Fracture model for the prediction of the electrical percolation threshold in CNTs/Polymer composites

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a 3D stochastic model to predict the percolation threshold and the effective electric conductivity of CNTs/Polymer composites. We consider the tunneling effect in our model so that the unrealistic interpenetration can be avoided in the identification of the conductive paths between the CNTs inside the polymer. The results are shown to be in good agreement with reported experimental data.

Keywords

electrical percolation / CNTs/Polymer composites / fracture model / electric conductivity / tunnelling effects

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Acknowledgment

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support from the Sofja Kovalevskaja Programme from AvH, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (SLDRCE14B-31), Shanghai Qimingxing Program (16QA1404000) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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