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The applications of microwave processing of electrode materials for Li-ion batteries have been reviewed. This paper intends to insist at the advantages of the microwave processing and its credentials for commercialization. In order to achieve successive commercialization/ industrial application, a systematic understanding of the microwave processing becomes imperative. In the advent of this, an extensive study on the behavior of material in electromagnetic field has been presented. Microwave processing of various materials like lithium cobalt oxide, lithium manganese oxide, lithium nickel oxide, lithium titanium oxide and their derivatives, copper bismuth oxide, antimony sulfide, and tin oxide graphite has been reviewed in detail. Also, the dependence of microwave processing in operating frequency, geometry, preheating, soaking time, susceptor material, and single (or) multimode cavity has been reviewed.

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The study aims to enhance the thermal and mechanical properties of epoxy composite materials. This is done based on combination of micron sized aluminium nitride (AlN) and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) particles. A set of AlN/BN hybrid epoxy composites with filler content ranging from 35, 40, and 42 wt% was prepared by conventional casting method. The use of these hybrid fillers was found to be very effective in increasing the composite thermal conductivity due to synergetic connectivity offered by the fillers with different geometries; polyhedral AlN and hBN platelets. Maximum thermal conductivity of 0.57 W mK−1 was achieved for the formulation of AlN:BN = 2:1 at 42 wt% filler loading. Glass transition (Tg), coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), and modulus of the composites were measured experimentally. The integrated properties of AlN/BN epoxy composites are expected to enhance the heat dissipating capabilities in microelectronic industry. POLYM. COMPOS., 39:E1372–E1380, 2018. © 2016 Society of Plastics Engineers

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