Carbon Nanotube Sheet-Synthesis and Applications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Manufacturing CNT Sheet Using the Floating Catalyst Method
2.1. Carbon Nanotube Materials Synthesis
2.2. Integration of Nanoparticles in CNT Sheet
2.3. Materials and Methods
3. Characterization of CNT Material
3.1. CNT Sheet Characterization Using Microscopy
3.2. Raman Spectroscopy
3.3. Tensile Strength Testing
3.4. Electrical Conductivity
4. CNT for Energy Storage Applications
5. CNT Filtering Applications
6. Safety of CNT Sheet
7. Scaling up Manufacturing
8. Summary and Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chitranshi, M.; Pujari, A.; Ng, V.; Chen, D.; Chauhan, D.; Hudepohl, R.; Saleminik, M.; Kim, S.Y.; Kubley, A.; Shanov, V.; et al. Carbon Nanotube Sheet-Synthesis and Applications. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102023
Chitranshi M, Pujari A, Ng V, Chen D, Chauhan D, Hudepohl R, Saleminik M, Kim SY, Kubley A, Shanov V, et al. Carbon Nanotube Sheet-Synthesis and Applications. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(10):2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102023
Chicago/Turabian StyleChitranshi, Megha, Anuptha Pujari, Vianessa Ng, Daniel Chen, Devika Chauhan, Ronald Hudepohl, Motahareh Saleminik, Sung Yong Kim, Ashley Kubley, Vesselin Shanov, and et al. 2020. "Carbon Nanotube Sheet-Synthesis and Applications" Nanomaterials 10, no. 10: 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102023