In a common recipe, approximately 2.1 g of modified PK30 (PK30TMA, PK30PEA, or PK30PMA) was dissolved in approximately 35 mL of toluene. The required wt % of MWCNTs (Table 1) was mixed with the same solvent and sonicated in a bath for 30 min and then poured to the polymer solution in a round-bottomed flask at 50 °C for 24 h under stirring. Then, the mixture was rotary evaporated and finally transferred into a vacuum oven (70 °C for 48 h) to ensure the complete removal of the solvent. Rectangular solid samples with different dimensions were prepared by compression-molding at 150 °C for 30 min at 40 bar to ensure full homogeneity. Electrical measurements were carried out on fresh samples or on annealed samples at 75 °C for 10 min.
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