Graphene/Naphthalene Sulfonate Composite Films with
High Electrical and Thermal Conductivities for Energy Storage and
Thermal Management in Nanoscale Electronic Devices
posted on 2021-11-18, 14:36authored byYafang Zhuang, Kun Zheng, Xinyu Cao, Jingnan Zhang, Gang Ye, Yuanyuan Ma, Qian Xiang, Yongmei Ma
Electrical
and thermal conductivities of graphene-based composites
are inferior to the expectation mainly because of the difficulty in
optimization of the defects and spatial distribution of graphene in
the matrix under high loading. In this study, high electrical and
thermal conductivities of free-standing and flexible graphene/naphthalene
sulfonate (GN) composite films are achieved by controlling the assembly
of few-defect flat graphene sheets. The assembled GN composite film
exhibits excellent electrical conductivity reaching at 1.25 ×
105 S m–1, leading to a high electromagnetic
shielding performance that is up to 37 dB when the thickness of the
film is only 25 μm, which is competitive with previously reported
millimeter-thickness graphene composite films. Moreover, the GN composite
film also shows excellent in-plane thermal conductivity (300 W m–1 K–1). Such superior properties
of the film are mainly because few-defect graphene can form highly
orientated structures in the composite under high loading. We foresee
that the obtained composite films have great potential applications
in the fields of energy storage and thermal management of the nanoscale
electronic devices.