Polymer based materials with high conductivity and electric insulation are widely used in new electronic fields as thermal interface material (TIM). In this work, firstly we prepared the mixed fillers of silicon carbide (SiC) and carbon nanotubes (CNT), and then used them to modify silicone rubber (SR) preparing composite SR. The experimental results of TGA showed that the composite silicone rubber had strong thermal stability, and the mass loss was only 5% until about 370°C. Besides, the thermal conductivity was significantly enhanced, which increased from 0.2 (pure SR) to 1.103 W·m−1·k−1 (composite SR containing 3wt%CNT and 20wt%SiC), the enhancement ratio arriving as high as 483.05%. In addition, the composite silicone rubber maintained (water contact angle above 90 °) hydrophobicity and electrical insulation (volume resistivity of composite SR with 3wt%CNT and 20wt%SiC up to 1013 Ω·cm), which effectively prevent leakage risk and reduce voltage loss. Therefore, a small number of mixed fillers of SiC and CNT can effectively improve the combination properties of silicone rubber and provide more ideas for TIM.
Insulating
materials with high thermal conductivity have become
the key to solving the internal heat problem of electronic components.
In this study, two fillers were prepared by the in situ generation
method. The uniform distribution of silicon dioxide (SiO2) nanoparticles and silver (Ag) nanoparticles on the surface of graphene
oxide (GO) and silicon carbide (SiC) was proved by characterization
methods such as micromorphology (TEM and SEM) and elemental analysis
(XPS), respectively. The fillers above prepared were then added to
silicone rubber (SR) to improve its thermal conductivity. SiO2 nanoparticles attached to the GO surface were compatible
with the SR matrix, so the thermal resistance of the interface between
the GO and the matrix was reduced. The thermal conductivity of Ag
nanoparticles generated on the SiC surface was significantly better
than that of SiC whiskers. Besides, the composite filler was more
conducive to the formation of a heat conduction path, so the thermal
conductivity of silicone rubber was improved. In addition, the composite
SR maintained pleasing electrical insulating properties, and the volume
resistivity of all samples was above 1013 Ω·cm.
The prepared composite filler and composite SR provide ideas for developing
high-performance thermally conductive and insulating polymers.
Phase change materials store and release heat energy in the process of phase change, so as to realize the effective recovery and utilization of heat energy. In this work, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)@carbon nanotubes (CNT) 3D porous matrix were fabricated by rotary sintering. By vacuum adsorbing paraffin wax (PW) into UHMWPE@CNT porous matrix, composite phase change materials (CPCM) with excellent shape stability and mechanical properties were obtained. In addition, thermal gravimetric analysis (TG) results showed that the thermal stability of PW in CPCM was significantly improved. Moreover, the highest thermal conductivity of CPCM was 0.31 W m À1 K À1 at a relatively low content of CNT, which was 1.71 times that of CPCM without CNT. CNT was uniformly dispersed in the porous matrix of UHMWPE to enhance the thermal properties of CPCM. Especially when the CNT content was 1.5%, the thermal storage performance and photothermal conversion efficiency of CPCM were effectively improved. Therefore, the CPCM prepared by this method with excellent combination property, had great application prospect in energy storage.
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