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Microstructure and electrical property of epoxy/graphene/MWCNT hybrid composite films manufactured by UV-curing

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UV-cured epoxy hybrid composite films were manufactured by efficient and facile cationic photochemical polymerization of 3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl-3′,4′-epoxycyclohexane carboxylate mixtures including 5.0 wt% carbon nanofillers of different graphene/multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) compositions of 10/0, 9/1, 7/3, 5/5, 3/7, and 0/10 by weight ratio. TEM images confirmed that the mixed carbon nanofillers of graphene and MWCNT were well dispersed in the UV-cured epoxy matrix, while MWCNT as a single carbon nanofiller component was aggregated in the matrix. The electrical resistivity of the composite films was thus varied with the increment of the relative MWCNT content in 5.0 wt% carbon nanofillers, i.e., ∼160 Ωcm for the epoxy/graphene composite film, 30∼80 Ωcm for the epoxy/graphene/MWCNT composite films, and ∼16,200 Ωcm for the epoxy/MWCNT composite film. The decreased electrical resistivity of the epoxy/graphene/MWCNT composite films was associated with the interconnected network formation of graphene sheets and MWCNTs. Thus the UV-cured epoxy/graphene and epoxy/graphene/MWCNT composite films exhibited excellent electric heating performance in terms of rapid temperature response, stable maximum temperature, and high electric power efficiency. In addition, the UV-cured epoxy hybrid composite films as electric heating materials were found to be thermally stable up to ∼290 °C.

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    Young Gyu Jeong

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    Ji-Eun An

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Jeong, Y.G., An, JE. Microstructure and electrical property of epoxy/graphene/MWCNT hybrid composite films manufactured by UV-curing. Macromol. Res. 22, 1059–1065 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-014-2157-z

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