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Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications
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Many potential applications have been proposed for carbon nanotubes, including conductive and high-strength composites; energy storage and energy conversion devices; sensors; field emission displays and radiation sources; hydrogen storage media; and nanometer-sized semiconductor devices, probes, and interconnects.Abstract:
Many potential applications have been proposed for carbon nanotubes, including conductive and high-strength composites; energy storage and energy conversion devices; sensors; field emission displays and radiation sources; hydrogen storage media; and nanometer-sized semiconductor devices, probes, and interconnects. Some of these applications are now realized in products. Others are demonstrated in early to advanced devices, and one, hydrogen storage, is clouded by controversy. Nanotube cost, polydispersity in nanotube type, and limitations in processing and assembly methods are important barriers for some applications of single-walled nanotubes.read more
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Continuous and scalable fabrication of transparent conducting carbon nanotube films.
TL;DR: It is shown how to combine different surfactants to make uniform dispersions with high concentration of SWNTs and optimal rheological behavior for coating and drying, including preventing dewetting and film rupture that has plagued earlier attempts.
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Harvesting Waste Thermal Energy Using a Carbon-Nanotube-Based Thermo-Electrochemical Cell
Renchong Hu,Baratunde A. Cola,Nanda Haram,Joseph N. Barisci,Sergey Lee,Stephanie Stoughton,Gordon G. Wallace,C.O. Too,Michael C. Thomas,Adrian Gestos,Marilou E dela Cruz,John P. Ferraris,Anvar A. Zakhidov,Ray H. Baughman +13 more
TL;DR: Thermocells are demonstrated, in practical configurations, that harvest low-grade thermal energy using relatively inexpensive carbon multiwalled nanotube (MWNT) electrodes that provide high electrochemically accessible surface areas and fast redox-mediated electron transfer, which significantly enhances thermocell current generation capacity and overall efficiency.
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Functionalization of carbon nanotubes by an ionic-liquid polymer: dispersion of Pt and PtRu nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes and their electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol
TL;DR: Metal nanoparticle/CNT nanohybrids are synthesized from carbon nanotubes (CNTs) functionalized with an ionic-liquid polymer and show good performance in methanol electrooxidation.
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Fabrication and Characterization of Thin Films of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles on Flexible Plastic Substrates
TL;DR: The simple techniques involoved in obtaining films of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) bundles could help facilitate the rapid fabrication of transparent, flexible electronic devices, heralding what promises to be a new approach towards the development of next-generation optoelectronic devices.
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Structure‐Dependent Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Fibers
Qingwen Li,Y. Li,Xiefei Zhang,Satishkumar Chikkannanavar,Yonghao Zhao,Andrea M. Dangelewicz,Lianxi Zheng,Stephen K. Doorn,Quanxi Jia,Dean E. Peterson,Paul N. Arendt,Yuntian Zhu +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the electron transport properties of neat, well-aligned CNT fibers were investigated and it was found that chemical treatments may significantly affect the conductivities of as-spun fibers.
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