The extensively used latex mixing approach to prepare graphene can improve the graphene dispersion but meets some challenges in the preparation of high content carbon black filled rubber system like a rubber tire. Owing to the high melt viscosity of the rubber/graphene masterbatch, the dispersion of carbon black is not perfect during twin-roll mixing and some aggregates will be formed. Here we proposed a wet compounding process, combined with ultrasonically assisted latex mixing, named as the WCL method to prepare reduced graphene oxide/carbon black/natural rubber (rGO/CB/NR) composites. The morphological observations confirmed that both graphene and carbon black can be evenly dispersed in the rubber composites. The incorporation of rGO also improves the hardness, thermal conductivity and anti-aging properties of the composites. The rGO/CB/NR composites prepared by the WCL method possess better mechanical properties compared to conventional latex mixing. The entanglement-bound rubber tube model was utilised to understand the reinforcing mechanism. 相似文献
The greatest challenge in developing polymer/graphene nanocomposites is to prevent graphene layers stacking; in this respect, we found effective solution-mixing polymers with cost-effective graphene of hydrophobic surface. Since graphene oxide is hydrophilic and in need of reduction, highly conducing graphene platelets (GnPs) of ∼3 nm in thickness were selected to solution-mix with a commonly used elastomer – styrene–butadiene rubber (SBR). A percolation threshold of electrical conductivity was observed at 5.3 vol% of GnPs, and the SBR thermal conductivity enhanced three times at 24 vol%. Tensile strength, Young's modulus and tear strength were improved by 413%, 782% and 709%, respectively, at 16.7 vol%. Payne effect, an important design criteria for elastomers used in dynamic loading environment, was also investigated. The comparison of solution mixing with melt compounding, where the same starting materials were used, demonstrated that solution mixing is more effective in promoting the reinforcing effect of GnPs, since it provides more interlayer spacing for elastomer molecules intercalating and retains the high aspect ratio of GnPs leading to filler–filler network at a low volume fraction. We also compared the reinforcing effect of GnPs with those of carbon black and carbon nanotubes. 相似文献
AbstractHollow carbon black (HCB) is introduced in this work. It has a special hollow structure, high specific surface area, high structure and high electric conductivity. Hollow carbon black is used to fill styrene–butadiene rubber (SBR). The bound rubber test results show that the bound rubber of SBR/HCB can be measured when the HCB content reaches 25 phr because a strong filler network is formed, which indicates good electric conductivity of SBR/HCB. In comparison, the bound rubber of SBR/N330 can not be measured even when the N330 content is 40 phr. The mechanical measurements show that HCB has very good reinforcing effect on SBR especially when the filler content is low. The electric conductivity and thermal conductivity increase with the increase in filler content. At the same filler content, the properties of SBR/HCB nanocomposites are better than those of SBR/N330 nanocomposites, which suggests that HCB has good application potential. 相似文献
For developing high performance graphene and silicon dioxide (SiO2)-based green rubber nanocomposites, dispersal of graphene nanosheets and SiO2 particles in rubber hosts and precise interface control are challenging due to their strong interlayer cohesive energy and surface inertia of graphene and the poor interaction with the organic matrix of SiO2. Here we report an efficient method to hybrid graphene nanosheets and SiO2 paticles. The SiO2 molecules were covalently bonded to the graphene surface via functionalized graphene, using plant polyphenol tannic acid (TA) as stabilizer and functional reagent, followed by further covalent derivatization through the Michael addition reaction between phenolic hydroxyl group on TA and primary amine on silane coupling agents modified SiO2. Through covalent hybridization, the SiO2 particles are uniformly decorated on the surface of graphene. The improved dispersion state of hybrid filler was attested by XRD, TEM and FTIR. SEM, DMA, mechanical analysis, thermal conductivity measurements and applied to characterize the hybrid nanocomposites. The results imply that the strategy of using hybrid fillers with covalent interactions has been established to be an efficient way to achieve high-performance rubber nanocomposites. The prominent confinement effect arising from nanosheets resulted in nearly 7.0% increase in the thermal conductivity of the highly synergistic hybridization graphene-SiO2 nanocomposites than that of the composite of graphene and SiO2 mixtures. The former possesses 45.4% increase in tensile strength and 32.6% in tear strength and 35.4% in compression set. The covalent hybridization nanocomposites exhibit excellent abrasive resistant capacity with nearly 36.6% increase than that of the composite of graphene and SiO2 mixtures. These results suggest that SiO2 and graphene covalent hybrid fillers have a high potential to be used in engineering composits.