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Comparative study on thermal and electrical transport properties of hexagonal boron nitride and reduced graphene oxide/epoxy nanocomposite by transient plane source techniques and impedance spectroscopy

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Within the scope of the study, the thermal conductivity (TC) and thermal diffusivity (TD) of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and reduced graphene (r-GO)-based epoxy nanocomposites were investigated and compared. In addition, the dielectric properties and electrical conductivity of the two were also investigated. The heat transport phenomenon of h-BN/epoxy and r-GO/epoxy nanocomposites were investigated using the transient plane source (HOT DISK) technique at room temperature. The h-BN/epoxy nanocomposites exhibited a higher thermal transport than the r-GO/epoxy nanocomposites. A high TC of ~ 2.6 W/mK and a high TD of ~ 9 mm2/s were observed at a h-BN loading of 2 vol% in the nanocomposite. The TC and TD values were ~ 33% and ~ 119% higher than r-GO/epoxy nanocomposite. The relative dielectric permittivity \({(\varepsilon }_{r})\) and loss (δ) was observed to be higher for r-GO/epoxy nanocomposite when compared to h-BN/epoxy nanocomposites. High relative dielectric permittivity of ~ 7.5 and loss of ~ 0.07 was obtained at a r-GO loading of ~ 2.2 vol% in the nanocomposite. Further, both nanocomposites retained a high electrical resistance. The study indicates h-BN/epoxy nanocomposite to hold significant potential for heat management in electronic applications.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), India, for providing the infrastructure and other necessary facilities. We also acknowledge the Department of Mechanical engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering of NITC, India for Thermal conductivity and Electrical properties measurements. Further, the authors also would like to acknowledge the School of Materials Science and Engineering NITC, India for XRD, FTIR, TGA, and SEM analysis.

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This work was supported by TEQIP Phase III of National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India, under the head “B. Tech. Innovation Project 2018-2019” and “B. Tech. Innovation Project 2019-2020”. Also, partial financial support by “Faculty Research Seed Grand- 2019-2020” of National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India to Dr. Prasanna Kumar S. Mural.

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Chandran, A.M., Varun, S. & Mural, P.K.S. Comparative study on thermal and electrical transport properties of hexagonal boron nitride and reduced graphene oxide/epoxy nanocomposite by transient plane source techniques and impedance spectroscopy. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 25350–25362 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06994-0

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