An Effective Method for Bonding Carbon Nanotubes onto Metal Electrodes

Abstract:

An effective method was used to bond carbon nanotubes onto metal electrodes by induction heating process. A good contact between carbon nanotubes and metal electrodes was formed. The contact resistance can be reduced to approximate 95% after induction heating process. Because the induction heating process will selective occur on the structures with high relative permeability and low electrical resistivity, this method could be utilized to realize large scale localized bonding.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 403-408)
• Pages: 1099-1102
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.403-408.1099
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: Qiang Lv, Ming Xiang Chen, Hui Cao, Zhi Yin Gan
• Keywords: Bonding, Carbon Nanotube (CN), Induction Heating (IH)

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