Fabrication and Properties of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Buckypaper

Abstract

Free-standing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) film known as buckypaper is a method used to address dispersion problems of CNTs. Unique properties of CNTs made the CNTs buckypaper to be considered as promising reinforcement materials in development of high-performance of nanocomposites. Buckypaper was fabricated by dispersing multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in two different types of solution namely Triton X-100 and ethanol then followed by filtration process. In this study, MWCNTs loading and pressure used during filtration process were manipulated. The morphology, thermal and electrical conductivity of the buckypaper produced was studied.