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Vol. 15 (2023)

Tetris-Style Stacking Process to Tailor the Orientation of Carbon Fiber Scaffolds for Efficient Heat Dissipation

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01119-0
Shida Han
The State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Plastic/Rubber Complex Processing Technology, Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China
Yuan Ji
The State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Plastic/Rubber Complex Processing Technology, Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China
Qi Zhang
The State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Plastic/Rubber Complex Processing Technology, Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China
Hong Wu
The State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Plastic/Rubber Complex Processing Technology, Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China
Shaoyun Guo
The State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Plastic/Rubber Complex Processing Technology, Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China
Jianhui Qiu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Systems Science and Technology, Akita Prefectural University, 015‐0055, Akita, Japan
Fengshun Zhang
Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Shaoyun Guo

nic7702@scu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 15 (2023), Article Number: 146

Abstract

As the miniaturization of electronic devices and complication of electronic packaging, there are growing demands for thermal interfacial materials with enhanced thermal conductivity and the capability to direct the heat toward heat sink for highly efficient heat dissipation. Pitch-based carbon fiber (CF) with ultrahigh axial thermal conductivity and aspect ratios exhibits great potential for developing thermally conductive composites as TIMs. However, it is still hard to fabricate composites with aligned carbon fiber in a general approach to fully utilize its excellent axial thermal conductivity in specific direction. Here, three types of CF scaffolds with different oriented structure were developed via magnetic field-assisted Tetris-style stacking and carbonization process. By regulating the magnetic field direction and initial stacking density, the self-supporting CF scaffolds with horizontally aligned (HCS), diagonally aligned and vertically aligned (VCS) fibers were constructed. After embedding the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), the three composites exhibited unique heat transfer properties, and the HCS/PDMS and VCS/PDMS composites presented a high thermal conductivity of 42.18 and 45.01 W m−1 K−1 in fiber alignment direction, respectively, which were about 209 and 224 times higher than that of PDMS. The excellent thermal conductivity is mainly ascribed that the oriented CF scaffolds construct effective phonon transport pathway in the matrix. In addition, fishbone-shaped CF scaffold was also produced by multiple stacking and carbonization process, and the prepared composites exhibited a controlled heat transfer path, which can allow more versatility in the design of thermal management system.


Highlights:


1 Carbon fiber (CF) scaffolds with horizontally aligned, diagonally aligned and vertically aligned structure were fabricated via magnetic field-assisted Tetris-style stacking and carbonization process.
2 The obtained CF scaffolds/ polydimethylsiloxane composites showed ultrahigh thermal conductivity (above 40 W m−1 K−1) in the fiber alignment direction.
3 Fibers with different alignment direction can be combined by multiple stacking and carbonization process, allowing for the efficient heat transfer along customized paths.

Keywords

Carbon fiber Magnetic field Thermal management Thermally conductive composites
Han, Shida, Yuan Ji, Qi Zhang, Hong Wu, Shaoyun Guo, Jianhui Qiu, and Fengshun Zhang. 2023. “Tetris-Style Stacking Process to Tailor the Orientation of Carbon Fiber Scaffolds for Efficient Heat Dissipation”. Nano-Micro Letters 15 (June):146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01119-0.
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