Abstract
This article deals with the electrical conductivity of a composite of two polymers, one of which is a conducting polymer, whereas the second is a dielectric. The problem was formulated within the framework of electrical percolation, i.e., the percolation thresholds, which allow for a high electrical conductivity, is under investigation. For this purpose, a numerical model was developed, and its parameters were analyzed and discussed. Based on the determined thresholds, it was possible to evaluate the weight ratios of the conducting-dielectric polymers in a composite. The proposed approach allows for reducing the manufacturing cost of composite material with respect to conducting polymers with simultaneous retaining of high conductance properties of conducting polymers, as well as durability and flexibility of dielectrics.
Acknowledgments
AK acknowledges a possibility of carrying out computations on the supercomputer IBM BladeCenter HS21 in the Academic Computer Centre CYFRONET AGH under the computational Grant No. MNiSW/IBM_BC_HS21/PŚląska/012/2013. KK is grateful to the National Science Centre in Poland for financing the research in the framework of PRELUDIUM (2012/07/N/ST5/01878).
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