AI Chat Paper
Note: Please note that the following content is generated by AMiner AI. SciOpen does not take any responsibility related to this content.
{{lang === 'zh_CN' ? '文章概述' : 'Summary'}}
{{lang === 'en_US' ? '中' : 'Eng'}}
Chat more with AI
Powered by AMiner. Clicking this button will take you away from SciOpen.
Home Nano Research Article
Article Link
Cite
EndNote(RIS) BibTeX
Collect
Submit Manuscript
Show Outline
Outline
Show full outline
Hide outline
Outline
Show full outline
Hide outline
Research Article

Polymer composites designed with 3D fibrous CNT “tracks” achieving excellent thermal conductivity and electromagnetic interference shielding efficiency

Gui Yang, Liangchun Zhou, Mingjie Wang, Tiantian Xiang, Duo Pan, Jingzhan Zhu, Fengmei Su( ), Youxin Ji, Chuntai Liu ( ), Changyu Shen
National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, The Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
Show Author Information

Graphical Abstract

Inspired by the fibrous pathways of the human nervous system, a “core–sheath” fibers structured strategy was proposed to prepare composites with three-dimensional (3D) fibrous carbon nanotubes (CNTs) “tracks”. The obtained thermoplastic polyurethane/polydopamine/carbon nanotube (TPU/PDA/CNT) composites film achieves the desired balance among thermal conductivity (TC), electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, multi-source driven thermal management, and mechanical properties.

Abstract

The rapid improvement in the running speed, transmission efficiency, and power density of miniaturized devices means that multifunctional flexible composites with excellent thermal management capability and high electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding performance are urgently required. Here, inspired by the fibrous pathways of the human nervous system, a “core–sheath” fibers structured strategy was proposed to prepare thermoplastic polyurethane/polydopamine/carbon nanotube (TPU/PDA/CNT) composites film with thermal management capability and EMI shielding performance. Firstly, TPU@PDA@CNT fibers with CNT shell were prepared by a facile polydopamine-assisted coating on electrospun TPU fibers. Subsequently, TPU/PDA/CNT composites with three-dimensional (3D) fibrous CNT “tracks” are obtained by a hot-pressing process, where CNTs distributed on adjacent fibers are compactly contacted. The fabricated TPU/PDA/CNT composites exhibit a high in-plane thermal conductivity (TC) of 9.6 W/(m·K) at low CNT loading of 7.6 wt.%. In addition, it also presents excellent mechanical properties and excellent EMI shielding effectiveness of 48.3 dB as well as multi-source driven thermal management capabilities. Hence, this study provides a simple yet scalable technique to prepare composites with advanced thermal management and EMI shielding performance to develop new-generation wireless communication technologies and portable intelligent electronic devices.

Keywords

compositesthree-dimensional (3D) fibrous carbon nanotube (CNT) “tracks”in-plane thermal conductivity (TC)electromagnetic interference (EMI) shieldingmulti-source driven thermal management

Electronic Supplementary Material

Download File(s)
12274_2023_5884_MOESM1_ESM.pdf (279.8 KB)

References

[1]

Chen, X.; Wu, K.; Zhang, Y. Z.; Liu, D. Y.; Li, R. L.; Fu, Q. Tropocollagen-inspired hierarchical spiral structure of organic fibers in epoxy bulk for 3D high thermal conductivity. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2206088.
Crossref Google Scholar
[2]

Han, Y. X.; He, M. K.; Hu, J. W.; Liu, P. B.; Liu, Z. W.; Ma, Z. L.; Ju, W. B.; Gu, J. W. Hierarchical design of FeCo-based microchains for enhanced microwave absorption in C band. Nano Res. 2023, 16, 1773–1778.
Crossref Google Scholar
[3]

Liao, S. Y.; Wang, X. Y.; Huang, H. P.; Shi, Y. Y.; Wang, Q. F.; Hu, Y. G.; Zhu, P. L.; Sun, R.; Wong, C. P.; Wan, Y. J. Intelligent shielding material based on VO2 with tunable near-field and far-field electromagnetic response. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 464, 142596.
Crossref Google Scholar
[4]

Zhou, B.; Song, J. Z.; Wang, B.; Feng, Y. Z.; Liu, C. T.; Shen, C. Y. Robust double-layered ANF/MXene-PEDOT: PSS Janus films with excellent multi-source driven heating and electromagnetic interference shielding properties. Nano Res. 2022, 15, 9520–9530.
Crossref Google Scholar
[5]

Wu, Z. Q.; Dong, J.; Li, X. T.; Zhao, X.; Ji, C. C.; Zhang, Q. H. Interlayer decoration of expanded graphite by polyimide resins for preparing highly thermally conductive composites with superior electromagnetic shielding performance. Carbon 2022, 198, 1–10.
Crossref Google Scholar
[6]

Dong, A. W.; Mu, Z. J.; Meng, X. J.; Li, S.; Li, J. N.; Dai, L.; Lv, J. N.; Li, P. F.; Wang, B. Fine-tuning the electromagnetic parameters of 2D conjugated metal-organic framework semiconductors for anti-electromagnetic interference in the Ku band. Chem. Eng. J. 2022, 444, 136574.
Crossref Google Scholar
[7]

Xie, Z. L.; Dou, Z. L.; Wu, D.; Zeng, X. T.; Feng, Y.; Tian, Y. F.; Fu, Q.; Wu, K. Joint-inspired liquid and thermal conductive interface for designing thermal interface materials with high solid filling yet excellent thixotropy. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2214071.
Crossref Google Scholar
[8]

Lei, C. X.; Xie, Z. L.; Wu, K.; Fu, Q. Controlled vertically aligned structures in polymer composites: Natural inspiration, structural processing, and functional application. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2103495.
Crossref Google Scholar
[9]

Yang, G.; Wang, M, J.; Dong, J, W.; Su, F. M.; Ji, Y. X.; Liu, C. T.; Shen, C. Y. Fibers-induced segregated-like structure for polymer composites achieving excellent thermal conductivity and electromagnetic interference shielding efficiency. Compos. Part B: Eng. 2022, 246, 110253.
Crossref Google Scholar
[10]

Dong, J. C.; Tang, X. W.; Peng Y. D.; Fan, C. H.; L, L.; Zhang, C.; Lai, F.L.; He, G. J.; Ma, P.M.; Wang, Z. C.; Wei, Q. F.; Yan, X. P.; Qian, H. L.; Huang, Y. P.; Liu, T. X. Highly permeable and ultrastretchable E-textiles with EGaIn-superlyophilicity for on-skin health monitoring, joule heating, and electromagnetic shielding. Nano Energy 2023, 108, 108194.
Crossref Google Scholar
[11]

Wan, Y. J.; Zhu, P. L.; Yu, S. H.; Sun, R.; Wong, C. P.; Liao, W. H. Anticorrosive, ultralight, and flexible carbon-wrapped metallic nanowire hybrid sponges for highly efficient electromagnetic interference shielding. Small 2018, 14, 1800534.
Crossref Google Scholar
[12]

Jia, J.; Peng, Y.; Zha, X. J.; Ke, K.; Bao, R. Y.; Liu, Z. Y.; Yang, M. B.; Yang, W. Janus and heteromodulus elastomeric fiber mats feature regulable stress redistribution for boosted strain sensing performance. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 16806–16815.
Crossref Google Scholar
[13]

Liu, J. H.; Li, W. D.; Jia, J.; Tang, C. Y.; Wang, S.; Yu, P.; Zhang, Z. M.; Ke, K.; Bao, R. Y.; Liu, Z. Y. et al. Structure-regenerated silk fibroin with boosted piezoelectricity for disposable and biodegradable oral healthcare device. Nano Energy 2022, 103, 107787.
Crossref Google Scholar
[14]

Han, Y. X.; Ruan, K. P.; Gu, J. W. Janus (BNNS/ANF)-(AgNWs/ANF) thermal conductivity composite films with superior electromagnetic interference shielding and Joule heating performances. Nano Res. 2022, 15, 4747–4755.
Crossref Google Scholar
[15]

Chen, Q.; Ma, Z. W.; Wang, M. C.; Wang, Z. Z.; Feng, J. B.; Chevali, V.; Song, P. A. Recent advances in nacre-inspired anisotropic thermally conductive polymeric nanocomposites. Nano Res. 2023, 16, 1362–1386.
Crossref Google Scholar
[16]
Wang, H.; He, D. Y.; Qiu, J.; Ma, Y. Y.; Wang, J.; Li, Y. X.; Chen, J. Y.; Wang, C. PAN/W18O49/Ag nanofibrous membrane for high-efficient and multi-band electromagnetic-interference shielding with broad temperature tolerance and good thermal isolating capacity. Compos. Part B: Eng. 2022, 236, 109793.
[17]

Zha, X. J.; Yang, J.; Pu, J. H.; Feng, C. P.; Bai, L.; Bao, R. Y.; Liu, Z. Y.; Yang, M. B.; Yang, W. Enhanced thermal conductivity and balanced mechanical performance of PP/BN composites with 1 vol.% finely dispersed MWCNTs assisted by OBC. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 6, 1900081.
Crossref Google Scholar
[18]

Zhuang, Q. N.; Ma, Z. J.; Gao, Y.; Zhang, Y. K.; Wang, S. C.; Lu, X.; Hu, H.; Cheung, C.; Huang, Q. Y.; Zheng, Z. J. Liquid-metal-superlyophilic and conductivity-strain-enhancing scaffold for permeable superelastic conductors. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2105587.
Crossref Google Scholar
[19]

Ruan, K. P.; Gu, J. W. Ordered alignment of liquid crystalline graphene fluoride for significantly enhancing thermal conductivities of liquid crystalline polyimide composite films. Macromolecules 2022, 55, 4134–4145.
Crossref Google Scholar
[20]
Yi, S. Q.; Sun, H.; Jin, Y. F.; Zou, K. K.; Li, J.; Jia, L. C.; Yan, D. X.; Li, Z. M. CNT-assisted design of stable liquid metal droplets for flexible multifunctional composites. Compos. Part B: Eng. 2022, 239, 109961.
[21]

Wan, Y. J.; Wang, X. Y.; Li, X. M.; Liao, S. Y.; Lin, Z. Q.; Hu, Y. G.; Zhao, T.; Zeng, X. L.; Li, C. H.; Yu, S. H. et al. Ultrathin densified carbon nanotube film with “metal-like” conductivity, superior mechanical strength, and ultrahigh electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness. ACS Nano 2020, 14, 14134–14145.
Crossref Google Scholar
[22]

Yang, G.; Zhang, X. D.; Shang, Y.; Xu, P. H.; Pan, D.; Su, F. M.; Ji, Y. X.; Feng, Y. Z.; Liu, Y. Z.; Liu, C. T. Highly thermally conductive polyvinyl alcohol/boron nitride nanocomposites with interconnection oriented boron nitride nanoplatelets. Compos. Sci. Technol. 2021, 201, 108521.
Crossref Google Scholar
[23]

Wan, Y. J.; Rajavel, K.; Li, X. M.; Wang, X. Y.; Liao, S. Y.; Lin, Z. Q.; Zhu, P. L.; Sun, R.; Wong, C. P. Electromagnetic interference shielding of Ti3C2Tx MXene modified by ionic liquid for high chemical stability and excellent mechanical strength. Chem. Eng. J. 2021, 408, 127303.
Crossref Google Scholar
[24]

Xu, Y. D.; Lin, Z. Q.; Yang, Y. Q.; Duan, H. J.; Zhao, G. Z.; Liu, Y. Q.; Hu, Y. E.; Sun, R.; Wong, C. P. Integration of efficient microwave absorption and shielding in a multistage composite foam with progressive conductivity modular design. Mater. Horiz. 2022, 9, 708–719.
Crossref Google Scholar
[25]
Wei, Y.; Zhou, H. J.; Deng, H.; Ji, W. J.; Tian, K.; Ma, Z. Y.; Zhang, K. Y.; Fu, Q. “Toolbox” for the processing of functional polymer composites. Nano-Micro Lett. 2021, 14, 35.
Crossref
[26]

Shen, Z. M.; Feng, J. C. Preparation of thermally conductive polymer composites with good electromagnetic interference shielding efficiency based on natural wood-derived carbon scaffolds. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 6259–6266.
Crossref Google Scholar
[27]

Tan, X.; Liu, T. H.; Zhou, W. J.; Yuan, Q. L.; Ying, J. F.; Yan, Q. W.; Lv, L.; Chen, L.; Wang, X. Z.; Du, S. Y. et al. Enhanced electromagnetic shielding and thermal conductive properties of polyolefin composites with a Ti3C2Tx MXene/graphene framework connected by a hydrogen-bonded interface. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 9254–9266.
Crossref Google Scholar
[28]

Yang, G.; Zhang, X. D.; Pan, D.; Zhang, W.; Shang, Y.; Su, F. M.; Ji, Y. X.; Liu, C. T.; Shen, C. Y. Highly thermal conductive poly(vinyl alcohol) composites with oriented hybrid networks: Silver nanowire bridged boron nitride nanoplatelets. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 32286–32294.
Crossref Google Scholar
[29]

Li, J. H.; Ma, Q. Q.; Gao, S.; Liang, T.; Pang, Y. S.; Zeng, X. L.; Li, Y. Y.; Zeng, X. L.; Sun, R.; Ren, L. L. Liquid bridge: Liquid metal bridging spherical BN largely enhances the thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of thermal interface materials. J. Mater. Chem. C 2022, 10, 6736–6743.
Crossref Google Scholar
[30]

Wang, X. Y.; Liao, S. Y.; Huang, H. P.; Wang, Q. F.; Shi, Y. Y.; Zhu, P. L.; Hu, Y. G.; Sun, R.; Wan, Y. J. Enhancing the chemical stability of MXene through synergy of hydrogen bond and coordination bond in aqueous solution. Small Methods 2023, 7, 2201694.
Crossref Google Scholar
[31]

Yang, W.; Bai, H. X.; Jiang, B.; Wang, C. N.; Ye, W. M.; Li, Z. X.; Xu, C.; Wang, X. B.; Li, Y. F. Flexible and densified graphene/waterborne polyurethane composite film with thermal conducting property for high performance electromagnetic interference shielding. Nano Res. 2022, 15, 9926–9935.
Crossref Google Scholar
[32]

Wang, X. W.; Wu, P. Y. Fluorinated carbon nanotube/nanofibrillated cellulose composite film with enhanced toughness, superior thermal conductivity, and electrical insulation. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 34311–34321.
Crossref Google Scholar
[33]

Hong, H.; Jung, Y. H.; Lee, J. S.; Jeong, C.; Kim, J. U.; Lee, S.; Ryu, H.; Kim, H.; Ma, Z. Q.; Kim, T. I. Anisotropic thermal conductive composite by the guided assembly of boron nitride nanosheets for flexible and stretchable electronics. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29, 1902575.
Crossref Google Scholar
[34]

Su, Z.; Wang, H.; Ye, X. Z.; Tian, K. H.; Huang, W. Q.; He, J.; Guo, Y. L.; Tian, X. Y. Anisotropic thermally conductive flexible polymer composites filled with hexagonal born nitride (h-BN) platelets and ammine carbon nanotubes (CNT-NH2): Effects of the filler distribution and orientation. Compos. Part A:Appl. Sci. Manuf. 2018, 109, 402–412.
Crossref Google Scholar
[35]

Luo, F. H.; Zhang, M.; Chen, S. L.; Xu, J. F.; Ma, C.; Chen, G. H. Sandwich-structured PVA/rGO films from self-construction with high thermal conductivity and electrical insulation. Compos. Sci. Technol. 2021, 207, 108707.
Crossref Google Scholar
[36]

Liang, J. C.; Luo, J. W.; Zhang, J. X.; Xiong, Y. Q.; Tan, S. Z. Constructing a high-density thermally conductive network through electrospinning-hot-pressing of BN@PDA/GO/PVDF composites. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2022, 4, 2414–2422.
Crossref Google Scholar
[37]

Bai, L.; Zhang, Z. M.; Pu, J. H.; Feng, C. P.; Zhao, X.; Bao, R. Y.; Liu, Z. Y.; Yang, M. B.; Yang, W. Highly thermally conductive electrospun stereocomplex polylactide fibrous film dip-coated with silver nanowires. Polymer 2020, 194, 122390.
Crossref Google Scholar
[38]

Ying, J. F.; Tan, X.; Lv, L.; Wang, X. Z.; Gao, J. Y.; Yan, Q. W.; Ma, H. B.; Nishimura, K.; Li, H.; Yu, J. H. et al. Tailoring highly ordered graphene framework in epoxy for high-performance polymer-based heat dissipation plates. ACS Nano 2021, 15, 12922–12934.
Crossref Google Scholar
[39]

Liao, S. Y.; Li, G.; Wang, X. Y.; Wan, Y. J.; Zhu, P. L.; Hu, Y. G.; Zhao, T.; Sun, R.; Wong, C. P. Metallized skeleton of polymer foam based on metal-organic decomposition for high-performance EMI shielding. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 3302–3314.
Crossref Google Scholar
[40]

Pan, J. K.; Xu, Y.; Bao, J. J. Epoxy composite foams with excellent electromagnetic interference shielding and heat-resistance performance. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2018, 135, 46013.
Crossref Google Scholar
[41]

Yan, D. X.; Ren, P. G.; Pang, H.; Fu, Q.; Yang, M. B.; Li, Z. M. Efficient electromagnetic interference shielding of lightweight graphene/polystyrene composite. J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 18772–18774.
Crossref Google Scholar
[42]

Ling, J. Q.; Zhai, W. T.; Feng, W. W.; Shen, B.; Zhang, J. F.; Zheng, W. G. Facile preparation of lightweight microcellular polyetherimide/graphene composite foams for electromagnetic interference shielding. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5, 2677–2684.
Crossref Google Scholar
[43]

Zhang, H. B.; Yan, Q.; Zheng, W. G.; He, Z. X.; Yu, Z. Z. Tough graphene-polymer microcellular foams for electromagnetic interference shielding. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2011, 3, 918–924.
Crossref Google Scholar
[44]

Li, J. T.; Zhang, G. C.; Ma, Z. L.; Fan, X. L.; Fan, X.; Qin, J. B.; Shi, X. T. Morphologies and electromagnetic interference shielding performances of microcellular epoxy/multi-wall carbon nanotube nanocomposite foams. Compos. Sci. Technol. 2016, 129, 70–78.
Crossref Google Scholar
Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 8,
August 2023
Pages 11411-11421
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5884-7
Cite this article:
Yang G, Zhou L, Wang M, et al. Polymer composites designed with 3D fibrous CNT “tracks” achieving excellent thermal conductivity and electromagnetic interference shielding efficiency. Nano Research, 2023, 16(8): 11411-11421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5884-7
Topics:
Nano unit

894

Views

37

Crossref

38

Web of Science

36

Scopus

4

CSCD

Altmetrics
Received: 25 April 2023
Revised: 28 May 2023
Accepted: 29 May 2023
Published: 15 July 2023
© Tsinghua University Press 2023
Return