Functionalization of mild oxidized graphene with O-phenylenediamine for highly thermally conductive and thermally stable epoxy composites

Authors
Akhtar, M. WasimLee, Yun SeonYang, Cheol MinKim, Jong Seok
Issue Date
2016-10
Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
Citation
RSC ADVANCES, v.6, no.102, pp.100448 - 100458
Abstract
In this study, an effective and novel method was developed to improve the thermal conductivity of epoxy composites by functionalization of graphene. The functionalization of graphene was carried out with a simple refluxing method using a double N-precursor with O-phenylenediamine (OPD), in which the graphene was first treated with acid (2 : 6 molar H2SO4 : HNO3) to form oxygen containing groups on the graphene surface (O-graphene). Amidation and nucleophilic addition reactions through amine groups in OPD contributed significantly to the doping of nitrogen into the graphene layers. The OPD functionalized graphene (OPD-f-graphene) was highly effective and compatible with an epoxy matrix, resulting in homogenous dispersion of a filler in the matrix. The in-plane and through-plane thermal conductivity of the functionalized graphene filled epoxy composite (fG-epoxy) was significantly increased similar to 13 fold and similar to 4.8 fold, respectively, in comparison to the neat epoxy composite (G-epoxy) with the addition of 6 wt% of the filler. This improvement in thermal conductivity was attributed to better dispersion of the filler into fG-epoxy which generated phonon conduction pathways.
Keywords
CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; PHASE-CHANGE COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL-REDUCTION; POLYMER COMPOSITES; ALUMINUM NITRIDE; MATRIX COMPOSITE; RESIN; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; PHASE-CHANGE COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL-REDUCTION; POLYMER COMPOSITES; ALUMINUM NITRIDE; MATRIX COMPOSITE; RESIN; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDE; Graphene; Thermal coductivity; epoxy; compaosites
ISSN
2046-2069
URI
https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/123648
DOI
10.1039/c6ra17946k
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