Synergistic Effect of Aligned Graphene Nanosheets in Graphene Foam for High-Performance Thermally Conductive Composites

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Graphene shows a great potential for high-performance thermally conductive composite applications because of its extremely high thermal conductivity. However, the graphene-based polymer composites reported so far only have a limited thermal conductivity, with the highest thermal conductivity enhancement (TCE) per 1 vol% graphene less than 900%. Here, a continuous network of graphene foam (GF), filled with aligned graphene nanosheets (GNs), is shown to be an ideal filler structure for thermally conductive composite materials. Compared to previous reports, a clear thermal percolation is observed at a low graphene loading fraction. The GNs/GF/natural rubber composite shows the highest TCE of 8100% (6.2 vol% graphene loading) ever reported at room temperature, which gives a record-high TCE per 1 vol% graphene of 1300%. Further analyses reveal a significant synergistic effect between the aligned GNs and 3D interconnected GF, which plays a key role in the formation of a thermal percolation network to remarkably improve the thermal conductivity of the composites. Additionally, the use of this composite for efficient heat dissipation of light-emitting diode (LED) lamps is demonstrated. These findings provide valuable guidance to design high-performance graphene-based thermally conductive materials, and open up the possibility for the use of graphene in high-power electronic devices.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) - 31(2019), 19 vom: 15. Mai, Seite e1900199

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Zhaohong [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Chuan [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Chaoqun [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhibo [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Hui-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Wencai [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Composites
Graphene foam
Graphene nanosheets
Journal Article
Synergistic effect
Thermal conductivity

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Date Revised 01.10.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/adma.201900199

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM294798218