Copper–Carbon Nanotube Composites Enabled by Brush Coating for Advanced Conductors

Jiang, Huixin; Cooke, Lydia; Srivilliputhur, Kesavan; McGuire, Michael A.; Meyer III, Harry; Yoon, Mina; Haynes, James A.; Nawaz, Kashif; Lupini, Andrew; Li, Kai; Aytug, Tolga

doi:10.1021/acsanm.4c00679

Title: Copper–Carbon Nanotube Composites Enabled by Brush Coating for Advanced Conductors

Journal Article · 06 May 2024 · ACS Applied Nano Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c00679 · OSTI ID:2397445

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

There is a growing demand for advanced conductors with enhanced electrical properties to increase the energy efficiency in various applications. A promising strategy to achieve this involves the use of ultraconductive copper (UCC) composites that incorporate highly conductive carbon materials, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), into the copper matrix. In this study, we present a scalable brush coating technique to incorporate CNTs onto Cu substrates to produce Cu–CNT–Cu composites. The process involves brush coating the CNT solution on Cu tape substrates, followed by vacuum-assisted thermal removal of organic moieties (e.g., surfactant/polymer). This step ensures the creation of a uniformly distributed CNT network within the Cu matrix. By addition of a thin film Cu overlayer, the fabricated Cu–CNT–Cu composite architecture demonstrates similar electrical conductivity, increased current carrying capacity, and enhanced mechanical properties compared to pure Cu reference tapes. Finally, the performance characteristics of these UCC tapes along with the scalability of the brush coating approach hold great promise for the fabrication of advanced conductors for wide-ranging energy applications.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 2397445

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Nano Materials, Journal Name: ACS Applied Nano Materials Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 7; ISSN 2574-0970

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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