Highly conductive graphene oxide/polyaniline hybrid polymer nanocomposites with simultaneously improved mechanical properties

Xiuyan Cheng, Vipin Kumar, Tomohiro Yokozeki, Teruya Goto, Tatsuhiro Takahashi, Jun Koyanagi, Lixin Wu, Rui Wang

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Abstract

Graphene oxide (GO) was added to a polymer composites system consisting of surfactant-wrapped/doped polyaniline (PANI) and divinylbenzene (DVB). The nanocomposites were fabricated by a simple blending, ultrasonic dispersion and curing process. The new composites show higher conductivity (0.02-9.8 S/cm) than the other reported polymer system filled with PANI (10-9-10-1 S/cm). With only 0.45 wt% loading of GO, at least 29% enhancement in electric conductivity and 29.8% increase in bending modulus of the composites were gained. Besides, thermal stability of the composites was also improved. UV-Vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that addition of GO improves the dispersion of PANI in the polymer composite, which is the key to realize high conductivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)100-107
Number of pages8
JournalComposites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
Volume82
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2016
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science15K06454

    Keywords

    • A. Graphene
    • A. Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs)
    • B. Electrical properties
    • B. Mechanical properties

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