوله کربنی و گرافیت منبسط شده به ترتیب 25، 10 و15 درصد وزنی بدست آمده است. همچنین تأثیر پارامترهای مختلف ساخت ازجمله استفاده از پمپ خلأ و گرمادهی روی هدایت الکتریکی نمونه های کامپوزیتی مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. آزمایش‌ها نشان دادند استفاده از پمپ خلاء هدایتی الکتریکی را به ترتیب 10.8 ، 11.4 و 9.6 درصد در نمونه های دوده و نانو لوله کربنی و گرافیت منبسط شده افزایش داده است. به منظور افزایش مقاومت مکانیکی نمونه‌های پلیمری هادی از ده لایه پارچه کربنی تک جهته استفاده شده و نشان داده شد استفاده از الیاف کربن هدایت الکتریکی را به ترتیب 23.2، 27.3 و 24.7درصد برای نمونه های حاوی دوده ، گرافیت منبسط‌شده و نانولوله کربنی افزایش داده است. با استفاده از تصاویر تهیه شده به کمک میکروسکوپ الکترونی روبشی کیفیت توزیع نانو ذرات در نمونه‌ها بررسی شده است.

کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله [English]

Electrical conductivity enhancement of Carbon/Epoxy composites using nanoparticles

نویسندگان [English]

  • mohamad tabatabaee 1
  • Fathollah Taheri-Behrooz 2
  • seyed morteza razavi 3
  • gholam hossein liaghat 4

1 Technology Development Institute, ACECR and Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Ira

2 School of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology of Iran, Tehran, Iran

3 Technology Development Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Mechanical Engineering, TarbiatModares University, Tehran, Iran

چکیده [English]

The present research work was aimed at developing conductive polymer-based composites in order to have a higher conductivity than the standard level of the Energy Institute of America. In this case, the composites can be applied to make electrodes. For this purpose, carbon clack particles, carbon nanotube and expanded graphite with different weight percentages (5%, 10%, 15%, 25%, and 35%) were added to the epoxy resin and the electrical conductivity of the samples was measured according to the four-point standard method. The average electrical conductivity threshold for carbon clack particles, carbon nanotube and expanded graphite was determined at 25, 10, and 15, respectively. Furthermore, the effect of different construction parameters such as the use of vacuum pumps and heating on the electrical conductivity of the composite samples was also investigated. The experiments revealed that the use of the vacuum pump increased the electrical conductivity by 10.8%, 11.4% and 9.6% in carbon black, carbon nanotube, and expanded graphite samples, respectively. In order to increase the mechanical strength of the conductive polymer samples, ten layers of unidirectional carbon fabric were used. The results obtained showed that the use of carbon fibers enhanced the electrical conductivity by 23.2%, 27.3%, and 24.7% for carbon black, expanded graphite, and carbon nanotube samples, respectively. Ultimately, using the scanned electron microscopy images, the quality of the nanoparticle distribution in the samples was investigated.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • electrical conductivityr
  • carbon black
  • Expanded graphite
  • carbon nano tube
  • electrical conductivity threshold
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