Turning Seashell Waste into Electrically Conductive Particles.

ABSTRACT: Biomaterials such as seashells are intriguing due to their remarkable properties, including their hierarchical structure from the nanometer to the micro- or even macroscopic scale. Transferring this nanostructure to generate nanostructured polymers can improve their electrical conductivity. Here, we present the synthesis of polypyrrole using waste seashell powder as a template to prepare a polypyrrole/CaCO₃ composite material. Various synthesis parameters were optimized to produce a composite material with an electrical conductivity of 2.1 × 10^-4 ± 3.2 × 10^-5 S/cm. This work presents the transformation of waste seashells into sustainable, electronically conductive materials and their application as an antistatic agent in polymers. The requirements of an ant

SUBMITTER: Gartner S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9267058 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature