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Julien, P. "Carbon-Polymer Composites", Enid Sichel, Ed., Marcel-Dekker, N.Y., 1981 in press. 

In previous sections, carbon materials serve either as sensing materials or as transducers. Many studies also use carbon-polymer composites, where carbon materials serve as both support and transducer. The polymer-coated FET discussed above is one example. Arrays of carbon black/organic polymer composite have also been demonstrated in many studies as chemiresistive vapor detectors... 

The pH of the carbon blacks is used to indicate their relative acidity or basicity, because the properties of these materials (i.e., adhesion and charge injection in carbon-polymer composites, electrochemical behavior) depend sensitively on the surface chemical and electronic sfructure [174, 222, 223]. This parameter is usually related to the amount of chemisorbed oxygen present on the surface, and to the very small amount of water soluble salts present in the material. The pH of carbon blacks is neutral to slightly alkaline for most grades, due to the low amount of chemisorbed species. To enhance certain properties, carbon blacks can be oxidised, with a subsequent increase in the amount of chemisorbed oxygen groups. These carbon blacks, therefore, show an acidic pH values, and relationships have been reported between the pH of carbon blacks and their content of volatile matter [223]. 

This chapter reports the main features of rigid carbon-polymer composite materials for electrochemical DNA biosensing. Novel approaches based on composites modified with biomolecules (biocomposites) and nanostructured materials (nanocomposites) for the improved biosensing of DNA are also discussed. 

Rigid carbon-polymer composites are obtained by mixing a carbon filler (such as graphite or CNT) with nonconducting polymeric binders (epoxy, methacrylate, silicone, araldite), obtaining a soft paste that becomes rigid after a curing step. 

Carbon is also the main material used for BP. As in the case of GDLs, metals were also used in the fabrication of BP perhaps with more extent than with the GDL. Carbon as material for BP is used mainly as graphite block (electronic grade graphite) or as a carbon-polymer composite, although some other forms have been tested [124]. 

Miyasaka, K, Watanabe, K., Jojima, E., Aida, H., Sumita, M., and Ishikawa, K. (1982) Electrical conductivity of carbon-polymer composites as a function of carbon content J. Mater. Sci., 17, 1610. 

Electrochemical technology has a history dating back deep into the nineteenth century and carbon electrodes have been major players in this success [1-4]. In the early cells for both the two largest electrolytic industries, chlor-alkali and aluminum extraction, the electrodes were blocks of carbon or graphite. The past 50 years, however, has seen the development of carbons with different structures and often their availability in a range of forms. Thus, it is possible to purchase electrodes based on graphites, carbons, thermally treated carbons (e.g., vitreous or glassy carbon), expanded carbons, carbon/polymer composites, and doped diamond materials. Moreover, some of these materials are available in many forms as follows ... 

Most commonly, the battery will be configured with a stack of bipolar cells (10 -100 cells per stack) to give a useful output voltage and with parallel flows for the electrolytes to each of the cells in the stack. Hence, the electrodes will be bipolar with a solid core from carbon, graphite, or a carbon/polymer composite and the three-dimensional elements bonded or pressed onto either side of the solid core. The composites are a blend of a chemically stable polymer and a micron-scaled carbon powder, most commonly an activated carbon Radford et al. [127] have considered the influence of the source of the carbon and the chemical and thermal treatments on the properties of such activated carbons, especially the pore size and distribution [126]. Even though reticulated vitreous carbon has been used for the three-dimensional elements [117], the predominant materials are graphite cloths or felts with a thickness of up to 5 mm, and it is clear that such layers are essential to scale the current density and thereby achieve an acceptable power density. Details of electrode performance in the more developed flow batteries are not available but, for example, Skyllas-Kazacos et al. [124] have tabulated an overview of the development of the all vanadium redox flow battery that includes the electrode materials and the chemical and thermal treatments used to enhance activity and stability. 

Carbon-based materials with a large surface area, suitable porosity, and low electronic resistance are usually used as 3D electrode materials for RFBs, including zinc/ bromine, all-vanadium, bromine-polysulfide, and zinc-cerium RFBs [4]. These carbon-based materials are made of polymer binders and conductive particles and include polymer-impregnated graphite plates, conductive carbon-polymer composites, and polymer-impregnated flexible graphite, which are low-cost and lightweight and have better mechanical properties. 

Electrochemical polymerization tirray of chemiresistive sensors Carbon-polymer composites silicon-based micromachined array of chemiresistive gas sensors Polymer films array of QCM-based sensors ... 

For bipolar plates, a total (bulk and contact) resistance value of 10 mJi cm is usually specified [72]. This would result in 0.02 cm (two plates, coolant between), which at 1.5 A cm would result in 30 mV voltage loss. Bipolar plates are made of carbon, carbon/polymer composite, or metal. Both the resistance and weight/volume aspects demand thin bipolar plates. This has to be combined with low H2 permeability (<2 x 10 cm cm s ) and good mechanical integrity. 

From a materials durability point of view, carbon/polymer composite materials are to be preferred. However, metal-based bipolar plates enable the use of very thin plates, thus leading to an increase in volumetric power density. Major car manufacturers such as Honda and Toyota are using metal-based bipolar plates in... 

Carbon is used extensively in fuel cells due to the favorable properties of high electrical and thermal conductivity, the relatively low cost, the absence of damaging degradation products when compared to metals, and the ability to form various structures from high surface area particles for the carbon support and in the microporous layer, to carbon or graphitic fibers for the gas diffusion substrate, to graphite or carbon-polymer composite flow field plates. Dicks provides an overview of the role of carbon in fuel cells [45]. 

Kakati BK, Verma A (2011) Carbon polymer composite bipolar plate for PEM fuel cell. Lap Lambert, Saarbriicken... 

Table 7.5. Neutron and X-ray (photon) SLDs of various polymers and components of carbon-polymer composite materials...

Materials that can be considered in the manufacture of bipolar plates are graphite, various carbon-polymer composites, and various metals. Graphite and... 

Carbon-polymer composite ionic actuators with five different ratios of SWCNTs to CDC in electrodes were fabricated, and their electromechanical, electrochemical, and mechanical properties were studied by Palmre et al. (2012). Increasing the... 

Carbon nanotubes are synthesized using metal catalysts, which are later difficult to remove fiom the nanotubes to assure high purity. These impurities develop pseudocapacitive properties of CNT-based actuators. The trend in carbon-based actuators is to find alternatives to CNTs, especially to SWCNTs, mostly because of their high cost. CNTs have still unique properties and by far better electrical conductivity compared to amorphous carbons, and rather than replacing, the combination of CNTs with different types of amorphous carbons in electroactive carbon-polymer composite actuators is the prospect. 

Rruusamae K, Punning A, Aabloo A (2012) Electrical model of a carbon-polymer composite (CPC) collision detector. Sensors 12(2) 1950-1966... 

Kootsookos A, Mouritz AP (2004) Seawater durability of glass- and carbon-polymer composites. Compos Sci Technol 64(10-11) 1503-1511... 

K. Miyasaka, K. Watanabe, E. Jojima, H. Aida, M. Sumita, and K Ishikawa, Electrical Conductivity of Carbon-Polymer Composites as a Function of Carbon Content, J. Mater. Sci. 17, 1610-1616 (1982). 

E.K. Sichel, J.I. Gittleman. Tunneling conduction in carbon-polymer composites. In Carbon Black-Polymer Composites, the Physics of Electrically Conducting Composites, E.K. Sichel Ed. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY, 51-77,1982. 

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