Fabrication and Applications of Carbon Nanotube Fibers

Hungo Choo; Yeonsu Jung; YOUNGJIN JEONG; Hwan Chul Kim; Bon-Cheol Ku

Carbon Letters

Abbr : Carbon Lett.
2012, 13(4), pp.191-204
Publisher : Korean Carbon Society
Research Area : Other Natural Sciences General

Hungo Choo ¹, Yeonsu Jung ², YOUNGJIN JEONG ³, Hwan Chul Kim ⁴, Bon-Cheol Ku ⁵

¹Chonbuk National University
²Soongsil University
³숭실대학교
⁴전북대학교
⁵한국과학기술연구원

ABSTRACT

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have exceptional mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties compared with those of commercialized high-performance fibers. For use in the form of fabrics that can maintain such properties, individual CNTs should be held together in fibers or made into yarns twisted out of the fibers. Typical methods that are used for such purposes include (a) surfactant-based coagulation spinning, which injects a polymeric binder between CNTs to form fibers; (b) liquid-crystalline spinning, which uses the nature of CNTs to form liquid crystals under certain conditions; (c) direct spinning, which can produce CNT fibers or yarns at the same time as synthesis by introducing a carbon source into a vertical furnace; and (d) forest spinning, which draws and twists CNTs grown vertically on a substrate. However, it is difficult for those CNT fibers to express the excellent properties of individual CNTs as they are. As solutions to this problem, post-treatment processes are under development for improving the production process of CNT fibers or enhancing their properties. This paper discusses the recent methods of fabricating CNT fibers and examines some post-treatment processes for property enhancement and their applications.
KEYWORDS

carbon nanotube fiber, yarn, direct spinning, forest spinning
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