Experiments and modeling for thermal conductivity of graphite nanoplatelets/carbon composites |
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Authors: | Qi Yue Chenting Guo Qian Gao Rui Zhang |
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Affiliation: | School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, China |
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Abstract: | In this work, the graphite nanoplatelets/carbon composites were fabricated from graphite nanoplatelets and pitch powders by a hot-pressing technology followed by carbonization and graphitization. The XRD and pole figure results show that the incorporation of pitch induces the decrease of size (La) and orientation degree of graphitic crystallites, while the in-plane thermal conductivity of graphitized sample is increased with the increasing pitch content up to 6 wt.%, achieving a maximum value of 405 W/m K. The pitch binders are filled into the voids to bridge two or more graphite nanoplatelets particles together to form extra thermal paths, which makes a great contribution to the enhancement of thermal conductivity. A thermal conductivity model for the graphitized composites is constructed based on a bridging mechanism, and the predicted results fit well with the experimental results. |
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Keywords: | Graphite nanoplatelets Pitch Pole figure Thermal resistance Thermal conductivity |
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