SYNTHESIS OF AG/CNTS NANOCOMPOSITES AND THEIR ELECTRICAL PROPERTY

We have developed a simple approach to synthesize silver nano - particles (AgNPs)/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) hybrid composites. First, AgNPs is fabricated by using chemical reducing agents . The resulting AgNPs by this procedure process are easily separated from the reaction mixture because of without using any organic solvent and external dispersing agent. Uniform size s of AgNPs with less than 20 nm are easily obtained. Furthermore, the AgNPs are grafted onto the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to prepare hybrid nanocomposites. The Ag/CNT hybrid nanomaterials are firmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X - ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). T heir application can be used as conductive films due to good electrical propert y of CNTs with large aspect ratio .