Issue 44, 2016

Effect of γ-PVDF on enhanced thermal conductivity and dielectric property of Fe-rGO incorporated PVDF based flexible nanocomposite film for efficient thermal management and energy storage applications

Abstract

Here, we investigate the effect of thermal conductivity of γ-crystallites of PVDF in Fe-rGO/PVDF nanocomposite, which are of potential use as actuators and temperature sensors for thermal management applications. The formation of γ-crystallites help to increase the thermal conductivity of the nanocomposite up to 0.89 W mK−1 at low level of filler loading (3 wt%) and we showed that the thermal conductivity depends on the amount of crystalline polar γ-phase in addition to filler concentration. Although thermal conductivity depends on the crystallinity of the nanocomposite, here enhancement of thermal conductivity is not related only to crystallinity, as the crystallinity is decreased compared to neat PVDF. However the thermal conductivity increases because of the generation of a higher number of γ-crystallites of small size. Furthermore, the nanocomposite at low filler loading also shows high dielectric constant with low dielectric loss of the order of ≈57 and ≈0.13, respectively, at 1 kHz. Moreover, the energy storage property and its dependence on γ-crystallite size reveals that the material can also exhibit superior released energy density (1.45 J cm−3) as compared to pure PVDF.

Graphical abstract: Effect of γ-PVDF on enhanced thermal conductivity and dielectric property of Fe-rGO incorporated PVDF based flexible nanocomposite film for efficient thermal management and energy storage applications

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Feb 2016
Accepted
03 Apr 2016
First published
05 Apr 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 37773-37783

Effect of γ-PVDF on enhanced thermal conductivity and dielectric property of Fe-rGO incorporated PVDF based flexible nanocomposite film for efficient thermal management and energy storage applications

S. K. Karan, A. K. Das, R. Bera, S. Paria, A. Maitra, N. K. Shrivastava and B. B. Khatua, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 37773 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA04365H

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