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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Physical Chemistry C Année : 2012

DWCNT-Doped Silica Gel Exhibiting Both Ionic and Electronic Conductivities

Stephanie Lau-Truong
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Roberta Brayner
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Jean Aubard
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Thibaud Coradin

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Silica gels doped with double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) were prepared using an aqueous sol−gel route in mild conditions (neutral pH, room temperature). The wet gels exhibited both ionic and electronic conduction. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was used to study these two different conduction pathways that prevail at different characteristic time scales. The ionic conduction in the silica network was found to be independent of the DWCNT-doping rate. The electronic conduction through the DWCNT network was found to occur above a critical concentration (0.175 wt %) corresponding to nanotube percolation threshold. The highest content in DWCNTs (0.8 wt %) exhibited a conductivity of 0.05 S/m. Furthermore, the DWCNTs network was found to evolve even after the macroscopic solidification of the gel, suggesting a reorganization of the DWCNTs at the molecular level. This phenomenon could be attributed to the polarization effect of the electrode and was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy studies. Such materials can be useful for the design of sensors incorporating electroactive chemical or biological species.
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hal-01461437 , version 1 (07-12-2021)

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Benjamin Le Ouay, Stephanie Lau-Truong, Emmanuel Flahaut, Roberta Brayner, Jean Aubard, et al.. DWCNT-Doped Silica Gel Exhibiting Both Ionic and Electronic Conductivities. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012, 116 (20), pp.11306-11314. ⟨10.1021/jp2115669⟩. ⟨hal-01461437⟩
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