Article
Carbon Nanofiber Based Buckypaper used as a Thermal Interface Material
Carbon
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2011
Abstract
Carbon nanofiber (CNF) based buckypaper was explored as a potential thermal interface material (TIM) for electronics. CNFs were subjected to heat treatment temperatures of 1100 °C, 1500 °C and 3000 °C. TIMs were prepared and characterized using thermal impedance test stand. Results show that the thermal impedance at the interface decreased in conjunction with the increasing heat-treatment temperature of CNFs. TIMs with graphitized CNF exhibit a significant decrease of 54% in thermal impedance in comparison with the dry contact. This improvement is likely due to the high degree of CNF graphitizibility and the resulting outstanding electrical and thermal conductivities.
Inclusive pages
3820–3828
ISBN/ISSN
0008-6223
Copyright
Copyright © 2011, Elsevier
Publisher
Elsevier
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Disciplines
Citation Information
Muhammad Omar Memon, Sylvain Haillot and Khalid Lafdi. "Carbon Nanofiber Based Buckypaper used as a Thermal Interface Material" Carbon Vol. 49 Iss. 12 (2011) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/khalid_lafdi/103/