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http://dx.doi.org/10.4191/kcers.2017.54.3.09

Percolative Electrical Conductivity of Platy Alumina/Few-layer Graphene Multilayered Composites  

Choi, Ki-Beom (Icheon Branch, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
Kim, Jong-Young (Icheon Branch, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
Lee, Sung-Min (Icheon Branch, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
Lee, Kyu-Hyoung (Department of Nano Applied Engineering, Kangwon National University)
Yoon, Dae Ho (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society / v.54, no.3, 2017 , pp. 257-260 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this work, we present a facile one-pot synthesis of a multilayer-structured platy alumina/few-layer graphene nanocomposite by planetary milling and hot pressing. The sintered composites have electrical conductivity exhibiting percolation behavior (threshold ~ 0.75 vol.%), which is much lower than graphene oxide/ceramic composites (> 3.0 vol.%). The conductivity data are well-described by the percolation theory, and the fitted exponent values are estimated to be 1.65 and 0.93 for t and q, respectively. The t and q values show conduction mechanisms intermediate between 2D- and 3D, which originates from quantum tunneling between nearest neighbored graphenes.
Keywords
Ceramic; Graphene; Percolation; Electrical conductivity;
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