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Thickness dependent thermal performance of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) thin film synthesized via an electrochemical approach
Polymer-based thermal interface materials (TIMs) have attracted wide attention in the field of thermal management because of their outstanding properties including light weight, low cost, corrosion resistance and easy processing. However, the low thermal conductivity (∼0.2 W m(−1) K(−1)) of the intr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8979183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35425151 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ra07991c |
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author | Chen, Shen Luan, Tian Di, Chen Lu, Ming-Hui Yan, Xue-Jun Song, Chengyi Deng, Tao |
author_facet | Chen, Shen Luan, Tian Di, Chen Lu, Ming-Hui Yan, Xue-Jun Song, Chengyi Deng, Tao |
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description | Polymer-based thermal interface materials (TIMs) have attracted wide attention in the field of thermal management because of their outstanding properties including light weight, low cost, corrosion resistance and easy processing. However, the low thermal conductivity (∼0.2 W m(−1) K(−1)) of the intrinsic polymer matrix largely degrades the overall thermal performance of polymer-based TIMs even those containing highly thermal conductive fillers. Hence, enhancing the intrinsic thermal conductivity of the polymer matrix is one of the most critical problems needed to be solved. This paper studies the thermal conductivity of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) films fabricated via cyclic voltammetry. By controlling the number of cycles in the electrochemical synthesis, different thickness of PEDOT films could be obtained. A time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) system was employed to evaluate the thermal performance of such as-prepared PEDOT films. We have demonstrated that a PEDOT film with thickness of 40 nm achieves the highest out-of-plane thermal conductivity of ∼0.60 W m(−1) K(−1), which is almost three folds the thermal conductivity of commercially available pristine PEDOT:PSS film with similar thickness. The X-ray diffraction spectrum reveals that the PEDOT thin film with high crystallinity at the initial stage of electrochemical synthesis leads to enhanced thermal transportation. The findings in this work not only offer an opportunity to fabricate polymer materials exhibiting enhanced thermal conductivity, but also allow one to adjust the thermal performance of conducting polymers in practical applications. |
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spelling | pubmed-89791832022-04-13 Thickness dependent thermal performance of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) thin film synthesized via an electrochemical approach Chen, Shen Luan, Tian Di, Chen Lu, Ming-Hui Yan, Xue-Jun Song, Chengyi Deng, Tao RSC Adv Chemistry Polymer-based thermal interface materials (TIMs) have attracted wide attention in the field of thermal management because of their outstanding properties including light weight, low cost, corrosion resistance and easy processing. However, the low thermal conductivity (∼0.2 W m(−1) K(−1)) of the intrinsic polymer matrix largely degrades the overall thermal performance of polymer-based TIMs even those containing highly thermal conductive fillers. Hence, enhancing the intrinsic thermal conductivity of the polymer matrix is one of the most critical problems needed to be solved. This paper studies the thermal conductivity of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) films fabricated via cyclic voltammetry. By controlling the number of cycles in the electrochemical synthesis, different thickness of PEDOT films could be obtained. A time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) system was employed to evaluate the thermal performance of such as-prepared PEDOT films. We have demonstrated that a PEDOT film with thickness of 40 nm achieves the highest out-of-plane thermal conductivity of ∼0.60 W m(−1) K(−1), which is almost three folds the thermal conductivity of commercially available pristine PEDOT:PSS film with similar thickness. The X-ray diffraction spectrum reveals that the PEDOT thin film with high crystallinity at the initial stage of electrochemical synthesis leads to enhanced thermal transportation. The findings in this work not only offer an opportunity to fabricate polymer materials exhibiting enhanced thermal conductivity, but also allow one to adjust the thermal performance of conducting polymers in practical applications. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2022-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8979183/ /pubmed/35425151 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ra07991c Text en This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
spellingShingle | Chemistry Chen, Shen Luan, Tian Di, Chen Lu, Ming-Hui Yan, Xue-Jun Song, Chengyi Deng, Tao Thickness dependent thermal performance of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) thin film synthesized via an electrochemical approach |
title | Thickness dependent thermal performance of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) thin film synthesized via an electrochemical approach |
title_full | Thickness dependent thermal performance of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) thin film synthesized via an electrochemical approach |
title_fullStr | Thickness dependent thermal performance of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) thin film synthesized via an electrochemical approach |
title_full_unstemmed | Thickness dependent thermal performance of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) thin film synthesized via an electrochemical approach |
title_short | Thickness dependent thermal performance of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) thin film synthesized via an electrochemical approach |
title_sort | thickness dependent thermal performance of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) thin film synthesized via an electrochemical approach |
topic | Chemistry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8979183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35425151 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ra07991c |
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