Research Article

Aligned Graphene Oxide Nanofillers: An Approach to Prepare Highly Thermally Conductive and Electrically Insulative Transparent Polymer Composites

Table 1

Summary of the in-plane thermal conductivities of aligned nanofiller/polymer composites.

MaterialFiller loadingIn-plane thermal conductivity (W/mK)Ref.

Aligned CNT paper100%~42[8]

Aligned CNT/epoxy composite50 vol%~7[8]

Aligned CNT/PVA composite10 wt%~0.5[10]

Aligned graphite/EPDM31.6 vol%7.14[11]

Aligned carbon fiber/EPDM15 vol%1.23[11]

Aligned CNT/EPDM15 vol%1.15[11]

Aligned GR/epoxy1 vol%~0.6[7]

Aligned BNNS/nanofibrillated cellulose5 wt%26.2 [9]
50 wt%145.7

Aligned BN microplates/PVA1 wt%1.45 [2]
10 wt%3.92

Aligned GO/PVA0.1 wt%17.61This work
5 wt%24.63

EPDM: ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer; BNNS: boron nitride nanosheet; and BN: boron nitride.