A Facile Synthesis of Polypyrrole/Carbon Nanotube Composites with Ultrathin, Uniform and Thickness-Tunable Polypyrrole Shells

An improved approach to assemble ultrathin and thickness-tunable polypyrrole (PPy) films onto multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) has been investigated. A facile procedure is demonstrated for controlling the morphology and thickness of PPy film by adding ethanol in the reaction system and a possible...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Bin, Xu, Yiting, Zheng, Yifang, Dai, Lizong, Zhang, Mingqiu, Yang, Jin, Chen, Yujie, Chen, Xudong, Zhou, Juying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2011
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Nano Express
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3211849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21711496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-6-431
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author Zhang, Bin
Xu, Yiting
Zheng, Yifang
Dai, Lizong
Zhang, Mingqiu
Yang, Jin
Chen, Yujie
Chen, Xudong
Zhou, Juying
author_facet Zhang, Bin
Xu, Yiting
Zheng, Yifang
Dai, Lizong
Zhang, Mingqiu
Yang, Jin
Chen, Yujie
Chen, Xudong
Zhou, Juying
author_sort Zhang, Bin
collection PubMed
description An improved approach to assemble ultrathin and thickness-tunable polypyrrole (PPy) films onto multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) has been investigated. A facile procedure is demonstrated for controlling the morphology and thickness of PPy film by adding ethanol in the reaction system and a possible mechanism of the coating formation process is proposed. The coated PPy films can be easily tuned by adding ethanol and adjusting a mass ratio of pyrrole to MWCNTs. Moreover, the thickness of PPy significantly influences the electronic conductivity and capacitive behavior of the PPy/MWCNT composites. The method may provide a facile strategy for tailoring the polymer coating on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for carbon-based device applications.
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spelling pubmed-32118492011-11-09 A Facile Synthesis of Polypyrrole/Carbon Nanotube Composites with Ultrathin, Uniform and Thickness-Tunable Polypyrrole Shells Zhang, Bin Xu, Yiting Zheng, Yifang Dai, Lizong Zhang, Mingqiu Yang, Jin Chen, Yujie Chen, Xudong Zhou, Juying Nanoscale Res Lett Nano Express An improved approach to assemble ultrathin and thickness-tunable polypyrrole (PPy) films onto multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) has been investigated. A facile procedure is demonstrated for controlling the morphology and thickness of PPy film by adding ethanol in the reaction system and a possible mechanism of the coating formation process is proposed. The coated PPy films can be easily tuned by adding ethanol and adjusting a mass ratio of pyrrole to MWCNTs. Moreover, the thickness of PPy significantly influences the electronic conductivity and capacitive behavior of the PPy/MWCNT composites. The method may provide a facile strategy for tailoring the polymer coating on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for carbon-based device applications. Springer 2011-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3211849/ /pubmed/21711496 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-6-431 Text en Copyright ©2011 Zhang et al; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Nano Express
Zhang, Bin
Xu, Yiting
Zheng, Yifang
Dai, Lizong
Zhang, Mingqiu
Yang, Jin
Chen, Yujie
Chen, Xudong
Zhou, Juying
A Facile Synthesis of Polypyrrole/Carbon Nanotube Composites with Ultrathin, Uniform and Thickness-Tunable Polypyrrole Shells
title A Facile Synthesis of Polypyrrole/Carbon Nanotube Composites with Ultrathin, Uniform and Thickness-Tunable Polypyrrole Shells
title_full A Facile Synthesis of Polypyrrole/Carbon Nanotube Composites with Ultrathin, Uniform and Thickness-Tunable Polypyrrole Shells
title_fullStr A Facile Synthesis of Polypyrrole/Carbon Nanotube Composites with Ultrathin, Uniform and Thickness-Tunable Polypyrrole Shells
title_full_unstemmed A Facile Synthesis of Polypyrrole/Carbon Nanotube Composites with Ultrathin, Uniform and Thickness-Tunable Polypyrrole Shells
title_short A Facile Synthesis of Polypyrrole/Carbon Nanotube Composites with Ultrathin, Uniform and Thickness-Tunable Polypyrrole Shells
title_sort facile synthesis of polypyrrole/carbon nanotube composites with ultrathin, uniform and thickness-tunable polypyrrole shells
topic Nano Express
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3211849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21711496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-6-431
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