The Effect of the Gaseous Environment on the Electrical Conductivity of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Films over a Wide Temperature Range
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Synthesis of CNT Films
2.2. Assessing the Electrothermal Properties
2.3. Electrical Measurements under Non-Ambient Conditions
2.3.1. Vacuum Experiments
2.3.2. Artificial Atmosphere Experiments
2.4. Characterization
3. Results
3.1. Experiments in Vacuum
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Janas, D.; Koziol, K.K. The Effect of the Gaseous Environment on the Electrical Conductivity of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Films over a Wide Temperature Range. Materials 2020, 13, 510. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13030510
Janas D, Koziol KK. The Effect of the Gaseous Environment on the Electrical Conductivity of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Films over a Wide Temperature Range. Materials. 2020; 13(3):510. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13030510
Chicago/Turabian StyleJanas, Dawid, and Krzysztof K. Koziol. 2020. "The Effect of the Gaseous Environment on the Electrical Conductivity of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Films over a Wide Temperature Range" Materials 13, no. 3: 510. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13030510