With the flourishing development of wireless communication,
there
is an urgent need for flexible and robust materials with excellent
thermal conductivity (TC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding
performance through simple and green preparation. In this work, we
efficiently prepared bacterial-cellulose-reinforced graphite nanoplate
(BC-GNP) composite films by the vacuum filtration of BC/GNP mixture
dispersions. Compared with the pure GNP film with a loose and disordered
structure, the BC-GNP composite showed a highly aligned and compact
“brick-and-mortar” structure. Benefiting from the unique
structure, the resultant BC-GNP with 20 wt % BC (20%BC) exhibited
a high tensile strength of 47.3 ± 1.8 MPa and an electrical conductivity
of 76.9 ± 3.3 S/cm. As expected, the 20%BC showed excellent EMI
shielding effectiveness (EMI SE) of 36.4 dB and a specific EMI SE
(SSE/t) value of 8860 ± 400 dB·cm2/g with a thickness
of 38 ± 1 μm. The in-plane TC and anisotropy index could
reach up to 80.2 ± 6.4 W/mK and 73 ± 3, respectively. The
20%BC also exhibited a satisfactory Joule heating performance of 139
°C at a voltage of 6 V. More importantly, the 20%BC possessed
a biodegradable property, which would completely degrade after 5 days.
Thus, this work provides a strategy to facilely prepare biodegradable,
high-performance, and multifunctional materials for wearable devices.