Bipolar plates require some specific properties such as electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, chemical stability, and low permeability for the fuel cell application. This study investigated the effects of carbon nanotube (CNT) contents and process conditions of hot press molding on the electrical and physical properties using CNT 3~7 wt% added graphite nano-composites in the curing temperatures range of 140~200℃ and pressure of 200~300 kg/cm2. Bulk density, hardness and flexural strength increased with increasing CNT contents, curing pressure and temperature. With the 7 wt% CNT added noncomposite, the electrical resistance improved by 30% and the flexural strength increased by 25% as compared to that without CNT at the temperature of 160℃ and pressure of 300 kg/cm2. These properties were close to the DOE reference criteria as bulk resistance of 13 mΩcm and tensile strength of 515 kg/cm2.

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of self-sensing performance on strain-hardening cement composite containing CNT by curing age. The mixing amount of CNT was set at 1.0%, and SHCC fibers were mixed with PE 1.0% and steel fiber 0.5%. The electrical resistance measurement for the tensile strain sensing performance was based on AC method and 4 probe methods. Test results indicated that electrical sensitivity of SHCC decreased with an increase in curing age.

In this study, the effect of compressive loading of carbon nanotube (CNT) mixed cement composites was investigated. To evaluate the electrical resistivity variation of 30%∼60% of compressive load of cement composites containing 1.0% CNT, 1.0% CNT was added to cement composites and compressive strength was calculated. The greater the change in electrical resistance to compressive load, the more vulnerable to internal conductive networks. Also, as the amount of CNT mixed increases, the electrical resistance to the load is more sensitive and it is expected to be mixed more than 1.0%.

This research uses carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that are actively used to develop convenient and systematic management of building blocks and structural performance monitoring, away from the difficulties of structural health monitoring such as RC structures. The change in electrical resistance was evaluated according to the amount of load and compressive load. Experiments were carried out with 1.0% and 2.0% CNT, and 30% and 60% compressive strength, respectively. Experimental results show that the compressive strength of CNT 2.0% is lower than the compressive strength of CNT 1.0% but is more sensitive to changes in electrical resistance due to compressive load.

최근 우수한 전기전도도와 넓은 비표면적을 갖는 탄소나노튜브(CNT)를 활용하여 고강도 및 고내구성 콘크리트의 생산을 위한 연구가 많은 연구자들에 의하여 활발히 이루어지고 있다. CNT의 혼입을 통한 콘크리트의 고강도에 대한 연구가 주를 이루고 있으나, 그 외의 연구는 미흡한 실정이다. 이에, 본 연구에서는 CNT 첨가량에 대한 시멘트 복합체의 역학성능 및 발열성능에 대한 평가를 실시하였다. 낮은 물-바인더 비를 기반으로 하는 시멘트-플라이애시 배합에 대하여, 바인더 중량대비 0.2% 및 0.5%의 CNT 첨가에 따른 재령별 압축강도, 수화특성분석을 위한 미소수화열 분석, 페이스트 내 CNT의 분산 및 주변 수화물과의 관계를 규명하기 위한 SEM분석, 기준전극 삽입을 통한 발열실험 및 열 중량 분석을 실시하였다. CNT 첨가량의 증가에 따라 발열성능은 증가하며, CNT가 첨가되지 않은 기준 배합 CNT가 첨가된 배합의 경우 동등수준의 역학성능을 갖는 것으로 나타났다.

In this study, the rate of change of electrical resistance with respect to the strength and load of cement composites was investigated by incorporating Carbon Nanotube(CNT) at 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0% of the binder weight. Compressive strength test It was shown that the load of 30% was repeatedly applied to impart conductivity through the rate of change of electrical resistance. The incorporation rate of CNT greatly affected the compressive strength and the rate of change of electrical resistance.

탄소나노튜브는 고강도, 고내구성 콘크리트의 생산을 위한 새로운 재료 중 하나로 여겨지며, 많은 연구자들에 의하여 연구되고 있 다. 탁월한 열전도도는 향후 자가발열 콘크리트의 개발에 필수적이며, 이 연구에서는 다양한 목적을 갖는 콘크리트의 개발을 위한 역학적 특성 및 미세구조 분석을 실시하였다. CNT 첨가량은 시멘트 중량대비 0.115, 0.23, 0.46wt%로 하였다. 압축강도/휨강도 시험은 재령 3, 7, 28일에 실 시하였으며, 공극률은 MIP 시험을 통해 실시하였다. CNT 분산성 및 수화생성물 분석을 위하여, SEM 분석 및 열분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과, CNT 첨가에 따른 역학성능은 다소 감소하는 경향을 나타내었으나, 0.115wt% 첨가한 경우 플레인 배합과 동등 수준의 결과를 확인할 수 있었 다. 향후, 기존 콘크리트와 동일한 역학성능을 보유한 CNT 첨가 배합의 개발을 통한 발열성능 확보가 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

PSf/D2EHPA/CNT beads were prepared by immobilizing di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) and carbon nanotubes (CNT) on polysulfone (PSf) and used to remove Cu(II) from aqueous solutions. Optimum pH was in the range of 4 to 6. The removal kinetic of Cu(II) by the prepared PSf/D2EHPA/CNT beads was mainly governed by internal diffusion, and the diffusion coefficient of Cu(II) by PSf/D2EHPA/CNT beads was found to be 2.19×10-4∼2.64×10-4 cm2/s. The Langmuir isotherm model predicted the experimented data well. The maximum removal capacity of Cu(II) obtained from this isotherm was 7.32 mg/g. Calculated thermodynamic parameters such as ΔGo, ΔHo and ΔSo showed that the adsorption of Cu(II) ions onto PSf/D2EHPA/CNT beads was feasible, spontaneous and endothermic at 293–323 K.

Recently, a Multi-Walled Carbon Nano Tube(MWCNT) is widely used to increase mechanical strength of the cementitious composite material. In this study, a dilution of MWCNT aqueous solution(from wt 2.0%, 1.5% to wt 1.0%) is a main parameter. A compressive strength of diluted CNT cement mortar is maximum 4.7% larger than that of a pure CNT cement mortar. The result indicates that the diluted MWCNT aqueous solution of the MWCNT cement mortar makes very little differences of the compressive strength.

This study was aimed to investigate the difference in strength of Carbon Nanotube (CNT) reinforced cement mortars with different types of surfactants and doses. In the experimental program, CTAB, SDBS and TX10 which were common surfactants adopted to improve CNTs dispersion in fabricating CNT composites in many industrial fields were included and superplasticizer which was revealed to be effective to disperse CNTs especially in CNT reinforced cementitious composites were added as well. Superplasticizer presented less strength reduction in cement mortar and more strength gain by adding CNTs among four types of surfactants. Higher dosage of superplasticizer caused lower strength of cement mortar. Adding CNTs of 0.4 wt.% or less to cement didn’t show strength enhancement by adding CNTs but 0.8 wt.% of CNTs resulted in strengthening effect after all. Finally, a combination of 0.1 wt.% of CNTs, superplasticizer and sonication treatment could lead to strength improvement by adding CNTs in cement mortar.

In this study, we intended to estimate the heat of hydration of carbon nanotubes-cement composites. It was tried to present the basic data of the heat of hydration characteristics of the CNT-reinforced cement composite by the simple adiabatic temperature rise test. The results indicated that adding CNT reduced the heat of hydration of cement composites.