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Carbon-ceramic composites have been prepared by mechanical ball-milling and ultrasonic treatment of mixtures of titania with carbon nanomaterials, and the optimal preparation conditions have been determined. The dependence of electrical conductivity of the composites on the mass fraction of carbon nanomaterials (1–5 mass. %) has been ascertained, and it has been found that a carbon nanotubes mass fraction of 3% gives rise to a sharp increase in the electrical conductivity up to 2.2 × 10−3 S/cm. It has been shown that the carbon-ceramic composites are promising electrocatalyst supports for electrochemical applications.
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Original Russian Text © A.A. Volodin, A.A. Belmesov, V.B. Murzin, P.V. Fursikov, A.D. Zolotarenko, B.P. Tarasov, 2013, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2013, Vol. 49, No. 7, pp. 702–708.
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Volodin, A.A., Belmesov, A.A., Murzin, V.B. et al. Electro-conductive composites based on titania and carbon nanotubes. Inorg Mater 49, 656–662 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168513060174
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