کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5206033 | 1502945 | 2015 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
We found that the thermal conductivity of composite materials was synergistically enhanced by the simultaneous incorporation of well-dispersed pitch-based carbon fibers (PCFs) and graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) into the matrix. Accordingly, this study investigated the causes of such enhancement and attempted to optimize the thermal conductivity. The solvent-free composites fabrication method based on powder mixing and in-situ polymerization proposed recently was employed to achieve a uniform dispersion of fillers of different sizes and shapes. The isotropic and in-plane thermal conductivity of the composite containing both uniformly dispersed 5Â wt% of PCF and 15wt% of GNP achieved improvements of 82% and 183% when compared to those containing 20Â wt% of GNP, and improvements of 65% and 74% when compared to those containing 20Â wt% of PCF, respectively. The synergistic improvement of the thermal conductivity was maximized at the optimized composition due to the most efficient formation of thermally-conductive pathways and internal structures favorable for phonon transport.
Journal: Polymer Testing - Volume 45, August 2015, Pages 132-138