Polyimide-assisted fabrication of highly oriented graphene-based all-carbon foams for increasing the thermal conductivity of polymer composites

XIONG Ke; SUN Zhi-peng; HU Ji-chen; MA Cheng; WANG Ji-tong; GE Xiang; QIAO Wen-ming; LING Li-cheng

doi:10.1016/S1872-5805(24)60835-8

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XIONG Ke, SUN Zhi-peng, HU Ji-chen, MA Cheng, WANG Ji-tong, GE Xiang, QIAO Wen-ming, LING Li-cheng. Polyimide-assisted fabrication of highly oriented graphene-based all-carbon foams for increasing the thermal conductivity of polymer composites. New Carbon Mater., 2024, 39(2): 271-282. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(24)60835-8

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XIONG Ke, SUN Zhi-peng, HU Ji-chen, MA Cheng, WANG Ji-tong, GE Xiang, QIAO Wen-ming, LING Li-cheng. Polyimide-assisted fabrication of highly oriented graphene-based all-carbon foams for increasing the thermal conductivity of polymer composites. New Carbon Mater., 2024, 39(2): 271-282. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(24)60835-8

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XIONG Ke, SUN Zhi-peng, HU Ji-chen, MA Cheng, WANG Ji-tong, GE Xiang, QIAO Wen-ming, LING Li-cheng. Polyimide-assisted fabrication of highly oriented graphene-based all-carbon foams for increasing the thermal conductivity of polymer composites. New Carbon Mater., 2024, 39(2): 271-282. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(24)60835-8

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Polyimide-assisted fabrication of highly oriented graphene-based all-carbon foams for increasing the thermal conductivity of polymer composites

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(24)60835-8

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State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Changzhou Fuxi Technology Co, Ltd., Changzhou 213144, China

Funds: This work is partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22178107, U21A2060, 22178116 and 21978097), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Key Research and Development Program (2022B01030), and Shanghai Pujiang Program (21PJD019)

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熊　科. E-mail：xkecust@163.com
Corresponding author: WANG Ji-tong, Professor. E-mail: wangjt@ecust.edu.cn; QIAO Wen-ming, Professor. E-mail: qiaowm@ecust.edu.cn
Received Date: 2023-09-17
Accepted Date: 2023-12-19
Rev Recd Date: 2023-12-19

Available Online: 2023-12-25

Publish Date: 2024-04-03

Abstract

Abstract

Graphene and its derivatives are often preferentially oriented horizontally during processing because of their two-dimensional (2D) layer structure. As a result, thermal interface materials (TIMs) composed of a polymer matrix and graphene-derived fillers often have a high in-plane (IP) thermal conductivity (K), however, the low through-plane (TP) K makes them unsuitable for practical use. We report the development of high-quality polyimide/graphite nanosheets (PG) perpendicular to the plane using a directional freezing technique that increase the TP K of polymer-based composites. Graphene-derived nanosheets (GNs) were obtained by the crushing of scraps of highly thermally conductive graphene films. A water-soluble polyamic acid salt solution was used to disperse the hydrophobic GNs filler to achieve directional freezing. The polyimide, which facilitated the directional alignment of the GNs, was then graphitized. The introduction of the GNs increases the order and density of the PG, thus improving the strength and heat transfer performance of its polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composite. The obtained PG/PDMS composite (21.1% PG, mass fraction) has an impressive TP K of14.56 W·m⁻¹·K⁻¹, 81 times that of pure PDMS. This simple polyimide-assisted 2D hydrophobic fillers alignment method provides ideas for the widespread fabrication of anisotropic TIMs and enables the reuse of scraps of graphene films.
- Graphene film,
- Reutilization,
- Thermal conductivity,
- Anisotropic foam,
- Thermal interface materials

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