Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7214578 | Composites Science and Technology | 2018 | 25 Pages |
Abstract
Although highly electrically conductive polymer composites filled with two-dimensional graphene-based nanofillers have been considerably explored, it still remains a challenge for constructing these nanocomposites with high filler efficiency, mild fabricating condition, as well as more effective conductive network at lower nanofiller contents. To meet above objectives, a facile preparation strategy was designed, wherein the pristine graphene (pGR) was utilized as nanofiller in polystyrene (PS) particle matrix via latex technology. Owing to the absence of reduction process, the hot-processing parameters were optimized to be more gentle ones. The structural, morphological, electrical, thermal and mechanical properties of resultant PS/pGR nanocomposites with various pGR contents were systematically investigated. SEM and TEM images showed the excellent interfacial adhesion between these two materials and segregated conductive structure was well-established. The as-fabricated PS/pGR composites achieved a quite high electrical conductivity of 20.5â¯S/m at a relatively low pGR loading of 0.957â¯vol% and an ultralow electrical percolation threshold of 0.0475â¯vol%. The thermal conductivity (TC) increased by 2.1 times at 0.957â¯vol% pGR loading than neat PS and the mechanical properties also exhibited applaudable results. This novel strategy to fabricate high performance PS conductive composites based on pristine graphene as nanofillers was thus proved to be effective.
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Authors
Fangwei Zhao, Guangfa Zhang, Shuai Zhao, Jian Cui, Ailin Gao, Yehai Yan,