A Study on the Hopping Conducting Mechanism in PAN Carbon Fiber

PAN계 탄소섬유의 Hopping 전도기구에 관한 연구

To study hopping conducting mechanism in PAN(polyacrylonitrile) carbon fiber, the temperature and frequency dependence of electrical conductivity and magnetoresistance characteristics were investigated. Electrical conductivity in the range of $60^{\circ}K-300^{\circ}K$ show VRH(variable range hopping) properties which introduced by Mott's theory, and also such properties can be explained by the frequency dependence of electrical conductivity below $5{\times}10^6$ Hz. The negative magnetoresistance observed below 35KG magnetic field, and the properties difference between M40 and T300 with increasing magnetic field is supposed due to on effect connected with crystalline state and orientation of structure.