ZHOU Guangying 1, 2 YAN Long1 Ishaq Ahmad1, 2 HE Suixia1 ZHOU Xingtai1 1. Increasing the conductivity of MWCNT network by Ar~+ ion implantation[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2010, 33(11): 814-817.
ZHOU Guangying 1, 2 YAN Long1 Ishaq Ahmad1, 2 HE Suixia1 ZHOU Xingtai1 1. Increasing the conductivity of MWCNT network by Ar~+ ion implantation[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2010, 33(11): 814-817.DOI:
A method to improve electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube(CNT) networks by ion implantation is reported in this paper.MWCNT networks were prepared by a spray coating method
and were implanted with 70 keV Ar+ ions.The electrical conductivity increased by ~80% for the MWCNT networks irradiated to 2×1016/cm2 at 800 K.The results confirm the ability of ion beam to improve the electronic contact by inducing crosslink between CNTs under ion beam irradiation.This is a useful method to fabricate high conductive and transparent CNT networks.