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Modeling and analysis of synergistic effect in thermal conductivity enhancement of polymer composites with hybrid filler.

Authors :
Chen, Lin
Sun, Ying-Ying
Lin, Jun
Du, Xiao-Ze
Wei, Gao-Sheng
He, Shao-Jian
Nazarenko, Sergei
Source :
International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer. Feb2015, Vol. 81, p457-464. 8p.
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

Hybrid filler with proper filler ratio can remarkably improve the thermal conductivity of polymer composites by the synergistic effect. However, there is a lack of an effective mathematical model that could describe such effect or predict the optimal ratio of the hybrid filler. In this paper, a two-step analytical model was developed for calculating the effective thermal conductivity ( k eff ) of epoxy composites containing hybrid single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and graphite nanoplatelets (GNPs) filler. Based on the experimental observation in the literature, a unit cell containing a GNP–SWCNTs–GNP sandwich structure was abstracted, and thermal resistance method and effective medium approach were used to derive the model with the assumption that the effective height of the SWNCTs in the unit cell follows the normal distribution. The modeling results were highly consistent with the experiment results in the literature. The synergistic effect was clearly observed and the optimal ratio of hybrid filler could be predicted from the model. Effect of the key parameters on the k eff in the model were also analyzed and discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00179310
Volume :
81
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
99740375
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.10.051