Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/1/015703
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- Air Force Research laboratories [FA8650-05-D-5807]
- Exotic Nanocarbons
- Japan Regional Innovation Strategy Program by Excellence
- JST
- Shinshu University
- Academy of Finland [128908]
- EC [228539]
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [128908, 128908] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
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We report on the current-carrying capability and the high-current-induced thermal burnout failure modes of 5-20 mu m diameter double-walled carbon nanotube (DWNT) fibers made by an improved dry-spinning method. It is found that the electrical conductivity and maximum current-carrying capability for these DWNT fibers can reach up to 5.9 x 10(5) S m(-1) and over 1 x 10(5) A cm(-2) in air. In comparison, we observed that standard carbon fiber tended to be oxidized and burnt out into cheese-like morphology when the maximum current was reached, while DWNT fiber showed a much slower breakdown behavior due to the gradual burnout in individual nanotubes. The electron microscopy observations further confirmed that the failure process of DWNT fibers occurs at localized positions, and while the individual nanotubes burn they also get aligned due to local high temperature and electrostatic field. In addition a finite element model was constructed to gain better understanding of the failure behavior of DWNT fibers.
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