Issue 72, 2016

Enhanced thermal conductivity for poly(vinylidene fluoride) composites with nano-carbon fillers

Abstract

Polymer composites with high thermal conductivity have recently attracted much attention, along with the rapid development of electronic devices toward higher speeds and performance. Here, we reported a facile method to prepare poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) composites with nano-carbon fillers including zero-dimensional superfullerene (SF), one-dimensional carbon nanotubes (CNT) and two-dimensional graphene sheets (GS) by simple solution blending and compression molding. The effects of these nano-carbon fillers on the thermal conductivity of PVDF composites were systematically investigated. It was found that PVDF composites exhibit a higher thermal conductivity than that of neat PVDF. Among them, the thermal conductivity of PVDF composites with 20 wt% two-dimensional GS reaches a maximum (2.06 W m−1 K−1), which is approximately 10-fold enhancement in comparison to that of the neat PVDF. Such highly thermal conductive PVDF composites may enable some prospective applications in advanced thermal management.

Graphical abstract: Enhanced thermal conductivity for poly(vinylidene fluoride) composites with nano-carbon fillers

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Apr 2016
Accepted
12 Jul 2016
First published
13 Jul 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 68357-68362

Enhanced thermal conductivity for poly(vinylidene fluoride) composites with nano-carbon fillers

Y. Cao, M. Liang, Z. Liu, Y. Wu, X. Xiong, C. Li, X. Wang, N. Jiang, J. Yu and C. Lin, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 68357 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA11178E

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