Free standing flexible conductive PVA nanoweb with well aligned silver nanowires. (29th September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yadav, Kiran; Nain, Ratyakshi; Jassal, Manjeet; Agrawal, Ashwini K.
• Is Part Of: Composites science and technology. Volume 182(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-09-29
• Subjects: Electrospinning -- Poly(vinyl alcohol) -- Nanofibres -- Flexible conductors; Composite materials -- Periodicals; Composite materials; Fibrous composites; Periodicals; 620.118
• DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2019.107766
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0266-3538

Abstract

Abstract: In the present study, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibres having uniformly distributed, well aligned, and highly inter-connected silver nanowires are electrospun. Using the approach, a very high amount of nanowires (up to 34.5 wt%) could be successfully incorporated into the nanofibres. A free standing, highly conducting nanoweb is fabricated with the conductivity of approximately 655 S/cm. These conductive nanowebs are of interest for a number of electronic devices such as sensors or energy storage systems requiring flexibility and high surface area.