A method for dispersing multi-walled carbon nanotubes in a SpeciFix-20 two-component polymer (epoxy resin + hardener) using joint hydromechanical and ultrasonic agitation was developed. New composite materials with carbon nanotubes were produced. Studies on structural, optical (Raman spectra) and electrical characteristics, as well as processes of passage of electromagnetic microwave radiation (26 -38 GHz) through experimental composite samples were conducted. It was shown that strong absorption properties of the composite materials are manifested only with substantial weight additives of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes due to the electrical conductivity of the composites. The "size effect" of the additive type on the optical characteristics of the obtained composite materials was found. To achieve comparable parameters of microwave absorption coefficients, fewer amounts of carbon nanotubes with smaller diameter and larger specific surface area should be introduced into the composites.
This work presents a study of the conditions and possibilities for the intercalation of hexafluorophosphate anions into CNT-based electrodes. For this, cathodes based on CNTs synthesized on different catalysts (Co-Mo)/(Al 2 O 3 -MgO) and (Fe-Co)/ 2.1 Al 2 O 3 were produced. As a result, electrode materials were obtained at various concentrations of CNT/graphite: CNT-4F, CNT-6, and CNT-6F. The resulting electrodes were studied by cyclic voltammetry (CVA) in an electrolyte of a dissolved LiPF 6 salt based on EC : DEC (ethylene carbonate : diethylene carbonate) solvents (in the ratio 1 : 1 : 1) with an admixture of 3% VC at a sweep speed of 4 mV/s. On the basis of the obtained CVA dependences, the specific charge/discharge capacity of the electrodes CNT-4F, CNT-6, and CNT-6F was determined. The largest specific charge/discharge capacity calculated per mass of CNTs was 292 and 164.22 (mA h)/g for CNT-4/graphite electrodes, and the minimum specific charge/discharge capacity was 41.67 and 1.5 (mA h)/g for CNT-4 electrodes without graphite, respectively. Also, the dependences of the average electrode utilization coefficient on the charge time at constant current on the cycle number at a charge of 300 s were obtained. For chronoamperograms of individual steps of the СNT-6F electrode, the values of lithium diffusion coefficients were calculated.
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