IMPROVING THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF
CONDUCTIVE TEXTILES
Yendigoyeva A.A.
Research supervisor: Professor Thierry Djenizian
al-Farabi Kazakh National University
aiiizhan99@gmail.com
Electronic textiles generally refers to textiles that are integrated with electronic components
and systems, and provides electronic active functions. The global conductive textiles market size is
growing rapidly, with a compound annual growth rate of 15,8% from 2021 to 2029. The growing
demand for conductive textiles is due to a wide range of applications such as sports, healthcare,
security, entertainment, military, and technical sectors, etc.
There are two ways to manufacture conductive textiles. The first relies on the integration of
conductive fibers, yarns, or threads into textiles by weaving, knitting, embroidering. The second
approach is based on application of durable electrically conductive compounds on the surface of
textiles through different coating strategies. And this method is given much attention due to its
uniqueness in providing multi-functional characteristics, that is - electrical conductivity, EMI
shielding, antibacterial properties. The most commonly used methods for metallization of textiles
can be divided into three:
1)
Printing of metallic inks on the surface (inkjet, screen, lithography).
2) Spray coating (thermal, cold, plasma-assisted).
3) Deposition (electroless, electrochemical, physical vapor, chemical vapor).
Electrochemical deposition of a thin layer of reduced metal ions on electrically conductive
substrates using electric current leads to surfaces´ metal coating. The electrochemical deposition of
the conductive films on a flexible substrate has several advantages over other techniques, such as
controlling the morphology and thickness by adjusting the deposition parameters. Moreover, the
process requires low-cost equipment for an economically affordable process, and the process is
simple with a high deposition rate. In this work, a conductive PET fabric with copper plated and
then nickel plated was used. Copper has been electrodeposited for different durations from 30 sec to
1h. During electrodeposition, the electrolyte was CuSO
4
, the cathode was a conductive textile, and
the anode was a copper plate.
The electrical characteristics are determined by measuring the sheet resistance with the four-
probe method. To determine the mechanical characteristics, a Mark-10 traction machine, and
Keithley are used, and control and measurement was carried out using the computer with Python.
The speed was 10 mm/min. And receives data with stretching, force and electrical resistance.
The results show that the sheet resistance sharply decreases with the time of electrodeposition
and electrodeposition deeply improves the mechanical resistance of the soldered interconnection.
The mechanical strength from 2% in 60 seconds has improved 6 times by 12%. And for the copper
soldering interconnection, the average elongation obtained is 17.5%.
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