• 文献标题:   Graphene-Multilayer Graphene Nanocomposites as Highly Efficient Thermal Interface Materials
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SHAHIL KMF, BALANDIN AA
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, thermal interface material, nanocomposite, liquidface exfoliation
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Calif Riverside
  • 被引频次:   718
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl203906r
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

We found that the optimized mixture of graphene and multilayer graphene, produced by the high-yield inexpensive liquid-phase-exfoliation technique, can lead to an extremely strong enhancement of the cross-plane thermal conductivity K of the composite. The "laser flash" measurements revealed a record-high enhancement of K by 2300% in the graphene-based polymer at the filler loading fraction f = 10 vol %. It was determined that the relatively high concentration of the single-layer and bilayer graphene flakes (similar to 10-15%) present simultaneously with the thicker multilayers of large lateral size (similar to 1 mu m) were essential for the observed unusual K enhancement. The thermal conductivity of the commercial thermal grease was increased from an initial value of similar to 5.8 W/mK to K = 14 W/mK at the small loading f = 2%, which preserved all mechanical properties of the hybrid. Our modeling results suggest that graphene-multilayer graphene nanocomposite used as the thermal interface material outperforms those with carbon nanotubes or metal nanoparticles owing to graphene's aspect ratio and lower Kapitza resistance at the graphene-matrix interface.