Electrical ac and dc behavior of epoxy nanocomposites containing graphene oxide |
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| Authors: | Paolo Mancinelli Davide Fabiani Andrea Saccani Maurizio Toselli Michel F. Fréchette |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Energia Elettrica e dell'Informazione “Guglielmo Marconi”, Bologna, Italy;2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e dei Materiali, Bologna, Italy;3. Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale “Toso Montanari”, Bologna, Italy;4. Institut de Recherche d'Hydro‐Québec, Quebec, Canada |
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| Abstract: | This article deals with the investigation of electrical properties of epoxy‐based nanocomposites containing graphene oxide nanofillers dispersed in the polymer matrix through two‐phase extraction. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy and dc electrical conductivity as a function of electric field have been evaluated in specimens containing up to 0.5 wt % of nanofiller. Nanocomposites containing pristine graphene oxide do not show significant changes of electrical properties. On the contrary, the same materials after a proper thermal treatment at 135°C, able to provoke the in situ reduction of graphene oxide, exhibit higher permittivity and electrical conductivity, without showing large decrease of breakdown voltage. Moreover, a nonlinear behavior of the electrical conductivity is observed in the range of electric fields investigated, i.e. 2–30 kV mm?1. A new relaxation phenomenon with a very low temperature dependence is also evidenced at high frequency in reduced graphene oxide composites, likely associated to induced polarization of electrically conductive nanoparticles. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015 , 132, 41923. |
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| Keywords: | dielectric properties nanostructured polymers properties and characterization property relations structure thermosets |
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