Enhancing thermal conductivity of glass fiber/polymer composites through carbon nanotubes incorporation

abstract

• Carbon nanotubes were effectively incorporated into low-viscosity polyester/vinyl ester resins and then used for infusion of glass fiber textiles by high-pressure injection, resulting in carbon nanotubes/glass fiber/polymer multiscale composites. The nanotubes distribution in the composites was examined by measuring the local density of as-produced composites. The uniformity of local density and scanning electron microscope characterization verified the homogeneous morphology of as-produced composites. Both theoretical calculation and experimental characterization indicated thermal conductivity was significantly improved. Incorporation of 3 wt% carbon nanotubes has resulted in 1.5-folds enhancement of thermal conductivity. These results will further increase industrial application of the fiber composites. 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

authors

• Qiu, Jingjing
• Wang, Shiren

published proceedings

• COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

author list (cited authors)

• Wang, S., & Qiu, J.

complete list of authors

• Wang, Shiren||Qiu, Jingjing

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Composites Part B: Engineering  Journal

keywords

• Nano-structures
• Polymer-matrix Composites
• Resin Transfer Molding (rtm)
• Thermal Properties

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.compositesb.2010.07.002

start page

• 533

end page

• 536

volume

• 41

issue

• 7