The Investigation of Properties and Production of CNT and BNNT Reinforced ZnO Nanocomposites
Abstract
Many reinforces have been made to improve the electrical and optical properties of ZnO. There are also nanotubes among these additives. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) improve the electrical properties of ZnO, but the expected effect on optical properties has not been observed. In this study, CNTs produced by CVD method and Boron Nitride nanotubes (BNNT) produced by mechanothermal method under laboratory conditions into commercial ZnO were investigated by adding together. For this purpose, CNT 50% wt. and BNNT 50% wt. at two different rates of 0.1% and 1% was added to ZnO. The nanotubes/ZnO powder mixtures produced in this way are compacted and sintered. The electrical and the optical properties of the produced samples with UV-Vis spectrometer were investigated. Electrical conductivity has also been found to increase with the increase in the amount of nanotubes. However, it was observed that the reflectance properties were partially increased.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Conference Paper
Publication Date
December 1, 2017
Submission Date
October 29, 2017
Acceptance Date
December 18, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 5 Number: 2