• 文献标题:   Melt-Mixed 3D Hierarchical Graphene/Polypropylene Nanocomposites with Low Electrical Percolation Threshold
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GKOURMPIS T, GASKA K, TRANCHIDA D, GITSAS A, MULLER C, MATIC A, KADAR R
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, polypropylene, electrical percolation, electrical conductivity, nanocomposite, melt mixing
  • 出版物名称:   NANOMATERIALS
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  • 通讯作者地址:   Borealis AB
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.3390/nano9121766
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Graphene-based materials are a family of carbonaceous structures that can be produced using a variety of processes either from graphite or other precursors. These materials are typically a few layered sheets of graphene in the form of platelets and maintain some of the properties of pristine graphene (such as two-dimensional platelet shape, aspect ratio, and graphitic bonding). In this work we present melt mixed graphene-based polypropylene systems with significantly reduced percolation threshold. Traditionally melt-mixed systems suffer from poor dispersion that leads to high electrical percolation values. In contrast in our work, graphene was added into an isotactic polypropylene matrix, achieving an electrical percolation threshold of similar to 1 wt.%. This indicates that the filler dispersion process has been highly efficient, something that leads to the suppression of the beta phase that have a strong influence on the crystallization behavior and subsequent thermal and mechanical performance. The electrical percolation values obtained are comparable with reported solution mixed systems, despite the use of simple melt mixing protocols and the lack of any pre or post-treatment of the final compositions. The latter is of particular importance as the preparation method used in this work is industrially relevant and is readily scalable.