Reversible nonlinear electrical conductive behavior of high-density polyethylene composites

Abstract

The reversible nonlinear electrical conductive properties of high-density polyethylene composites filled separately with carbon black (CB), ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and carbon fiber (CF) were measured using a four-electrode method. It was found that these composites presented significant reversible nonlinear electrical conductive behavior under these experimental conditions; the correlation between the current density and the electrical field intensity was linear in a bi-logarithmic coordinate system; both the crossover current density and the conductivity were approximately a linear function of the conductivity in a bi-logarithmic coordinate system; there was a synergic effect in the electrical conductivity percolation threshold between the CB and CF in the matrix, and the percolation threshold decreased with increasing the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller specific area of the CB.