• 文献标题:   Microstructure and electrical property of epoxy/graphene/MWCNT hybrid composite films manufactured by UV-curing
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JEONG YG, AN JE
  • 作者关键词:   carbon nanotube, composite film, epoxy, graphene, microstructure, electrical property, uvcuring
  • 出版物名称:   MACROMOLECULAR RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1598-5032 EI 2092-7673
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chungnam Natl Univ
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1007/s13233-014-2157-z
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

UV-cured epoxy hybrid composite films were manufactured by efficient and facile cationic photochemical polymerization of 3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl-3',4'-epoxycyclohexane carboxylate mixtures including 5.0 wt% carbon nanofillers of different graphene/multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) compositions of 10/0, 9/1, 7/3, 5/5, 3/7, and 0/10 by weight ratio. TEM images confirmed that the mixed carbon nanofillers of graphene and MWCNT were well dispersed in the UV-cured epoxy matrix, while MWCNT as a single carbon nanofiller component was aggregated in the matrix. The electrical resistivity of the composite films was thus varied with the increment of the relative MWCNT content in 5.0 wt% carbon nanofillers, i.e., similar to 160 Omega cm for the epoxy/graphene composite film, 30 similar to 80 Omega cm for the epoxy/graphene/MWCNT composite films, and similar to 16,200 Omega cm for the epoxy/MWCNT composite film. The decreased electrical resistivity of the epoxy/graphene/MWCNT composite films was associated with the interconnected network formation of graphene sheets and MWCNTs. Thus the UV-cured epoxy/graphene and epoxy/graphene/MWCNT composite films exhibited excellent electric heating performance in terms of rapid temperature response, stable maximum temperature, and high electric power efficiency. In addition, the UV-cured epoxy hybrid composite films as electric heating materials were found to be thermally stable up to similar to 290 degrees C.