Enhancement of Electrical Conductivity of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Fibres Using Carbon Nanomaterials Synthesised from Polypropylene Waste

• DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.1010.111
• Publication Date: 2020-09-17T13:50:17Z
• Authors: Yong Siong Koo; Zhun Yuan Soh; A.H. Norzilah; Sharifah Shahnaz ...; Mohd Arif Anuar M...; A.N. Edzatty; Roslan Nur Izzati
• Keywords: Polyacrylonitrile; Nanomaterials; Polypropylene; Carbon fibers

Incorporation of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) into polymer such as Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibres allow electric current to pass through easily. Therefore in this study, bulk quantities CNMs are synthesised using Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) method by manipulating the reaction time and catalyst ratio. Polypropylene wastes used precursor ferrocene metal CVD experiment. Addition 1 wt% synthesised-CNMs electrospun PAN successfully increased electrical conductivity 50%. improved crystallinity electrospun-PAN/CNMs proven XRD analysis. Electrospun PAN/CNMs-A show larger diameter than PAN/CNMs-B. Large bead formations contained densely-packed CNMs-A within structure hindered their effectiveness conduct electricity. On contrary, PAN/CNMs-B shows remarkable improvement when loosely-packed CNMs-B added fibres.