Issue 11, 2019

Enhanced thermal transport across a bi-crystalline graphene–polymer interface: an atomistic approach

Abstract

The objective of this investigation was to elaborate on the influence of grain boundaries on the interfacial thermal conductance between bi-crystalline graphene and polyethylene in a nanocomposite. Reverse non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations were implemented in combination with Lennard-Jones and reactive force field interatomic potential parameters. According to the simulation results, high-energy grain boundary atoms in bi-crystalline graphene played a substantial role in enhancing the interfacial thermal conductance values. To further illuminate the mechanisms of enhanced graphene–polyethylene interfacial thermal conductance in the presence of grain boundaries, a systematic study on the vibrational density of states and structural evolution was also performed. It was found that the vibrational coupling between bi-crystalline graphene and the polymer was enhanced; whereas a decline in the radial density profile and coordination number resulted in a shifting of the in-plane vibrational modes such that they amalgamated with those of the polyethylene matrix. Thus, bi-crystalline graphene can be considered to be a superior potential reinforcement for nanocomposites as compared to the pristine configuration for applications in thermoelectric and thermal interface materials.

Graphical abstract: Enhanced thermal transport across a bi-crystalline graphene–polymer interface: an atomistic approach

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Jan 2019
Accepted
25 Feb 2019
First published
25 Feb 2019

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019,21, 6229-6237

Enhanced thermal transport across a bi-crystalline graphene–polymer interface: an atomistic approach

A. Verma, R. Kumar and A. Parashar, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 6229 DOI: 10.1039/C9CP00362B

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