Synergistic Enhanced Thermal Conductivity and Dielectric Constant of Epoxy Composites with Mesoporous Silica Coated Carbon Nanotube and Boron Nitride Nanosheet
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Materials
2.2. Fabrication of BNNSs, MWCNTs@mSiO2, and Epoxy Composites
2.3. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | Weight Loss Temperature/°C | THRI/°C | |
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T5 | T30 | ||
Pure epoxy resin | 358.25 | 397.75 | 187.16 |
0.1%MWCNTs@mSiO2/20%BNNSs/epoxy | 354.49 | 400.96 | 187.36 |
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Hao, Y.; Li, Q.; Pang, X.; Gong, B.; Wei, C.; Ren, J. Synergistic Enhanced Thermal Conductivity and Dielectric Constant of Epoxy Composites with Mesoporous Silica Coated Carbon Nanotube and Boron Nitride Nanosheet. Materials 2021, 14, 5251. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma14185251
Hao Y, Li Q, Pang X, Gong B, Wei C, Ren J. Synergistic Enhanced Thermal Conductivity and Dielectric Constant of Epoxy Composites with Mesoporous Silica Coated Carbon Nanotube and Boron Nitride Nanosheet. Materials. 2021; 14(18):5251. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma14185251
Chicago/Turabian StyleHao, Yutao, Qihan Li, Xianhai Pang, Bohong Gong, Chengmei Wei, and Junwen Ren. 2021. "Synergistic Enhanced Thermal Conductivity and Dielectric Constant of Epoxy Composites with Mesoporous Silica Coated Carbon Nanotube and Boron Nitride Nanosheet" Materials 14, no. 18: 5251. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma14185251