Issue 30, 2018

Graphene-based surface heater for de-icing applications

Abstract

Graphene-based de-icing composites are of great interest due to incredible thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of graphene. Moreover, current technologies possess a number of challenges such as expensive, high power consumption, limited life time and adding extra weight to the composites. Here, we report a scalable process of making highly conductive graphene-based glass fibre rovings for de-icing applications. We also use a scalable process of making graphene-based conductive ink by microfluidic exfoliation technique. The glass fibre roving is then coated with graphene-based conductive inks using a dip-dry-cure technique which could potentially be scaled up into an industrial manufacturing unit. The graphene-coated glass roving demonstrates lower electrical resistances (∼1.7 Ω cm−1) and can heat up rapidly to a required temperature. We integrate these graphene-coated glass rovings into a vacuum-infused epoxy–glass fabric composite and also demonstrate the potential use of as prepared graphene-based composites for de-icing applications.

Graphical abstract: Graphene-based surface heater for de-icing applications

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Marts 2018
Accepted
22 Apr. 2018
First published
08 Maijs 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2018,8, 16815-16823

Graphene-based surface heater for de-icing applications

N. Karim, M. Zhang, S. Afroj, V. Koncherry, P. Potluri and K. S. Novoselov, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 16815 DOI: 10.1039/C8RA02567C

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