Electrical and thermoelectric properties of functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline composites prepared by different methods

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 835-841

  Sobha, A P ^a,b   Narayanankutty, Sunil K ^b  

^a Vidya Academy of Science and Technology   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube (FWMCNT); morphology; nanocomposite; polyaniline; seebeck coefficient; thermal conductivity; thermoelectric material

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYANILINE; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITES; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATION; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84904361916     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2014.2323419     Document Type: Article

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