Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China.
Nanoscale. 2014 Apr 7;6(7):3796-803. doi: 10.1039/c3nr06092f.
New flexible and conductive materials (FCMs) comprising a quartz fiber cloth (QFC) reinforced multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)-carbon aerogel (QMCA) and poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) have been successfully prepared. The QMCA-PDMS composite with a very low loading of MWCNTs (∼1.6 wt%) demonstrates enhanced performance in tensile strength (129.6 MPa), modulus (3.41 GPa) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding efficiency (SE) (∼16 dB in X-band (8.2-12.4 GHz) region). Compared to the QC (where MWCNTs were simply deposited on the QFCs without forming aerogel networks) based PDMS composite, a ∼120%, 330% and 178% increase of tensile strength, modulus, and EMI SE was obtained, respectively. Moreover, the EMI SE of the QMCA-PDMS composite can further reach 20 dB (a SE level needed for commercial applications) with only 2 wt% MWCNTs. Furthermore, the conductivity of the QMCA-PDMS laminate can reach 1.67 S cm(-1) even with very low MWCNTs (1.6 wt%), which still remains constant even after 5000 times bending and exhibits an increase of ∼170% than that of MWCNT-carbon aerogel (MCA)-PDMS at 20% strain. Such intriguing performances are mainly attributed to their unique networks in QMCA-PDMS composites. In addition, these features can also protect electronics against harm from external forces and EMI, giving the brand-new FCMs huge potential in next-generation devices, like E-skin, robot joints and so on.
已成功制备了由石英纤维布 (QFC) 增强的多壁碳纳米管 (MWCNTs)-碳气凝胶 (QMCA) 和聚二甲基硅氧烷 (PDMS) 组成的新型灵活且导电材料 (FCMs)。在 QMCA-PDMS 复合材料中,MWCNTs 的载量非常低(约 1.6wt%),但其拉伸强度(129.6MPa)、模量(3.41GPa)和电磁干扰(EMI)屏蔽效率(SE)(在 X 波段(8.2-12.4GHz)区域约为 16dB)均得到了显著提高。与基于 QC(MWCNTs 简单沉积在 QFC 上而未形成气凝胶网络)的 PDMS 复合材料相比,拉伸强度、模量和 EMI SE 分别提高了约 120%、330%和 178%。此外,仅添加 2wt%MWCNTs 就可使 QMCA-PDMS 复合材料的 EMI SE 达到 20dB(商业应用所需的 SE 水平)。此外,即使 MWCNTs 含量非常低(1.6wt%),QMCA-PDMS 层压板的电导率也可达到 1.67Scm(-1),甚至在经过 5000 次弯曲后仍保持不变,在 20%应变下,其电导率比 MWCNT-碳气凝胶(MCA)-PDMS 高约 170%。这些引人注目的性能主要归因于 QMCA-PDMS 复合材料中独特的网络结构。此外,这些特性还可以保护电子设备免受外部力量和 EMI 的伤害,为新一代设备(如电子皮肤、机器人关节等)赋予了全新的 FCMs 巨大潜力。
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