The results of studies on the film composites, based on polyvinylidene fluoride with the carbon nanotubes, by the dielectric relaxation spectroscopy have been presented. For the composite samples with the content of nanotubes exceeding 0.5 wt% the nonlinear current-voltage characteristics have been obtained. The concentration dependences of conductivity of the composites have been studied and, also, the percolation threshold for the samples being investigated has been determined. It has been shown that an insignificant increase of the composites electric conductivity is observed even at 0.2 wt%, while introducing 1 wt% of nanotubes the electrical conductivity becomes 3 orders higher and at more than 3 wt% it is 7 orders higher compared to the non-filled polymer. This verifies the perspectives of using the carbon nanotubes for creation of the electro-conducting composites and film materials based on polyvinylidene fluoride.
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