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A Comparative Study on AC Conductivity and Dielectric Behavior of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Polyaniline Coated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Filled High Density Polyethylene-Carbon Black Nanocomposites

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3504296· OSTI ID:21457019
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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication, Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology, Bangalore-562 110 Karnataka (India)
  2. Department of Electronics and Communication, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore-570 006, Karnataka (India)
  3. Department of Polymer Science and Technology, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore-570 006, Karnataka (India)
  4. School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonbuk 561 756 (Korea, Republic of)
  5. R and D Centre, Department of Chemistry, R.N.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore-560 061, Karnataka (India)
This paper presents an experimental investigation on AC conductivity and dielectric behavior of carbon black reinforced high density polyethylene (HDPE-CB) and HDPE-CB filled with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs-CB-HDPE) and Polyaniline (PAni) coated MWNTs-CB-HDPE nanocomposites. The electrical properties such as dielectric constant ({epsilon}'), dissipation factor (tan {delta}) and AC conductivity ({sigma}{sub ac}) of nanocomposites have been measured with reference to the weight fraction (0.5 and 1 wt% MWNTs), frequency (75 KHz-30 MHz), temperature (25-90 deg. C) and sea water ageing. The experimental results showed that the increased AC conductivity and dielectric constant of the nanocomposites were influenced by PAni coated MWNTs in HDPE-CB nanocomposites. The value of dielectric constant and tan {delta} decreased with increasing frequency. Further more, above 5 MHz the AC conductivity increases drastically whereas significant effect on tan {delta} was observed in less than 1 MHz.
OSTI ID:
21457019
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1276; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English