Abstract
The positive temperature coefficient (PTC) effects of high density polyethylene (HDPE)/carbon black composite materials were investigated by enhancing adhesive characteristics of electrodes and controlling HDPE chemical crosslinking. When the silver paste was used as an electrode for the same 45 wt% HDPE/carbon composites, the resistance was over 1 Ω, which should be compared with the resistance of 0.2 Ω for the dendritic copper electrode. In general, the silver-paste electrode exhibited higher electrical resistance than cupper electrode due to the interfacial resistance between the electrode and PTC composites. The HDPE/carbon composite exhibited typical PTC characteristics maintaining a constant resistance up to vicat point and showing a maximum at the melting point of HDPE. The crosslinked HDPE significantly decreased the negative temperature coefficient (NTC) phenomena, and desirably showed a constant or slightly increasing feature of electrical resistance in the high temperature region.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 275-284 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Polymer (Korea) |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Jul 2003 |
Keywords
- Crosslinking
- Dendrite
- Interfacial adhesion
- Negative temperature coefficient (NTC)
- Positive temperature coefficient (PTC)
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