Date of Award
8-2015
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Chemical and Paper Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. Margaret K. Joyce
Second Advisor
Dr. Dan Fleming
Third Advisor
Dr. Thomas Joyc
Keywords
Capacitors, CNT, silver nanowires, resistivity, ink formulation
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
As the demand for global energy increases, the need for development of alternative clean and sustainable energy technology increases. Creating advanced energy devices with a large storage capacity plays a significant role in this development. This research focused on investigating the performance of capacitor devices used as energy storage cells by optimizing and determining the impact of silver percentage and structure (nano-wires or silver flake) added to CNT ink on the conductivity of printed layers, and studying the influence of calendering the multi-layer capacitor electrodes. Multi-layer capacitors were fabricated by screen printing three alternative layers of conductive and dielectric inks on top of each other onto a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate. Also, a graphite ink was fabricated and the effect of adding silver flake to this ink was studied. The optimum silver percentage in the CNT ink was found to be 3 wt.% nanowires. Results also showed that calendering did not improve the conductivity of the CNT printed sheets.
Recommended Citation
Al-Mubarak, Ramea Awni, "Impact of Calendering and Silver Addition to Carbon Nanotube-Based Electrodes Used in Printed Multi-Layer Capacitors" (2015). Masters Theses. 619.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/619