The rapid development of the information era has led to in-creased power consumption,which generates more heat.This requires more efficient thermal management systems,with the most direct ap-proach being the developme...The rapid development of the information era has led to in-creased power consumption,which generates more heat.This requires more efficient thermal management systems,with the most direct ap-proach being the development of su-perior thermal interface materials(TIMs).Mesocarbon microbeads(MCMBs)have several desirable properties for this purpose,includ-ing high thermal conductivity and excellent thermal stability.Although their thermal conductivity(K)may not be exceptional among all carbon materials,their ease of production and low cost make them ideal filler materials for developing a new generation of carbon-based TIMs.We report the fabrication of high-performance TIMs by incorporating MCMBs in a polyimide(PI)framework,producing highly graphitized PI/MCMB(PM)foams and anisotropic polydimethylsiloxane/PM(PDMS/PM)composites with a high thermal conductivity using directional freezing and high-temperature thermal annealing.The resulting materials had a high through-plane(TP)K of 15.926 W·m^(−1)·K^(−1),4.83 times that of conventional thermally conductive silicone pads and 88.5 times higher than that of pure PDMS.The composites had excellent mechanical properties and thermal stability,meeting the de-mands of modern electronic products for integration,multi-functionality,and miniaturization.展开更多
Homogeneous isotropic pitches with high softening points were prepared from vacuum-distilled heavy residue ethylene tar(ET-HR)by a two-step method of bromination and subsequent dehydrobromination/polycondensation.The ...Homogeneous isotropic pitches with high softening points were prepared from vacuum-distilled heavy residue ethylene tar(ET-HR)by a two-step method of bromination and subsequent dehydrobromination/polycondensation.The ET-HR was first brominated at 30 or 200℃,and then heat-treated at 350℃to enable the dehydrobromination/polycondensation reactions.GC/MS and LDI TOF/MS spectra indicated that the ET-HR was mainly composed of compounds containing 3-to 6-ring aromatic species with a considerable aliphatic chain content.Compared with thermal condensation alone,such a two-step method increased the softening point of the pitches from 152 to 264℃with a yield in the range of 62 wt.%-67 wt.%and a coking value in the range of 57 wt.%-77 wt.%,depending on the bromination temperature and the bromine content.Structural characterization of the as-prepared pitches by elemental analysis,1H NMR,FT-IR and LDI-TOF/MS showed increased aromatization and polymerization of the precursor during the dehydrobrominatio/polycondensation.All the homogeneous isotropic pitches showed an ability to transform into an anisotropic texture after coking at 800℃.展开更多
文摘The rapid development of the information era has led to in-creased power consumption,which generates more heat.This requires more efficient thermal management systems,with the most direct ap-proach being the development of su-perior thermal interface materials(TIMs).Mesocarbon microbeads(MCMBs)have several desirable properties for this purpose,includ-ing high thermal conductivity and excellent thermal stability.Although their thermal conductivity(K)may not be exceptional among all carbon materials,their ease of production and low cost make them ideal filler materials for developing a new generation of carbon-based TIMs.We report the fabrication of high-performance TIMs by incorporating MCMBs in a polyimide(PI)framework,producing highly graphitized PI/MCMB(PM)foams and anisotropic polydimethylsiloxane/PM(PDMS/PM)composites with a high thermal conductivity using directional freezing and high-temperature thermal annealing.The resulting materials had a high through-plane(TP)K of 15.926 W·m^(−1)·K^(−1),4.83 times that of conventional thermally conductive silicone pads and 88.5 times higher than that of pure PDMS.The composites had excellent mechanical properties and thermal stability,meeting the de-mands of modern electronic products for integration,multi-functionality,and miniaturization.
文摘Homogeneous isotropic pitches with high softening points were prepared from vacuum-distilled heavy residue ethylene tar(ET-HR)by a two-step method of bromination and subsequent dehydrobromination/polycondensation.The ET-HR was first brominated at 30 or 200℃,and then heat-treated at 350℃to enable the dehydrobromination/polycondensation reactions.GC/MS and LDI TOF/MS spectra indicated that the ET-HR was mainly composed of compounds containing 3-to 6-ring aromatic species with a considerable aliphatic chain content.Compared with thermal condensation alone,such a two-step method increased the softening point of the pitches from 152 to 264℃with a yield in the range of 62 wt.%-67 wt.%and a coking value in the range of 57 wt.%-77 wt.%,depending on the bromination temperature and the bromine content.Structural characterization of the as-prepared pitches by elemental analysis,1H NMR,FT-IR and LDI-TOF/MS showed increased aromatization and polymerization of the precursor during the dehydrobrominatio/polycondensation.All the homogeneous isotropic pitches showed an ability to transform into an anisotropic texture after coking at 800℃.
