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Synthesis and characterization of highly dispersed multi‐walled carbon nanotubes/polyvinylpyrrolidone composite nanofibers for EMI shielding application
Author(s) -
Nasouri Komeil,
Shoushtari Ahmad Mousavi,
Mojtahedi Mohammad Reza Mohaddes
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
polymer composites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1548-0569
pISSN - 0272-8397
DOI - 10.1002/pc.23774
Subject(s) - materials science , nanofiber , polyvinylpyrrolidone , carbon nanotube , composite number , composite material , thermogravimetric analysis , scanning electron microscope , electromagnetic shielding , carbon nanofiber , raman spectroscopy , nanocomposite , transmission electron microscopy , thermal stability , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , physics , optics , engineering
Multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) composite nanofibers having varying amounts of MWCNTs were fabricated with an aim to investigate the potential of such nanofibers as an effective light weight electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding material in the frequency range of 8.2–12.4 GHz (X‐band). The state of dispersion of MWCNTs in PVP matrix was studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The TEM and SEM analyses confirmed the presence of individual dispersion MWCNTs encapsulated within the electrospun nanofibers and showed MWCNTs/PVP composite nanofiber morphologies with diameters of 150–600 nm. Moreover, the MWCNTs/PVP composite nanofibers were characterized by X‐ray diffraction and Raman spectrophotometer. The thermal stability of composite nanofibers studied from thermogravimetric analysis was increased after addition of MWCNTs to PVP matrix. The EMI shielding efficiency of MWCNTs/PVP composite nanofibers increased up to 42 dB. The MWCNTs/PVP composite nanofibers developed in this study have benefits in being light weight and having effective EMI shielding performance and can be best candidates for a broad range of electronic applications. POLYM. COMPOS., 38:2026–2034, 2017. © 2016 Society of Plastics Engineers