Correlation between carbon nanotube dispersion state and thermal conductivity in resorcinolformaldehyde/ carbon nanotube aerogel composites

Over the last two decades, organic aerogels have found widespread applications owing to their high porosity and adjustable pore size. The introduction of carbon nanotubes(CNTs) into these gels can also yield significant enhancement in transport and mechanical properties of the composite gels,provided a homogeneous dispersion of nanotubes throughout the matrix is achieved [1,2]. The goal of this work is to elucidate the relationship between the dispersion state andthermal properties in resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF)/multiwalled CNT aerogel composites