Publication year: 2011 Source: Synthetic Metals, Available online 25 September 2011 John M. Kinyanjui, David W. Hatchett, Gina Castruita, Asanga D. Ranasinghe, Lothar Weinhardt, … The preparation of free-standing polyimide/carbon (PI/Carbon) substrates and the electrochemical deposition of Pt to produce PI/Carbon/Pt electrodes are demonstrated to provide thermally stable and conductive PI composites. The conductivity of polyimide (PI)/Carbon composites is evaluated as a function of composition of a binary solvent involving DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide) and highly volatile acetone, which enhances carbon dispersion (PI/Carbon) in the polymer precursor.
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Synthesis and characterization of conductive polyimide/carbon composites with Pt surface deposits