Electrical and structural characterization of nano-carbon–aluminum composites fabricated by electro-charging-assisted process

A review of covetics – current understanding and future perspectives

“…Aluminum covetics with carbon concentrations ranging from 0 to 3.6 wt% carbon yield electrical conductivities ranging from 58% IACS to 61.8% IACS linearly, as carbon concentration increases. 62 It was observed that using 45 μm graphite particles with 200–400 nm carbon crystallite size, compared to 100 nm activated carbon crystallite particle size, resulted in a decrease in electrical conductivity. Sufficient carbon concentration is required for carbon rearrangement into graphitic nano-carbon with low enough crystallite sizes for high electrical conductivity.…”

“…Ge et al find that a larger crystallite size correlates with higher electrical conductivity. 62 Larger carbon crystallite sizes indicate an increase in the nano-crystalline graphitic network. 62 Control of carbon and metal crystallite sizes will enable the control of covetic electrical conductivity.…”

Recent progress and future perspectives on carbon-nanomaterial-dispersed liquid crystal composites

“…The CNMs possess enough uniqueness that various research fields are benefitted with their collaboration. The advantageous characteristics of nanocarbon materials have attracted the researchers to utilize them in strengthening the mechanical properties of well cement [67][68][69], removal of common hazardous substances from antibiotics, dyes, heavy metals, pesticides, oils, phenolic and volatile organic compounds and gas pollutants etc [70], stretchable wearable electronics [14], optoelectronics and biotechnological device fabrication [71,72], and enhancing the electrical properties of metals for power transmission lines [73] and in other industrial-scale applications [74].…”

DFT-aided experimental investigation on the electrochemical performance of hetero-interface-functionalized CuO nanoparticle-decorated MoS2 nanoflowers for energy storage applications

“…The charge transfer properties of different materials and how they interact in an electrochemical environment can also be investigated using DFT. 20 Previously, Li et al 19 calculated the theoretical adsorption energy of the MoS 2 /CuO structure using DFT, where H 2 O was taken as the adsorbate.…”